2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Kris (10 Lists)



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
1,825 books — 2,213 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovOutliers by Malcolm GladwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,046 books — 2,043 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Ultimate Backpacking Novels
473 books — 1,136 voters
Naked Economics by Charles WheelanThe Prize by Daniel YerginThe Great Depression by Benjamin RothWhile America Aged by Roger LowensteinBusiness Success Secrets, Principles, Formulas & Ethos by Daryl Urbanski
From Planet Money
18 books — 11 voters

Never Split the Difference by Chris VossNonviolent Communication by Marshall B. RosenbergThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtA Manual for Creating Atheists by Peter BoghossianRationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Street Epistemology
44 books — 26 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariThe Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
Thoughtful Reads / Book Club
126 books — 147 voters

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsMade in Russia by Michael IdovGrunt by Mary RoachPacking for Mars by Mary RoachOriginal Copies by Bianca Bosker
99% Invisible books (nonfiction)
104 books — 20 voters
Salt by Mark KurlanskyThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanLesser Beasts by Mark EssigThe Third Plate by Dan BarberMeatonomics by David Robinson Simon
Food for Thought Book Club (USA)
166 books — 22 voters

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin GrahamOne Up On Wall Street by Peter LynchA Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. MalkielIrrational Exuberance by Robert J. ShillerStocks for the Long Run by Jeremy J. Siegel
The 22 Most Important Finance Books Ever Written
36 books — 26 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters