The Big Books of Summer 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sujoya - theoverbookedbibliophile (14 Lists)



The Hakawati by Rabih AlameddineMornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawaثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa AshourThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Middle East Fiction
423 books — 470 voters
The Storyteller, Or, the Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine
Arab Americans in Fiction
42 books — 23 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm by George Orwell
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,804 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
13,966 books — 14,164 voters

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo IshiguroThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriBrick Lane by Monica AliThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Immigrant Experience Literature
994 books — 1,410 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Books
816 books — 738 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,789 books — 49,712 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Books Ever
73,906 books — 273,420 voters

Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo CoelhoThe Witch of Portobello by Paulo CoelhoManuscript Found in Accra by Paulo Coelho
The Best of Paulo Coelho
31 books — 820 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,357 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
14,776 books — 17,105 voters
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman RushdieOf Love and Shadows by Isabel AllendeSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,291 books — 4,422 voters

The Round House by Louise ErdrichAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
2013 Tournament of Books Watch List
64 books — 379 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
30,791 books — 115,780 voters