Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris (19 Lists)



Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Great books about the Old West
285 books — 36 voters
Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen
Historical Fiction About Indigenous Peoples
17 books — 22 voters

Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Enlightening Books About Western Colonization
121 books — 16 voters
To End All Wars by Adam Hochschild
The Great War
769 books — 600 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEndurance by Alfred LansingThe Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten TroostIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Favorite Travel Books
2,047 books — 3,958 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,260 books — 8,098 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGhost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Best History Books
3,927 books — 4,061 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBlood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
Best American History Books
2,217 books — 2,671 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonLamb by Christopher MooreUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandSeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,831 books — 22,345 voters
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,819 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandIn Harm's Way by Doug Stanton
Endurance in Fact and Fiction
95 books — 25 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Non-fiction Disaster Books
329 books — 331 voters

East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,509 books — 123,784 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandIn Harm's Way by Doug StantonThe Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
693 books — 509 voters

Shot All to Hell by Mark Lee GardnerEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBlood and Thunder by Hampton SidesThe Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick
The American Frontier
690 books — 169 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best Historical Travel Journals
335 books — 239 voters

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Biographies
1,729 books — 3,133 voters
Dark Summit by Nick Heil
Worshipping Mountains
172 books — 69 voters

Dark Summit by Nick Heil
Climbing and Mountaineering
216 books — 170 voters