Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michael (11 Lists)



The Mask of Apollo by Mary RenaultCold Mountain by Charles FrazierBaudolino by Umberto EcoImperium by Robert HarrisCompany of Liars by Karen Maitland
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,827 books — 4,019 voters
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. HornfischerArmageddon by Max HastingsThe Longest Winter by Alex KershawGallipoli by Les CarlyonVietnam by Stanley Karnow
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,215 books — 2,599 voters

Perfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,446 books — 16,346 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
British History from 1066
517 books — 130 voters

Batavia's Graveyard by Mike DashThe Greatest Storm by Martin Brayne
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,873 books — 2,254 voters
The Raw Scent of Vanilla by Emilia BrescianiOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,349 books — 4,670 voters

HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLeanStallion Gate by Martin Cruz SmithPiece of Cake by Derek Robinson
World War II Fiction
1,454 books — 2,154 voters
The Truth Will Out by Brenda James
Best Books About Shakespeare
262 books — 168 voters

Signs of Performance by Colin CounsellThe Performance Studies Reader by Henry BialTheory/Theatre by Mark FortierTheatre Audiences by Susan BennettPerforming Feminisms by Sue-Ellen Case
Performance & Theatre Theory
50 books — 39 voters
Longitude by Dava SobelGeorge III by Christopher HibbertThe Great Duke or the invincible general by Arthur Bryant
British History
806 books — 204 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,927 voters