Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amanda (40 Lists)



Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
Can't Wait Books of 2013
2,490 books — 11,673 voters
The Geography of Bliss by Eric WeinerOracle Bones by Peter HesslerRiver Town by Peter HesslerBlue Latitudes by Tony HorwitzWalking the Bible by Bruce Feiler
Foreign Lands
2,379 books — 2,226 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Books 1963
129 books — 55 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyInkheart by Cornelia Funke
Books With Multiple Perspectives
750 books — 307 voters

The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul TherouxIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonNeither Here nor There by Bill BrysonThe Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux
Have Passport Will Travel
716 books — 599 voters
Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul TherouxThe Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
If I Could?
29 books — 23 voters

The Geography of Bliss by Eric WeinerWithout Reservations by Alice SteinbachAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Multi Country Setting
27 books — 17 voters
The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,561 books — 3,332 voters

A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony HorwitzCake Wrecks by Jen Yates
Best Humorous Non-Fiction
595 books — 255 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanGhost in the Wires by Kevin D. Mitnick
101 Books to Read - Nonfiction
313 books — 298 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Best Books of 2001
557 books — 284 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëDoctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
535 books — 1,890 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyA Confession by Leo TolstoyThe Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy
The Best of Tolstoy
31 books — 445 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanHeat by Bill BufordA Cook's Tour by Anthony BourdainWhat to Eat by Marion Nestle
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,248 books — 1,653 voters

The Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittChaos by James GleickThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,929 books — 3,626 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellOil by matthew yeomansHeat by Bill BufordFaster by James Gleick
Best Typography on a Book Cover
638 books — 191 voters

Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellPredictably Irrational by Dan ArielyThe Lucifer Effect by Philip G. Zimbardo
Greatest Psychology Books
794 books — 1,333 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneLord Jim by Joseph Conrad
Boat Books
773 books — 503 voters

Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Quirky Southern Fiction
980 books — 1,926 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Could Change Your Life
2,879 books — 1,581 voters

Candide by VoltaireSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Best World Philosophy Book
954 books — 1,422 voters
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanThe Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du BoisDicey's Song by Cynthia VoigtThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Most Deserving Newbery
131 books — 3,024 voters

The Social Animal by David BrooksAt Home by Bill BrysonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
2012--The intended Reading List
69 books — 26 voters
The Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickUncommon Grounds by Mark PendergrastKrakatoa by Simon Winchester
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,861 books — 2,244 voters

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Children's Books
5,366 books — 6,963 voters
Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator! by Mo WillemsPress Here by Hervé Tullet
Red Dot 2012: Early Readers: Long-list
33 books — 29 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienThe Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du BoisThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Newbery Medal Winner Books
105 books — 374 voters
A New Earth by Eckhart TolleThe Purpose Driven Life by Rick WarrenAn Inconvenient Truth by Al GoreThe Shack by William Paul Young
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinMayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best American History Books
2,216 books — 2,650 voters
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen CroninGiggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen CroninBarnyard Dance by Sandra BoyntonFarmer Duck by Martin WaddellDooby Dooby Moo by Doreen Cronin
Farmyard Fun
434 books — 115 voters


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