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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Larry (234 Lists)



The Guards by Ken BruenDead I Well May Be by Adrian McKintyWinterland by Alan GlynnThe Death of a Joyce Scholar by Bartholomew GillMcGarr And The Politician's Wife by Bartholomew Gill
Best Irish Books
686 books — 603 voters
Matterhorn by Karl MarlantesThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen CraneGates of Fire by Steven PressfieldPaths of Glory by Humphrey Cobb
Best War Novels
1,655 books — 1,378 voters

The Age of Wonder by Richard HolmesEinstein's Mistakes by Hans C. Ohanian
Social Histories of Science
57 books — 33 voters
To Build a Fire and Other Stories by Jack LondonThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonWhite Fang by Jack LondonThe Birthday Boys by Beryl BainbridgePolar Star by Martin Cruz Smith
Out in the Cold
300 books — 126 voters

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellMatterhorn by Karl Marlantes
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesWolf Hall by Hilary MantelFlashman by George MacDonald FraserThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,452 books — 2,701 voters

The Beast That Walks Like Man by Harold McCracken
Best Bear Books
181 books — 80 voters
Dr. Bowdler's Legacy by Noel Perrin
Fiction and Nonfiction about Banning/Banned Books
116 books — 84 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
Best Survival Stories
1,142 books — 1,595 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesGates of Fire by Steven PressfieldArthur & George by Julian BarnesThe Birthday Boys by Beryl BainbridgeFlashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Faction
442 books — 80 voters

A Hole in the World by Richard RhodesThis Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff
Best Books on Horrible Childhoods
13 books — 8 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinThe Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. HornfischerFrom Dawn to Decadence by Jacques BarzunThe Big Burn by Timothy Egan
History is Survival
229 books — 26 voters

Fatherland by Robert HarrisSS-GB by Len DeightonKing and Joker by Peter Dickinson
Alternate England
384 books — 309 voters
Death Message by Mark BillinghamScaredy Cat by Mark BillinghamRogue Male by Geoffrey HouseholdWatcher in the Shadows by Geoffrey HouseholdThe Network by Jason Elliot
Good Old British Thrillers
149 books — 69 voters

Buried Prey by John Sandford
Can't Wait Books For 2011
1,241 books — 6,638 voters
Sleeping Dogs by Thomas PerryThe Face-Changers by Thomas PerryVanishing Act by Thomas PerryThe Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellVertical Run by Joseph R. Garber
The Most Dangerous Game
26 books — 20 voters

1491 by Charles C. MannA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Proud Tower by Barbara W. TuchmanMayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Vertigo Years by Philipp Blom
Understanding History
260 books — 105 voters
A Rumor of War by Philip CaputoFields of Fire by James WebbHow Green Was My Valley by Richard LlewellynWest with the Night by Beryl Markham
The obscure: Best books most haven't read (or even heard of)
536 books — 349 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelOne Corpse Too Many by Ellis PetersThe Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Pale Horseman by Bernard CornwellThe Lion in Winter by James Goldman
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,287 books — 1,529 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Hours by Michael CunninghamThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
98 books — 953 voters

The Power of Their Ideas by Deborah MeierIn Schools We Trust by Deborah Meier
Best on Education and Society
24 books — 15 voters
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayUnder Cover of Daylight by James W. Hall
miami (and south florida)
153 books — 91 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Beginning of a Novel
148 books — 172 voters
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. EliotThe Tiger in the House by Carl van Vechten
Great Cat Books
1,557 books — 947 voters

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamBrazzaville Beach by William Boyd
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,733 books — 1,590 voters
Post Captain by Patrick O'BrianMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianLieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Sailing Ships on the Cover
143 books — 84 voters

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson61 Hours by Lee ChildWorth Dying For by Lee Child
2010 Reading List
234 books — 232 voters
Kon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlThe Places in Between by Rory StewartTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonKim by Rudyard KiplingThe Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
Tales of Adventure
512 books — 473 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonLord of the Flies by William GoldingLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssMutiny on the Bounty by Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Desert Islands
128 books — 148 voters
The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del CastilloWarriors of God by James Reston Jr.The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Crusaders, Conquistadores and Colonial Empires
261 books — 75 voters