Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by J. (13 Lists)



No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,831 books — 22,345 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
Best True Crime
1,447 books — 2,050 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Recommendations
755 books — 312 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
14,141 books — 10,144 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The ZORA Canon: The 100 greatest books ever written by African American women
100 books — 205 voters
Endurance by Alfred LansingIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Hot Zone by Richard Preston1776 by David McCulloughThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,275 books — 8,096 voters

Dopesick by Beth MacyCod by Mark KurlanskyThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,861 books — 2,244 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Medieval Fantasy Books
509 books — 935 voters

Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison KeillorTheir Finest Hour by Winston S. ChurchillAcross Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Synecdoche
47 books — 14 voters
The First World War by John KeeganAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonThe Day of Battle by Rick AtkinsonOne Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,204 books — 2,558 voters

The Golden Spruce by John VaillantLast Witness by Jilliane Hoffman
What To Read Next
20,906 books — 24,919 voters
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,102 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,819 voters