Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by David (16 Lists)



Jumper by Steven Gould
Best Unappreciated Books
4,392 books — 2,242 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen KingAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,720 books — 14,350 voters

Shantaram by Gregory David RobertsThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMatterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Foreign Lands
2,379 books — 2,226 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxThe Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton EllisLike People in History by Felice PicanoCity of Night by John Rechy
Best Gay Fiction
2,698 books — 3,903 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,375 books — 7,147 voters
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,809 books — 3,873 voters

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
580 books — 480 voters
All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
Best True Crime
1,440 books — 2,044 voters

11/22/63 by Stephen King
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
873 books — 1,835 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Medicine and Literature
1,965 books — 2,130 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootOn Writing by Stephen KingThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonAll the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,280 books — 8,088 voters
The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaShantaram by Gregory David Roberts
India
1,031 books — 884 voters

A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Best Humor Writing
859 books — 901 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Best Biographies
1,728 books — 3,107 voters

Paradise General by Dave Hnida
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,203 books — 2,539 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFun Home by Alison BechdelZeitoun by Dave EggersThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellOn Writing by Stephen King
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,372 books — 4,820 voters