Big Books of Spring

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lizzy (10 Lists)



Headstrong by Rachel Swaby
Female Scientists
173 books — 108 voters
Cod by Mark KurlanskySalt by Mark KurlanskyTomatoland by Barry Estabrook
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,840 books — 2,228 voters

Cod by Mark KurlanskyFour Fish by Paul GreenbergEating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky
Food & Drink Histories (nonfiction)
195 books — 43 voters
The Red Tent by Anita DiamantPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Chosen by Chaim PotokJoheved by Maggie AntonThe Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
Jewish Historical Fiction non-Holocaust
314 books — 287 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Smart Summer Reads
13,159 books — 11,117 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Palm Sunday by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vonnegut's Best
37 books — 629 voters

Last Child in the Woods by Richard LouvSharing Nature with Children, 20th Anniversary Edition by Joseph Bharat Cornell
Environmental Education
26 books — 8 voters
The King of California by Mark AraxLast Child in the Woods by Richard LouvCradle to Cradle by William McDonoughEating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Best Environmental Books
1,082 books — 1,226 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Latin American Fiction
880 books — 1,177 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,311 books — 9,250 voters