2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Nick Batson (10 Lists)



Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisLondon by Peter AckroydThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonSalonica, City of Ghosts by Mark MazowerLondon by Edward Rutherfurd
Histories of Cities
261 books — 106 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachPacking for Mars by Mary RoachSmoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyThe Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon RonsonThe Cows by Lydia Davis
What an Odd Thing to Read About!
179 books — 45 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonGoing Clear by Lawrence WrightNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Well-Thought, Well-Researched, Infinitely Readable Nonfiction
422 books — 169 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerEndurance by Alfred LansingThe Lost City of Z by David GrannIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
50 Best Non-Fiction Adventure Books: The Essential Man's Library
55 books — 174 voters

Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickEscape from Camp 14 by Blaine HardenThe Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-HwanThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonThe Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee
Books on North Korea
137 books — 511 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyTrainspotting by Irvine WelshFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Most Messed Up
855 books — 519 voters

The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCollected Writings by Thomas Paine
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
935 books — 1,099 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklMeditations by Marcus AureliusThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanCosmos by Carl Sagan
Reddit 100 Non-Fiction Books To Better Yourself
101 books — 50 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Reddit 100 Most Thought Provoking Books
102 books — 38 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
1,826 books — 2,215 voters