Literal Summer Reads

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Siby (12 Lists)



The Ramayana by Ramesh MenonThe Mahabharata by Ramesh MenonThe Mahabharata by Ramesh Menon
Indian Mythology
96 books — 129 voters
India After Gandhi by Ramachandra GuhaThe Discovery of India by Jawaharlal NehruIndia Unbound by Gurcharan DasAmritsar by Mark TullyFreedom At Midnight by Dominique Lapierre
India on My Mind
405 books — 106 voters

Longitude by Dava SobelA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesAn Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson
Best History Books
4,048 books — 4,629 voters
Longitude by Dava Sobel
Nonfiction Techno-Thrillers
27 books — 7 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,896 books — 4,161 voters
Roots by Alex Haley
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,710 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe Day of Battle by Rick AtkinsonAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonThe Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
690 books — 526 voters
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesThe Second World War by Winston S. ChurchillThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
World War II Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once
348 books — 255 voters

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Best Books Ever
78,979 books — 294,103 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Most Overrated Books
725 books — 668 voters

Longitude by Dava SobelThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Code Book by Simon SinghUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,882 books — 2,262 voters
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
The Big Non-fiction
205 books — 90 voters