Literal Summer Reads

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amanda (10 Lists)



Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Vicarious Thrills
425 books — 454 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Books on North Korea
134 books — 513 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerStiff by Mary RoachNight by Elie WieselFirst They Killed My Father by Loung Ung
Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction and Other (Mostly) True Things
810 books — 527 voters
The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,239 books — 1,911 voters

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Mental Illness and Disorders
176 books — 128 voters
Stiff by Mary Roach
Forensics: If It Doesn't Walk, We Bring Out the Chalk
153 books — 228 voters

Five Past Midnight in Bhopal by Dominique LapierreDeath at SeaWorld by David Kirby
Disasters, Tragedies, and Accidents
208 books — 81 voters
Five Past Midnight in Bhopal by Dominique Lapierre
Non-fiction Disaster Books
330 books — 333 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerAlive by Piers Paul Read
Extreme Classics: National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time
101 books — 264 voters
Death of Innocence by Mamie Till-MobleyMedical Apartheid by Harriet A. WashingtonA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngSpillover by David Quammen
Disturbing Truths
553 books — 353 voters