Big Books of Spring

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Dave (23 Lists)



The North Water by Ian McGuireHis Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Best Historical Thrillers
210 books — 118 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Very Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
332 books — 594 voters

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Scariest books of all time
640 books — 735 voters
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Best Science Fiction
3,773 books — 7,326 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonCitizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best History Books
3,827 books — 3,866 voters
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,181 books — 122,568 voters

The Prize by Daniel Yergin
Books that tell you what REALLY is going on!
616 books — 200 voters
The Prize by Daniel Yergin
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
468 books — 525 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,578 books — 18,686 voters

Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. AmbroseEmbers Of War by Fredrik LogevallBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Rising Sun by John Toland
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,185 books — 2,457 voters
Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonLords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed
Pulitzer Winners: History
106 books — 110 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Randالقرآن الكريم by AnonymousThe Complete Works by William Shakespeare
The Most Influential Books
1,489 books — 5,294 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteZodiac by Robert Graysmith
Best True Crime
1,383 books — 2,011 voters

The Children of Men by P.D. James
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Firm by Robin WaterfieldThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,336 books — 16,026 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréEye of the Needle by Ken FollettDown River by John HartMr. White's Confession by Robert Clark
Edgar Award Winners
124 books — 201 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyDracula by Bram StokerRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinBlindness by José Saramago
Quality Dark Fiction
2,568 books — 3,275 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,054 books — 6,708 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonCitizen Soldiers by Stephen E. AmbroseA History of the American People by Paul Johnson
Best American History Books
2,187 books — 2,545 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,308 books — 9,243 voters
Outliers by Malcolm GladwellTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,263 books — 8,067 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,896 books — 26,165 voters