Big Books of Spring

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Maureen (20 Lists)



The Ambulance Drivers by James McGrath MorrisWriter, Sailor, Soldier, Spy by Nicholas E. ReynoldsPapa Hemingway by A.E. Hotchner
Obsessed with Hemingway
48 books — 15 voters
The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate MosseEleanor by Jason Gurley
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
332 books — 703 voters

Miracles and Conundrums of the Secondary Planets by Jacob M. AppelThe Secrets of Midwives by Sally HepworthCircling the Sun by Paula McLainIf I Fall, If I Die by Michael ChristieThe Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,361 voters
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison AllenThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Favorite Couples
1,594 books — 866 voters

The Architect's Apprentice by Elif ShafakAt the Water's Edge by Sara GruenThe Silver Witch by Paula BrackstonThe Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. Rose
Can't Wait Historical Fiction of 2015
110 books — 350 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankChickens, Mules and Two Old Fools by Victoria Twead
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,079 books — 6,752 voters

The Snow Child by Eowyn IveyThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Impac Dublin Award 2014 Long List
30 books — 28 voters
The House at Riverton by Kate MortonThe Plum Tree by Ellen Marie WisemanMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,204 books — 4,189 voters

The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,325 books — 4,592 voters
This Crowded Earth by Robert Bloch
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,913 books — 26,175 voters

The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard
Best Short Stories
1,760 books — 1,043 voters
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest HemingwayThe Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
Collections of Short Stories
2,903 books — 2,048 voters

Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk CrossFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,317 books — 17,093 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
This Is the End...
1,002 books — 1,597 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Highbrow Fantasy Books
421 books — 626 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,117 books — 10,723 voters

Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,876 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRoots by Alex HaleyThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Historical Fiction
7,690 books — 25,957 voters

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinDune by Frank HerbertFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,607 books — 25,106 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThose Who Save Us by Jenna BlumThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsWater for Elephants by Sara GruenYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Best for Book Clubs
15,145 books — 19,217 voters