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Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Brian Lassiter (9 Lists)



Storm Front by Jim ButcherDead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonDeath Masks by Jim ButcherTurn Coat by Jim ButcherSummer Knight by Jim Butcher
Best Fantasy-Mystery/Detective
268 books — 321 voters
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Swashbucklers
578 books — 516 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Odyssey by Homer
Nautical Novels
435 books — 332 voters
Master & Commander by Patrick O'BrianPost Captain by Patrick O'BrianCourage by Robert CarterH.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'BrianHornblower and the Hotspur by C.S. Forester
Historical Naval Fiction
164 books — 130 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Westerns
1,424 books — 1,602 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,266 books — 8,148 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,872 books — 2,253 voters
The Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Pale Horseman by Bernard CornwellLords of the North by Bernard CornwellThe Burning Land by Bernard CornwellSword Song by Bernard Cornwell
Viking Historical Fiction
208 books — 298 voters

The Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Winter King by Bernard CornwellGates of Fire by Steven PressfieldGenghis by Conn IgguldenAgincourt by Bernard Cornwell
A&M Historical Fiction Group Recommended Reading
193 books — 498 voters