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The Big Books of Summer 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by CLM (81 Lists)



Cincinnati by Lee Davis WilloughbyThe Jazz Bird by Craig HoldenNo Police Like Holmes by Dan AndriaccoThe History of Us by Leah StewartThe Boy at the Museum by Tamera Lenz Muente
Novels Set in Cincinnati
16 books — 5 voters
Paintbox Summer by Betty CavannaThe Scarlet Sail by Betty CavannaThe Glass Phoenix by Mary Stetson ClarkeSandwich by Catherine Newman
Cape Cod Books
129 books — 68 voters

Paper Chains by Jane LangtonMiss Pym Disposes by Josephine TeyDeath Of A Harvard Freshman by Victoria SilverDeath of a Radcliffe Roommate by Victoria Silver
Books About College Life
739 books — 260 voters
Bed & Breakfast by Lois BattleA Springtime Affair by Katie Fforde
B&B Fiction
138 books — 52 voters

You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss WeitzmanThe Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne MaloneMurder at the Gardner by Jane Langton
Best Fiction Featuring Museums
96 books — 21 voters
The Seventh Swan by Nicholas Stuart GrayThe Cloud Forest by Joan NorthBehind the Attic Wall by Sylvia CassedyFive Dolls in a House by Helen ClareThe Load of Unicorn by Cynthia Harnett
Forgotten Vintage Children's Lit. We Want Republished!
71 books — 8 voters

Once on Esplanade by Frances Parkinson KeyesCrescent Carnival by Frances Parkinson Keyes
Best New Orleans Books
421 books — 346 voters
The Rising of the Lark by Ann MorayThe Case of the Dotty Dowager by Cathy AceThe Last Party by Clare MackintoshCarrie's War by Nina BawdenDo Not Disturb by Claire Douglas
Books Set in Wales
320 books — 196 voters

The First Wives Club by Olivia GoldsmithHeartbreak for Hire by Sonia HartlThe Dinosaur Club by William HeffernanLove at First Spite by Anna E. Collins
Revenge
374 books — 257 voters
The Winter Sea by Susanna KearsleyThe Rose Garden by Susanna KearsleyMariana by Susanna KearsleyTime and Again by Jack FinneyDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
976 books — 4,105 voters

Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park
Australian Timeslip Fiction
30 books — 6 voters
The Magic Summer by Noel StreatfeildSabrina by Madeleine A. Polland
Best Irish Books
686 books — 603 voters

The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie PopeBeauty by Robin McKinleyA String in the Harp by Nancy BondRobinsheugh by Eileen DunlopA Haunting Air by Barbara C. Freeman
Children's Fantasy of the 1970s
155 books — 62 voters
A Thousand for Sicily by Geoffrey TreaseThe Thieves of Ostia by Caroline LawrenceRomance in Italy by Mabel Esther AllanThe Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne JonesFollow My Black Plume by Geoffrey Trease
Italy in Juvenile Fiction
246 books — 17 voters

Hot Fudge Murder by Cynthia BaxterMurder with a Cherry on Top by Cynthia BaxterA Very Stable Genius by Philip Rucker
Books by Bryn Mawr Alumnae
96 books — 17 voters
The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Best Historical Mystery
1,945 books — 4,411 voters

Something's Rotten in the State of Maryland by Laura A. Sonnenmark
Rewriting Shakespeare (YA Edition)
167 books — 215 voters
Celia Garth by Gwen BristowPolly Poppingay, Milliner by Gertrude Newman
Threads of Love: Dressmaker, Seamstress, Quilter, Knitter Heroines
217 books — 54 voters

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. SmithBetsy and the Great World by Maud Hart LovelaceMary Jane in England by Clara Ingram JudsonThe House on Parchment Street by Patricia A. McKillipCherry Ames, Companion Nurse by Helen Wells
Childrens/YA Books about Americans in London
7 books — 3 voters
The Winds of Winter by George R.R. MartinHid from Our Eyes by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Can't Wait Books of 2020
1,121 books — 2,505 voters

Till the Stars Fall by Kathleen Gilles SeidelOur Secret Better Lives by Matthew Amster-BurtonMel by Liz BerryJesse's Girl by Miranda Kenneally
Fiction Involving Rock/Pop Music
869 books — 1,018 voters
The Grand Sophy by Georgette HeyerFrederica by Georgette HeyerDevil's Cub by Georgette HeyerArabella by Georgette Heyer
Best Humorous Historical Romances
803 books — 1,259 voters

These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
Vengeance Is Mine
305 books — 437 voters
Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan AikenJerusha's Ghost by Madye Lee ChastainFrederica by Georgette HeyerThe Travels of Babar by Jean de BrunhoffThe Amazing Air Balloon by Jean Van Leeuwen
Best Hot Air Balloon Fiction
78 books — 15 voters

Wintercombe by Pamela BelleHerald of Joy by Pamela BelleThe Quickenberry Tree by Annette MotleyGarland of Straw by Stella RileyThe Black Madonna by Stella Riley
17th Century Romance (1601 - 1700)
217 books — 69 voters
Dawn's Early Light by Elswyth Thane
Colonial, Revolutionary, Early American Romance
203 books — 226 voters

The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. CooneyLong Live the Queen by Ellen Emerson WhiteAsk Me No Questions by Margaret StoreyProve Yourself a Hero by K.M. PeytonWhat Janie Found by Caroline B. Cooney
YA Kidnapping
181 books — 113 voters
Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay PenmanA Countess Below Stairs by Eva IbbotsonThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanA Company of Swans by Eva IbbotsonStone Virgin by Barry Unsworth
Historical Fiction of the 1980s
85 books — 13 voters

Shadow Castle by Marian CockrellThe Trouble With Jenny's Ear by Oliver ButterworthA Candle in Her Room by Ruth M. ArthurFamily Sabbatical by Carol Ryrie BrinkThe Secret Language by Ursula Nordstrom
Obscure Children's Vintage Gems
660 books — 236 voters
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha ChristieOut of the Past by Patricia WentworthA Man Lay Dead by Ngaio MarshFarthing by Jo WaltonThe Catherine Wheel by Patricia Wentworth
English Country House Novels
132 books — 44 voters


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