Big Books of Spring

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jason (22 Lists)



The Arcanum by Janet Gleeson
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,840 books — 2,228 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniBlindness by José Saramago
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,254 books — 11,571 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best British and Irish Literature
1,173 books — 1,112 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Beautiful Books for Summer 2009
84 books — 75 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Best Books of 2009
1,764 books — 6,929 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,678 books — 13,190 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingEnder's Saga by Orson Scott Card
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
671 books — 1,503 voters
Remembering Bix by Ralph BertonDance Of The Infidels by Francis PaudrasBird Lives! by Ross RussellThe Beatles by Bob SpitzWishing on the Moon by Donald Clarke
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,451 books — 1,362 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleWatership Down by Richard Adams
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,924 books — 10,714 voters
The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr by Reduced Shakespeare CompanyThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerBeloved by Toni MorrisonWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books Ever
77,395 books — 288,801 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwan
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,100 voters
The Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerWuthering Heights, Agnès Grey & Villette by Emily BrontëTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Must Read Classics
1,860 books — 4,684 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,263 books — 8,069 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,316 books — 17,088 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction
7,685 books — 25,956 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudEpileptic by David B.
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,018 voters

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven HallThe Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber
Best Books of 2007
1,115 books — 991 voters
Epileptic by David B.Skyscrapers of the Midwest by Joshua W. CotterWatchmen by Alan MooreFun Home by Alison BechdelBatman by Frank Miller
Best Graphic Novels
3,455 books — 6,776 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Favorite Books
14,834 books — 10,363 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Southern Literature
1,363 books — 2,581 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Road by Cormac McCarthyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Disappointing Books
2,733 books — 4,602 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddOne Matchless Time by Jay PariniAhab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter Naslund
Best Book Cover Art
12,386 books — 7,092 voters