Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Aveline (13 Lists)



The Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi OnoThe Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
315 books — 440 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Top 100 New Classics
262 books — 417 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,875 books — 7,000 voters
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,607 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,603 books — 26,724 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir NabokovCancer Ward by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
521 books — 2,296 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,980 books — 26,587 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,125 books — 10,076 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Historical Fiction
7,854 books — 26,137 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,893 books — 49,819 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Young Adult Books
13,189 books — 80,422 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
78,126 books — 291,280 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,703 books — 25,642 voters