Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sharon (19 Lists)



The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2011: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
1,801 books — 439 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeNight by Elie WieselI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,509 books — 123,784 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckLife of Pi by Yann Martel
If I Were Stranded On a Desert Island...
1,203 books — 431 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenLife of Pi by Yann MartelMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,373 voters

The Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Tiger's Wife by Téa ObrehtShantaram by Gregory David RobertsGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
14,441 books — 15,278 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantRoots by Alex Haley
Best Historical Fiction
7,860 books — 26,181 voters

Roots by Alex Haley
Books about American slavery
416 books — 417 voters
Roots by Alex HaleyI Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,819 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
630 books — 1,657 voters
Roots by Alex HaleyI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambThe Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,875 books — 7,000 voters

The Hour I First Believed by Wally LambAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtI Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
What To Read Next
20,909 books — 24,927 voters
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,771 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
990 books — 787 voters
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Books Ever
78,140 books — 291,423 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,512 books — 69,837 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,033 books — 15,753 voters

Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,607 voters