Literal Summer Reads

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jake Pedersen (21 Lists)



Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Best Vietnam War Novels
18 books — 15 voters
Matterhorn by Karl MarlantesBlack Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
Best War Novels
1,720 books — 1,471 voters

Matterhorn by Karl MarlantesHuế 1968 by Mark Bowden
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
345 books — 662 voters
Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr
A Year in the Life
257 books — 416 voters

Janesville by Amy Goldstein
Rust Belt Reads
39 books — 15 voters
No Good Men Among the Living by Anand Gopal
Best Iraq and Afghanistan War Books
258 books — 474 voters

Cherry by Nico Walker
Novels Featuring Military Veterans
108 books — 67 voters
Born a Crime by Trevor NoahMoneyball by Michael Lewis
Best Audiobooks Ever
1,980 books — 2,841 voters

Janesville by Amy Goldstein
Books Set in Wisconsin
424 books — 185 voters
Midnight Rising by Tony HorwitzThe Brethren by Bob WoodwardThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownConfederates in the Attic by Tony HorwitzAll the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
Best American History Books
2,263 books — 3,081 voters

Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
Nonfiction pageturners
201 books — 75 voters
Music of the Ghosts by Vaddey RatnerHun Sen’s Cambodia by Sebastian Strangio
Cambodia
86 books — 42 voters

Red Notice by Bill Browder
Best Nonfiction Audio Books
448 books — 283 voters
Fear by Bob Woodward
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2018
436 books — 194 voters

A Hell Called Ohio by John M. Hamilton
Best Manfiction
2,276 books — 555 voters
Shadow Divers by Robert KursonBlack Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,331 books — 8,174 voters

Blood and Money by Thomas ThompsonCatch Me If You Can by Jeff NathansonAmerican Pain by John Temple
Best True Crime
1,486 books — 2,118 voters
Meantime by Stephen Paul Register
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,247 books — 2,599 voters

Meantime by Stephen Paul Register
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
460 books — 633 voters
Indonesia, Etc by Elizabeth PisaniFinding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin
Best Southeast Asia Nonfiction
160 books — 75 voters

Into Africa by Martin Dugard
The Great Explorers
245 books — 92 voters