Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bob (15 Lists)



The Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather
Dark age European history
202 books — 67 voters
Nixonland by Rick PerlsteinAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowEmpire of Liberty by Gordon S. WoodAmerican Colonies by Alan Taylor
Best American History Books
2,220 books — 2,709 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Stand by Stephen King
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,988 books — 26,601 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Stand by Stephen KingEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books Ever
78,168 books — 291,517 voters

Ghost Wars by Steve CollThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightOverthrow by Stephen KinzerAll the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer
American Foreign Policy
468 books — 285 voters
Nixonland by Rick Perlstein
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
469 books — 527 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliColumbine by Dave Cullen
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,366 books — 4,931 voters
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Ou... by Philip GourevitchNothing to Envy by Barbara DemickColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best Books by Journalists
288 books — 105 voters

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightAll the Shah's Men by Stephen KinzerThe Assassins’ Gate by George PackerThe Forever War by Dexter Filkins
Best Middle East Nonfiction
535 books — 376 voters
SPQR by Mary BeardPersian Fire by Tom HollandGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Books About Ancient History
459 books — 139 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,709 books — 25,683 voters
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,261 books — 8,106 voters

Columbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime
1,450 books — 2,071 voters
The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston
History of Medicine
354 books — 161 voters

The Prize by Daniel YerginThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondNight by Elie WieselGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Best History Books
3,932 books — 4,124 voters