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The Big Books of Summer 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Csilla (39 Lists)



The Last Samurai by Helen DeWittTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Friend by Sigrid Nunez
NYT The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
100 books — 200 voters
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataPicnic in the Storm by Yukiko Motoya
Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2019
164 books — 117 voters

Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
International Booker Prize: Eligible Books 2020
193 books — 88 voters
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko KawakamiEarthlings by Sayaka MurataBunny by Mona AwadNormal People by Sally Rooney
She's Not Feeling Good at All: Sad Female Characters
167 books — 298 voters

Conversations with Friends by Sally RooneyThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidYellowface by R.F. KuangMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins ReidCarrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
What Women Born in the 90s Have Read in 2024
2,372 books — 147 voters
Earthlings by Sayaka MurataBreasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
International Booker Prize: Eligible Books 2021
120 books — 104 voters

Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata
International Booker Prize 2023: Eligible Books
159 books — 83 voters
Verdigris by Michele Mari
International Booker Prize 2024: Eligible Books
170 books — 76 voters

Frost in May by Antonia WhiteSweet Days of Discipline by Fleur JaeggyPicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayAbigél by Magda SzabóMine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls by Frank Wedekind
boarding school core
5 books — 1 voter
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki MurakamiThe English Understand Wool by Helen DeWittBliss Montage by Ling MaMs Ice Sandwich by Mieko KawakamiSweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy
Short & Sweet Treats Under 250 Pages
948 books — 347 voters

Queenie by Candice Carty-WilliamsOkay Days by Jenny MustardSugar, Baby by Celine SaintclareSecond Self by Chloë AshbyBellies by Nicola Dinan
london lol
9 books — 1 voter
Finna by Nino CipriHorrorstör by Grady HendrixThe Very Nice Box by Laura BlackettLooking for Jake by China MiévilleDefekt by Nino Cipri
ikeacore
5 books — 1 voter

Normal People by Sally RooneyThe Secret History by Donna TarttGone Girl by Gillian FlynnConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
I Can't Talk Right Now, I'm Reading Hot Girl Books
181 books — 54 voters
Earthlings by Sayaka MurataConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRoccaThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathFemales by Andrea Long Chu
creation/consumption
26 books — 17 voters

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataNormal People by Sally RooneyThe Secret History by Donna TarttGone Girl by Gillian FlynnSo Sad Today by Melissa Broder
Hot Girl Books
209 books — 155 voters
Life Ceremony by Sayaka MurataThe Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko MotoyaLabyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Translated Short Story Collections & Anthologies
126 books — 17 voters

Breasts and Eggs by Mieko KawakamiDiaspora by Greg EganConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataStory of the Eye by Georges BatailleThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
What Women Born in the 90's Have Read in 2023
2,783 books — 267 voters
Teranesia by Greg EganSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardAnnihilation by Jeff VanderMeerBorne by Jeff VanderMeerBlindsight by Peter Watts
Biology-inspired science fiction
36 books — 13 voters

Utas és holdvilág by Antal SzerbÉs mesélni kezdtem by Péter EsterházyA Pál utcai fiúk by Ferenc MolnárEgy elmebeteg nő naplója by Géza CsáthAdy Endre éjszakái by Gyula Krúdy
POKET
63 books — 1 voter
The Insects of Love by Genevieve ValentineLa beauté sans vertu by Genevieve Valentine
Covers by Tran Nguyen
41 books — 27 voters

Under the Spinodal Curve by Hanuš SeinerInto the Gray by Margaret KilljoyMeat and Salt and Sparks by Rich LarsonThe Nearest by Greg EganAI and the Trolley Problem by Pat Cadigan
Tor.com Short Stories 2018
32 books — 3 voters
The Far Side of the Universe by Noc
Tor.com Short Stories 2021
35 books — 4 voters

Skinner Box by Carole JohnstoneAs the Last I May Know by S.L. HuangThe Song by Erinn L. KemperArticulated Restraint by Mary Robinette KowalCircus Girl, The Hunter, and Mirror Boy by J.Y. Yang
Tor.com Short Stories 2019
39 books — 3 voters
Play It As It Lays by Joan DidionBorne by Jeff VanderMeerStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Secret History by Donna TarttSome Trick by Helen DeWitt
What Women Born in the '90s Have Read in 2022
2,718 books — 460 voters

Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted ChiangSum by David EaglemanVictor Vasarely, 1906-1997 by Magdalena HolzheyM.C. Escher by M.C. Escher
borges extended universe
20 books — 2 voters
17776 by Jon Bois
Best of the Web
446 books — 454 voters

The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods by Maria Dahvana HeadleyHow Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar by Rich LarsonTwo Truths and a Lie by Sarah PinskerThe Little Witch by M. RickertThe Ones Who Look by Katharine Duckett
Tor.com Short Stories 2020
56 books — 2 voters
Ra by qntmThe Northern Caves by nostalgebraistCORDYCEPS by BenedictSC
Best Original Web Fiction
87 books — 142 voters


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