Big Books of Summer

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



The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Circus/Carnival Books
718 books — 1,090 voters
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Best Gothic Books of All Time
638 books — 3,590 voters

Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason
Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries
333 books — 691 voters
The Fourth Hand by John Irving
Best of John Irving
29 books — 349 voters

Perfume by Patrick SüskindThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Cruelest Month by Louise PennyLast Rituals by Yrsa SigurdardottirMy Soul to Take by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Best "World" Mysteries, Thrillers, Detectives, and Suspense...
1,203 books — 1,001 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueThe Book of Human Skin by Michelle Lovric
Not the Booker Prize 2010
86 books — 179 voters

The Wine of Angels by Phil RickmanA Darker Domain by Val McDermid
Fearless Females
778 books — 931 voters
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Stories Where Tarot Reading Plays A Role
155 books — 127 voters

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Serpent's Tale by Ariana FranklinGrave Goods by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
2,282 books — 4,751 voters
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan BradleyThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
Books I Read in 2012
461 books — 51 voters

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2012
151 books — 269 voters
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
291 books — 1,535 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Top Five-Star Reads of 2011
415 books — 671 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldWater for Elephants by Sara GruenLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
536 books — 1,891 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisMatilda by Roald DahlCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Favorite books from my childhood
4,499 books — 7,703 voters
The Book of Human Skin by Michelle LovricThe Gargoyle by Andrew DavidsonThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,533 books — 69,872 voters

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
2012 Man Booker Prize Longlist
13 books — 178 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
FIVE HIGH 2011 - your top five reads of the year
141 books — 123 voters