Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Janice (11 Lists)



Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
Great Australian novels
334 books — 131 voters
The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally
Historical fiction: Australia
229 books — 117 voters

The Last Season by Eric BlehmMiracle in the Andes by Nando ParradoAdrift by Steven Callahan
Missing in Nature
41 books — 31 voters
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
14,146 books — 10,177 voters

Miracle in the Andes by Nando ParradoInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerBetween a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron RalstonWe Die Alone by David HowarthSkeletons on the Zahara by Dean King
Survival novels based on true events.
92 books — 32 voters
Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean KingInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Near Death Adventure
31 books — 32 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Help by Kathryn StockettAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,931 voters
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona CarnarvonBlackbird by Jennifer Lauck
Lost and Found
532 books — 27 voters

The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,336 books — 1,381 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottFalling Angels by Tracy Chevalier
Downton Abbey-esque Books
617 books — 1,017 voters

Alias Grace by Margaret AtwoodOne Thousand White Women by Jim FergusGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierShōgun by James ClavellThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
Best Historical Fiction
7,899 books — 26,302 voters