Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kate (20 Lists)



Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingThe Bedwetter by Sarah SilvermanI Know I Am, But What Are You? by Samantha Bee
Funny Women Memoirs
480 books — 1,621 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Female Biographies
1,267 books — 428 voters

Bossypants by Tina FeyEscape by Carolyn JessopGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Memoirs by Women
3,238 books — 3,351 voters
At Home by Bill Bryson
Histories of the Everyday
378 books — 433 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books Ever
78,216 books — 291,724 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPersuasion by Jane Austen
What book should I read next?
352 books — 214 voters

The Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,262 books — 8,120 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonMy Life in France by Julia Child
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,407 books — 1,247 voters

Le Divorce by Diane JohnsonAlmost French by Sarah TurnbullParis in Love by Eloisa JamesMy Life in France by Julia Child
Best Paris Stories
108 books — 210 voters
American Taboo by Philip Weiss
Best Peace Corps Books
73 books — 91 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingDarcy's Story by Janet Aylmer
Best Jane Austen FanFiction
699 books — 1,001 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Have Passport Will Travel
716 books — 600 voters

Assassination Vacation by Sarah VowellA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,047 books — 3,959 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Books about a Flawed Society
61 books — 38 voters

The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Favorite books from my childhood
4,499 books — 7,703 voters
Number the Stars by Lois LowryFlygirl by Sherri L. SmithPollyanna by Eleanor H. PorterAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAnne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
YA Historical Fiction - Early 20th Century
17 books — 14 voters

Number the Stars by Lois LowryFever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Teen Historical Fiction
1,474 books — 3,226 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Light but not (too) dumb
855 books — 844 voters

In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeAssassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,177 books — 1,907 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Dystopia!
1,232 books — 2,788 voters