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The Big Books of Summer 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Vicki (1190 Lists)



Miffy At The Playground by Dick BrunaInside, Outside, Upside Down by Stan BerenstainMoo, Baa, La La La! by Sandra BoyntonFreight Train by Donald CrewsTen Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss
Books for one-year-old children
446 books — 270 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Naked in Death by J.D. RobbFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySweet Starfire by Jayne Ann KrentzBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction
3,577 books — 6,764 voters

The da Vinci Code by Dan BrownObsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. HamiltonSilent Prey by John SandfordHidden Riches by Nora RobertsNo Exit by Taylor Adams
The Most Addictive Page-Turners of All Time
837 books — 509 voters
The Child from the Sea by Elizabeth GoudgeOld Yeller by Fred GipsonChiefs by Stuart WoodsShadow of a Lady by Jane Aiken HodgeAn Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer
Historical Gems from the Past
458 books — 322 voters

American Nations by Colin WoodardOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCultural Amnesia by Clive JamesThe Birth of Britain by Winston S. Churchill
Best History Books
3,620 books — 3,557 voters
Bitten by Kelley ArmstrongCry Wolf by Patricia BriggsCircus of the Damned by Laurell K. HamiltonMen of the Otherworld by Kelley ArmstrongHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
best werewolf books
291 books — 246 voters

The Wedding by Julie GarwoodRavished by Amanda QuickThe Convenient Marriage by Georgette HeyerThe Duke and I by Julia QuinnThe Sherbrooke Bride by Catherine Coulter
Historical Romance: Marriage of Convenience/Arranged Marriage
491 books — 662 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton
Best Transgressive Fiction
870 books — 971 voters

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingGuilty Pleasures by Laurell K. HamiltonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Best Books to Read for Halloween
1,122 books — 1,253 voters
A Beautiful Place to Die by Philip R. CraigA Coral Kiss by Jayne Ann KrentzBillingsgate Shoal by Rick BoyerBeach Music by Pat ConroySanibel Flats by Randy Wayne White
Summer Beach Reads (all stories set in beach towns)
430 books — 444 voters

Chasing Fire by Nora RobertsFlashover by Suzanne ChazinNight Smoke by Nora RobertsHotshots by Judith Van GiesonFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Everyday Heroes
64 books — 100 voters
Morris's Disappearing Bag by Rosemary WellsThe Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M. BostonThe Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor CameronThe Phoenix and the Carpet by E. NesbitMole and Troll Trim the Tree by Tony Johnston
Best Children's Books Most People Haven't Heard of...
1,659 books — 764 voters

Cross-Country Cat by Mary CalhounThe Tomten and the Fox by Astrid LindgrenThe Mitten by Jan BrettWhite Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin TresseltThe Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Snow Day Books
200 books — 33 voters
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis StevensonHeidi by Johanna SpyriThe Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport by Laura Lee HopeThe Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor CameronBlaze Finds the Trail by C.W. Anderson
Favorite books from my childhood
4,367 books — 7,368 voters

Naked in Death by J.D. RobbFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgGlory in Death by J.D. RobbLillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen RooneyThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Tales of New York City
1,483 books — 1,200 voters
Murder in the White House by Margaret TrumanMerry Christmas, Alex Cross by James PattersonHeat Wave by Barbara DelinskyAll the Queen's Men by Linda HowardFantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
Books Set in Washington, D.C.
253 books — 70 voters

Baltimore Blues by Laura LippmanIreland by Jill UrisNew York to Dallas by J.D. RobbBath Tangle by Georgette HeyerLost German Chicago by Joseph C. Heinen
Books With The Name of A Town, A County, A State, Or A Country in The Title
615 books — 26 voters
Old Glory by Jonathan RabanMinn of the Mississippi by Holling Clancy HollingThe Upper Mississippi by Walter HavighurstThe Great Deluge by Douglas BrinkleyThe Lower Mississippi by Hodding Carter
Name of State (USA): K-Mississippi
245 books — 25 voters

Carolina On My Mind by Anne Marie WinstonThe Ohio by R.E. BantaCarolina Moon by Nora RobertsSweet Home Carolina by T. Lynn OceanDakota Dreamin' by Janet Dailey
Names of States (USA): North Carolina—South Dakota
151 books — 31 voters
New York to Dallas by J.D. RobbNew York places & pleasures; by Kate SimonThe New York Times Heritage Cook Book by Jean HewittNew York Dead by Stuart WoodsNevada Silver by Joan Hohl
Name of State (USA) Missouri - New York
209 books — 33 voters

Texas! Lucky by Sandra BrownShades of Wyoming by Ann WilliamsTexas! Sage by Sandra BrownTexas Blue Norther by Lass SmallTexas! Chase by Sandra Brown
Name of State (USA): T-W
349 books — 25 voters
Two Old Women by Velma WallisThis Place Is Dry by Vicki CobbA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainArkansas Traveler by Earlene FowlerArizona Heat by Jennifer Greene
Name of State (USA) in Title: A-C
210 books — 34 voters

Carpe Diem, Illinois by Kristin A. OakleyThe Delaware by Harry Emerson WildesThe Illinois (Prairie State Books) by James GrayHawaii by James A. MichenerThe Man Who Invented Florida by Randy Wayne White
Name of State (USA) in Title: D-I
249 books — 24 voters
A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorEngland's green and pleasant land by Kate SimonIberia by James A. MichenerBlue Highways by William Least Heat-MoonA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,000 books — 3,935 voters

American Nations by Colin WoodardNames on the Land by George R. StewartFantasyland by Kurt AndersenThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenConfederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,844 books — 2,207 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe African Queen by C.S. ForesterThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisJaws by Peter BenchleyTwister by Michael Crichton
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,208 books — 6,124 voters

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensAn Infamous Army by Georgette HeyerGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,550 books — 3,518 voters
New York to Dallas by J.D. RobbHeart of Fire by Linda HowardObsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. HamiltonRelic by Douglas PrestonNo Exit by Taylor Adams
Heart Stopping Books
1,242 books — 1,482 voters

Naked in Death by J.D. RobbGrand Passion by Jayne Ann KrentzHidden Riches by Nora RobertsLord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseBlack Sheep by Georgette Heyer
So you love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero
3,531 books — 5,615 voters
A Woggle of Witches by Adrienne AdamsThe Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan BerenstainPumpkin Moonshine by Tasha TudorThe Tailypo by Joanna C. GaldoneSpace Case by Edward Marshall
Best Halloween Picture Books
760 books — 584 voters