The Big Books of Fall

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Caddy Compson (32 Lists)



Ka by Velimir KhlebnikovA Geração que Esbanjou Seus Poetas by Roman Jakobson
REALLY, Really Underrated Books (Fewer than 100 Ratings)
1,579 books — 253 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
898 books — 2,393 voters

2666 by Roberto BolañoSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustClelie by Madeleine de ScudéryDeath in Venice by Thomas MannOrlando by Virginia Woolf
Roman à clef
128 books — 40 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Family Saga Novels
915 books — 927 voters

The Lover by Marguerite DurasHiroshima mon amour by Marguerite DurasThe Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite DurasL'Œuvre au noir by Marguerite YourcenarCoup de Grâce by Marguerite Yourcenar
Women authors who don't write chick lit
644 books — 73 voters
1968 by Eric J. Hobsbawm1968, O Ano Que Não Terminou by Zuenir Ventura1968 by Michael T. Kaufman1968 by Daniel Cohn-Bendit1968 by Regina Zappa
1968 - The year that rocked the world (fiction and nonfiction)
250 books — 89 voters

Poema de Mío Cid by AnonymousDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraEl burlador de Sevilla by Tirso de MolinaLa vida de Lazarillo de Tormes by Lazarillo de TormesLa catedral del mar by Ildefonso Falcones
Mediterranean Melting Pot (I): Medieval Spain
173 books — 71 voters
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaCollected Plays by Luigi PirandelloItalian Journey by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Day of the Owl by Leonardo SciasciaTo Each His Own by Leonardo Sciascia
Mediterranean Melting Pot (II): Sicily
135 books — 51 voters

Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir NabokovLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. LawrenceTender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Exploring Taboos
207 books — 143 voters
Celestial Harmonies by Péter Esterházy1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiAdonis by AdonisRituals by Cees NooteboomOwn Death by Péter Nádas
Candidates for the 2012 Nobel
33 books — 31 voters

Dostoevsky by Joseph FrankSummer in Baden-Baden by Leonid TsypkinLe mythe de Sisyphe by Albert CamusProblems of Dostoevsky's Poetics by Mikhail BakhtinDie Räuber by Friedrich Schiller
Dostoevskiana
70 books — 38 voters
The Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangMy Lai by James Stuart OlsonA Woman in Berlin by AnonymousThe 900 Days by Harrison E. SalisburyJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
War has no winners
1,150 books — 542 voters

Out of Africa by Isak DinesenThe Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard KapuścińskiThe Constant Gardener by John le Carré
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,895 books — 1,781 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingThe Godfather by Mario Puzo2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,122 books — 10,103 voters

Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas by Machado de AssisSentimento do Mundo by Carlos Drummond de AndradeLibertinagem / Estrela da Manhã by Manuel BandeiraDom Casmurro by Machado de AssisO Encontro Marcado by Fernando Sabino
Brazilian Literature
142 books — 44 voters
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas by Machado de AssisLolita by Vladimir NabokovSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustThe Stranger by Albert CamusAda, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Opening Sentence
221 books — 151 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerAngels & Demons by Dan Brown
Nope, I ain't gonna read this crap, and I don't care that I can't follow mainstream conversations because of it.
214 books — 123 voters
A ditadura escancarada by Elio GaspariHércules 56 by Silvio Da-Rin1968, O Ano Que Não Terminou by Zuenir VenturaAs Barbas do Imperador by Lilia Moritz SchwarczChatô, o Rei do Brasil by Fernando Morais
South America - History and Culture
362 books — 131 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineLysistrata by AristophanesA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayTwo Women by Alberto Moravia
Absurdity of War
124 books — 52 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyDead Souls by Nikolai GogolO homem sem qualidades by Robert Musil2666 by Roberto BolañoO Original de Laura by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Known Unfinished Novels/Series
62 books — 81 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovDemons by Fyodor DostoevskyLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireDracula by Bram StokerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Sympathy for the Devil
345 books — 328 voters
Swann’s Way by Marcel ProustThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannDeath in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas MannDream Story by Arthur SchnitzlerThe Immoralist by André Gide
Belle Époque
384 books — 153 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovDom Casmurro by Machado de AssisThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Books with Unreliable Narrators
505 books — 495 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Fall by Albert CamusHamlet by William Shakespeare
Best Existential Fiction
461 books — 782 voters

The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannLes Misérables by Victor HugoMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarL'Œuvre au noir by Marguerite Yourcenar
Times Are A-Changing
105 books — 28 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoInferno by Dante AlighieriThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioThe Song of Roland by UnknownThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Best Middle Ages Books
1,317 books — 1,930 voters

The Gods Will Have Blood by Anatole FranceThe Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Perfo... by Peter WeissMarie Antoinette by Stefan ZweigFour Classic Novels by Alexandre DumasThe Companions of Jehu by Alexandre Dumas
The French Revolution
232 books — 296 voters
Out of Africa by Isak DinesenThe Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard KapuścińskiHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradOriental Tales by Marguerite YourcenarThe Constant Gardener by John le Carré
Transcultural Fiction
423 books — 212 voters


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