Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alex (12 Lists)



1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerIt by Stephen King
Books you have read more than one time
13,124 books — 8,238 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction
3,830 books — 7,587 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank Herbert
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,687 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,260 books — 8,103 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,102 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Most Overrated Books
725 books — 667 voters

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
The Worst Books of All Time
8,119 books — 19,891 voters
1984 by George OrwellBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. DickThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinDune by Frank Herbert
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,708 books — 25,679 voters

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. DickNotes from Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisAgapē Agape by William GaddisSlapstick, or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Sonemic / Rate Your Music: Favorite Books
1,060 books — 195 voters
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
Most Difficult Novels
598 books — 2,058 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Holy Bible by AnonymousGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,699 books — 13,219 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky1984 by George OrwellBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
78,164 books — 291,492 voters