2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Jan (12 Lists)



Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1 by Blanche Wiesen CookEleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2 by Blanche Wiesen CookUpstairs at the White House by J.B. WestBecoming by Michelle ObamaSecret Lives of the First Ladies by Cormac O'Brien
U.S. First Ladies (nonfiction)
140 books — 29 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonAnnapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak by Maurice HerzogKilimanjaro and Beyond by Barry FinlayThe Climb by Anatoli Boukreev
Climbing and Mountaineering
215 books — 170 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxSo Many Africas by Jill KandelKilimanjaro and Beyond by Barry FinlayJourney Without Maps by Graham Greene
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Africa
121 books — 115 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithOut of Africa by Isak DinesenDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best books for an African Safari
475 books — 525 voters

Notes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergPaul & Kiki's Guide to Vacationing in Italy by Paul StuartExpats Spain by Mark ShearmanAegean Dream by Dario Ciriello
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Europe
127 books — 106 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,068 books — 971 voters

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin MaaloufThe Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades by Jonathan Riley-SmithLongsword by Dimitar GyopsalievThe Crusades by Thomas AsbridgeOathbreaker by Dimitar Gyopsaliev
Best History Books on Crusades
115 books — 96 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del CastilloKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildLongsword by Dimitar GyopsalievOathbreaker by Dimitar Gyopsaliev
Crusaders, Conquistadores and Colonial Empires
261 books — 76 voters

Blood & Beauty by Sarah DunantThe Borgia Bride by Jeanne KalogridisThe Family by Mario PuzoPoison by Sara PooleMadonna of the Seven Hills by Jean Plaidy
Best Books about the Borgia Family
69 books — 170 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEndurance by Alfred LansingInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best True Survival Stories
417 books — 542 voters

The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan EigThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Living Medicine by Lina ZeldovichThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
True Medical Histories
35 books — 16 voters
Over the Edge of the World by Laurence BergreenThe Lost City of Z by David GrannUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard CarterThe White Nile by Alan Moorehead
The Great Explorers
245 books — 92 voters


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