Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jerry Blecker (15 Lists)



The Polish Officer by Alan Furst
Best Historical Mystery
2,285 books — 4,791 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensShōgun by James Clavell
Best Historical Fiction
7,896 books — 26,300 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAlong Came a Spider by James PattersonThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Thrillers
4,904 books — 6,359 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingDracula by Bram StokerPet Sematary by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,390 books — 1,996 voters

Helter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Onion Field by Joseph WambaughZodiac by Robert GraysmithDonnie Brasco by Joseph D. Pistone
Best True Crime
1,463 books — 2,100 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeInside the Third Reich by Albert SpeerThe Longest Winter by Alex KershawPatton by Carlo D'Este
World War II Fiction & Non-fiction
803 books — 418 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Godfather by Mario PuzoMystic River by Dennis Lehane
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,446 books — 16,346 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,547 books — 123,919 voters

Don Cherry's Hockey Stories and Stuff by Don CherryDon Cherry's Hockey Stories, Part 2 by Don CherryThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. AbagnaleSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
BEST non-fiction NOVELS
50 books — 19 voters
Broken Memory by Elisabeth CombresIce in My Veins by Kelli SullivanAfter the First Death by Robert CormierThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,775 books — 12,280 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLord of the Flies by William GoldingFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyCell by Stephen King
This Is the End...
1,016 books — 1,608 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,452 books — 1,560 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHoles by Louis SacharLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books for YA guys
94 books — 46 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen KingThe Amityville Horror by Jay AnsonThe Stand by Stephen King
Books That Gave Me Nightmares
271 books — 486 voters

Hockey Tough by Saul L. MillerThe Boys of Winter by Wayne CoffeyComplete Conditioning for Hockey by Peter TwistGrapes by Don CherryThe Flying Hockey Stick by Jolly Roger Bradfield
Best Sports Books
307 books — 193 voters