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The Big Books of Summer 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Catherine (35 Lists)



King Kong théorie by Virginie DespentesA Doll's House by Henrik IbsenTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Best Feminist Books
2,416 books — 3,416 voters
Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonThe Outermost House by Henry BestonSecond Nature by Michael Pollan
Best Nature Books
1,150 books — 754 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauEating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
Best Environmental Books
1,058 books — 1,180 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Best Distopia Books
53 books — 36 voters

Gweilo by Martin BoothThe World of Suzie Wong by Richard Mason
Foreign Lands
2,349 books — 2,192 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottOn the Road by Jack KerouacUlysses by James JoyceThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Disappointing Books
2,741 books — 4,610 voters

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinThe Age of Reason by Thomas PaineBartleby, the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleHistory of Art by H.W. JansonChristopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,249 books — 5,509 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroA White Heron by Sarah Orne JewettThe Naked Civil Servant by Quentin CrispChristopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,216 books — 15,530 voters

At Home With Art by ELLIS ESTELLE & SEEBThe Temple of Silence by Justin DuerrHistory of Italian Renaissance Art, Third Edition by Frederick Hartt
Best Art and Art History Books
709 books — 310 voters
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardMommie Dearest by Christina CrawfordThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsWhat My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo
Best Memoirs of Child Abuse and Survival
89 books — 118 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleCandide by VoltaireA Shropshire Lad by A.E. Housman
Illustrated Books for Adults!
147 books — 33 voters
The Lonely Doll by Dare WrightHitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel FieldMemoirs of a London Doll by Mrs. FairstarThe Little Wooden Doll by Margery Williams BiancoThe Little Girl and the Tiny Doll by Edward Ardizzone
Doll Stories
458 books — 89 voters

The Apprentice by Jacques PépinMy Life in France by Julia ChildSkinny Bitch by Rory FreedmanChez Jacques by Jacques PépinDiet for a New America by John Robbins
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,205 books — 1,626 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein1984 by George Orwell
Darkest Books of All Time
1,268 books — 1,723 voters

Of Cats and Men by Sam KaldaThe Cat on My Shoulder by Lisa Angowski RogakCats in the Sun by Hans W. SilvesterShop Cats of New York by Tamar ArslanianThe French Cat by Rachael Hale McKenna
Great Cat Books
1,557 books — 947 voters
Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman
Best Diet Books
189 books — 270 voters

Candide by VoltaireThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Odyssey by HomerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Willowdale Handcar by Edward Gorey
Road Trip
521 books — 265 voters
The Cat Who'll Live Forever by Peter GethersMy Sergei by Ekaterina GordeevaSomeone to Love Us by Terence O'Neill
Read Them And Weep
86 books — 22 voters

The Osbick Bird by Edward GoreyPaul and Virginia by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de ...Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareLove In the Afternoon by Claude AnetGigi / The Cat by Colette Gauthier-Villars
Best Love Stories
5,115 books — 9,470 voters
Thomas Paine Author of the Declaration of Independence by Joseph LewisA White Heron by Sarah Orne JewettLet's Kill Uncle by Rohan O'GradySecret of the Ron Mor Skerry by Rosalie K. FryThe Girls by John Bowen
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,346 books — 10,350 voters

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithIn a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,289 books — 15,262 voters
The Age of Reason by Thomas PaineGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe End of Faith by Sam Harris
Notable Atheist Books
535 books — 929 voters

Catwings by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix PotterHitty by Rachel FieldThe Mousehole Cat by Antonia BarberMoses the Kitten by James Herriot
Children's Picture Books With Beautiful Illustrations
2,119 books — 1,280 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Little House by Virginia Lee BurtonHorton Hatches the Egg by Dr. SeussCatwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best children's books EVER
2,026 books — 1,981 voters

The Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,853 books — 7,003 voters
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsPeyton Place by Grace Metalious
Best Trashy Novels
236 books — 80 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingLet's Kill Uncle by Rohan O'Grady
Books Made Into Movies That Were Awful
54 books — 31 voters
Christopher and His Kind by Christopher IsherwoodThe Naked Civil Servant by quentin-crisp
LGBT Biographies
135 books — 58 voters

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettDaddy-Long-Legs by Jean WebsterThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettNancy and Plum by Betty MacDonaldHeidi by Johanna Spyri
Best Books About Orphans
162 books — 70 voters
Edward Gorey by Edward GoreyLet's Kill Uncle by Rohan O'GradyThe Girls by John BowenOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. EliotMerry, Rose, and Christmas-Tree June by Doris Orgel
Edward Gorey: Book Cover Art and Design
136 books — 12 voters


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