Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Joanna (13 Lists)



Annapurna by Arlene Blum
Climbing and Mountaineering
216 books — 170 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Best Jane Austen FanFiction
699 books — 1,001 voters

Half the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Powerful International Non-Fiction
295 books — 318 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2011 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 35 voters

A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,121 books — 10,086 voters
Child 44 by Tom Rob SmithThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,443 books — 16,342 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Medicine and Literature
1,976 books — 2,157 voters
The Stand by Stephen King
Dystopia!
1,232 books — 2,787 voters

The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Historical Fiction
7,876 books — 26,234 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,372 voters

The Collected Stories by Richard YatesThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Tales of New York City
1,726 books — 1,300 voters
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,822 voters

Blindness by José Saramago
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,987 books — 26,609 voters