Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nancy Oakes (13 Lists)



The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Books White People Need to Read
1,401 books — 1,673 voters
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Man Booker Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2014
6 books — 53 voters

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
167 books — 701 voters
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwanThe Detour by Gerbrand Bakker
Impac Dublin Award 2014 Long List
30 books — 29 voters

The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
Best of James Robertson
5 books — 11 voters
The Shining by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingDracula by Bram StokerThe Omen by David SeltzerThe Ruins by Scott Smith
THE BEST HORROR NOVELS LIST
381 books — 251 voters

The Locked Room by Maj SjöwallMurder at the Savoy by Maj Sjöwall
Best Mysteries from the 1970s
252 books — 86 voters
Cold Skin by Albert Sánchez PiñolDictionary of the Khazars by Milorad PavićKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiRing by Kōji Suzuki
Translated Speculative Fiction
387 books — 212 voters

Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids by Kenzaburō ŌeThe Sea and Poison by Shūsaku Endō
Best Japanese Books
778 books — 3,254 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardAn Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain PearsThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Surprise! I Loved It!
242 books — 130 voters

Lamb by Christopher Moore
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,533 books — 69,877 voters
Bleak House by Charles DickensJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLord of the Flies by William GoldingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grand Complication by Allen Kurzweil
Recommended Reads
3,690 books — 1,534 voters

A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,771 voters