Literal Summer Reads

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



The Dancing Years by Cynthia Harrod-EaglesThe Foreign Field by Cynthia Harrod-EaglesThe Measure of Days by Cynthia Harrod-EaglesThe Burning Roses by Cynthia Harrod-EaglesThe White Road by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Best Books Ever
78,974 books — 294,090 voters
Ragtime by E.L. DoctorowJustine by Lawrence DurrellThe Making of the English Working Class by E.P. ThompsonThe Power Broker (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Robert A. CaroThe Age of Revolution, 1789–1848 by Eric J. Hobsbawm
President Obama's Summer Reading List
344 books — 170 voters

Burden of Desire by Robert MacNeilFound Meals of the Lost Generation by Suzanne Rodriguez
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,464 books — 10,300 voters
Shōgun by James Clavell
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,000 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Books That Make Your Taste Buds Water!
189 books — 138 voters
The Young Winston Churchill by John Marsh
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,586 books — 7,854 voters

The Divided Skies by Robert J. JakemanLady Nugent's Journal of Her Residence in Jamaica from 1801 t... by Maria NugentThe Long Week-End by Robert GravesEmpire's Workshop by Greg Grandin
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,333 books — 8,175 voters
Wait for the Day by Denise RobertsonThe Rest of Our Lives by Jeannie JohnsonA Good War by Patrick BishopThe Young Lions by Irwin ShawBlood of Victory by Alan Furst
World War II Fiction
1,489 books — 2,226 voters

Confusion by Elizabeth Jane HowardMarking Time by Elizabeth Jane HowardThe Light Years by Elizabeth Jane HowardBluebirds by Margaret MayhewCasting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard
World War II England
483 books — 200 voters
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas MonsarratBurden of Desire by Robert MacNeilShōgun by James ClavellThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,710 voters