Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by D (64 Lists)



The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Book Club Books
486 books — 329 voters
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonClose Range by Annie Proulx
Badass Short Story Collections (Or So I Hear)
465 books — 262 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
50 Books That Will Change Your Life - Chapters/Indigo
474 books — 1,236 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
True Life Adventure
392 books — 260 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
464 books — 1,589 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniBeloved by Toni Morrison
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
624 books — 2,761 voters

Chocolat by Joanne HarrisFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileyThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Most Charming Novels
391 books — 182 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Last 10 Nonfiction Books I Read
2,989 books — 1,154 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggGorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,255 books — 2,435 voters
The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn by Mary McAuliffe
Women's Journals and Diaries in History
479 books — 246 voters

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories by Jack LondonSong of Solomon by Toni Morrison
A Journey Through Literary America
165 books — 231 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonChocolat by Joanne HarrisLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,347 books — 4,665 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,750 books — 6,905 voters
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,649 books — 3,157 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,068 books — 1,744 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanJamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Gothic Books of All Time
638 books — 3,591 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,190 books — 1,612 voters
Close Range by Annie Proulx
Collections of Short Stories
2,914 books — 2,066 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,171 books — 11,042 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,824 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books To Read After Chronicles of Narnia
266 books — 184 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerA Star Called Henry by Roddy DoylePeig by Peig Sayers
Best Irish Books
689 books — 613 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Black Stallion by Walter FarleyThe Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
Best Books About Animals
1,862 books — 1,926 voters
Deep South by Paul TherouxInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonRolling Nowhere by Ted ConoverGrandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery
On the Road
64 books — 38 voters

America's Women by Gail Collins
Adventurous (and badass) Women
173 books — 63 voters
Blood River by Tim Butcher
Literary Companions For The Wandering Feet
98 books — 67 voters

The Hedgerow Handbook by Adele Nozedar
Nonfiction Books about Plants
437 books — 147 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonWhite Fang by Jack London
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
483 books — 859 voters

Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben MontgomeryThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
What an Odd Thing to Read About!
179 books — 44 voters
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Best Westerns
1,420 books — 1,600 voters


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