Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by spoko (15 Lists)



To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,095 voters
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Best Catholic Fiction
365 books — 295 voters

A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
What’s a 5/5 star book that almost no one knows about?
2 books — 2 voters
Night by Elie WieselFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,517 books — 123,801 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichSavage Inequalities by Jonathan KozolThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Sociology Books
561 books — 419 voters
Justice by Michael J. SandelThe Tyranny of Merit by Michael J. Sandel
Meritocracy Re-examined
11 books — 9 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Ezra Klein Show reading list: books recommended by guests on the podcast (Part 1 of 3)
99 books — 29 voters
Good and Mad by Rebecca TraisterNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Best Angry Woman Books
327 books — 121 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderJustice by Michael J. Sandel
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
938 books — 1,105 voters
Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol
Books about issues of social class and inequality
125 books — 37 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichEvicted by Matthew DesmondOur Kids by Robert D. PutnamThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonSavage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol
Poverty in the USA
57 books — 31 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best American History Books
2,219 books — 2,706 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Conscience of a Liberal by Paul KrugmanLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenAnti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard HofstadterThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Progressive Reads
1,071 books — 726 voters