Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Robert Davidson (24 Lists)



The Long Walk by Slavomir RawiczThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerEndurance by Alfred Lansing
True Life Adventure
392 books — 259 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellWatership Down by Richard Adams
Anything You Really Liked
2,655 books — 1,039 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherBarrow's Boys by Fergus FlemingThe Long Walk by Slavomir RawiczEmpty Mansions by Bill Dedman
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
188 books — 137 voters
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
Best True Stories List
161 books — 80 voters

Spook by Mary RoachMayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickLongitude by Dava SobelThe Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,280 books — 8,091 voters
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerSkeletons on the Zahara by Dean King
Best Nonfiction Books About Horrifying Events
504 books — 186 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,376 books — 4,848 voters
Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
Best Books of 2007
1,123 books — 991 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
Interesting Books Less Talked About
100 books — 93 voters
The Trigger by Tim Butcher
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,510 books — 123,745 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
Best Books Ever
78,136 books — 291,325 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Wanderlust
1,089 books — 1,192 voters

I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill BrysonTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,405 books — 1,163 voters
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. LawrenceThe First Day on the Somme by Martin MiddlebrookGhosts Have Warm Hands by Will R. Bird
The Great War
769 books — 600 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandMy Life in France by Julia Child
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,843 books — 22,345 voters
A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorBetween Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks
Moderately Underrated Books (1,000 to 10,000 ratings)
1,957 books — 268 voters

Life on the Mississippi by Mark TwainSomme by Lyn Macdonald
Rivers
914 books — 197 voters
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseAt Home by Bill Bryson
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
4,126 books — 1,548 voters

In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Foreign Lands
2,379 books — 2,226 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Lost Continent by Bill BrysonTravels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Have Passport Will Travel
716 books — 599 voters

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildDark Star Safari by Paul Theroux
Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights
622 books — 428 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Books that make you think.
1,146 books — 1,134 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonSkeletons on the Zahara by Dean KingI'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,561 books — 3,335 voters
Notes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonJupiter's Travels by Ted SimonThe River of Doubt by Candice MillardUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Last Gentleman Adventurer by Edward Beauclerk Maurice
Favorite Travel Books
2,047 books — 3,958 voters