Big Books of Spring

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lindsey Elton (28 Lists)



Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Literary Westerns
288 books — 392 voters
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
All-Time Awesome Books
12,673 books — 8,377 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerTree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer
Books with Innovative Book Design / Structure
306 books — 551 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouDry by Augusten BurroughsWhat Is the What by Dave EggersNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,353 books — 7,076 voters

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Historical Fiction
7,834 books — 26,135 voters
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddSaving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Quirky Southern Fiction
978 books — 1,924 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingTell No One by Harlan Coben
Thrillers You Must Read!
5,178 books — 7,426 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Westerns
1,410 books — 1,568 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best for Book Clubs
15,236 books — 19,379 voters
What Is the What by Dave EggersThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniPeyton Place by Grace Metalious
Now That's What I Call Damn Fine Reading
92 books — 33 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
You Can't Make This ?#$*t Up!
104 books — 158 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Books I Refused to Finish
124 books — 18 voters

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Unforgettables
12,163 books — 7,914 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
(good!) Hipster Literature
129 books — 247 voters

It by Stephen King
Unfinished
176 books — 42 voters
The Shining by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,887 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Bloody Good Reads!
96 books — 15 voters
The Concrete Blonde by Michael ConnellyThe Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
Best by Michael Connelly
33 books — 99 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Heart-wrenching novels
51 books — 30 voters
Peyton Place by Grace MetaliousThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMudbound by Hillary Jordan
Best Southern Literature
1,375 books — 2,592 voters

The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew
Spring 2012 Next Chapter Favorites
39 books — 290 voters
White Oleander by Janet FitchThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books that Made You Cry!
3,358 books — 7,978 voters

Tell No One by Harlan CobenPromise Me by Harlan Coben
Favorite Harlan Coben
28 books — 192 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,608 voters

Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Favourite Crime & Thrillers
2,298 books — 1,940 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,612 books — 6,928 voters

Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Best Suspense novels
425 books — 331 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesWhat Is the What by Dave Eggers
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,372 voters