2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Matthew Smith (10 Lists)



Washington by Ron ChernowJohn Adams by David McCulloughAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowThe Ride by Kostya KennedyFounding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
US Founding Fathers (nonfiction)
241 books — 32 voters
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellAmerican Dirt by Jeanine CumminsThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelSuch a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
588 books — 1,242 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
Normal People by Sally RooneyBecoming by Michelle ObamaSay Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodThe Dutch House by Ann Patchett
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2019
100 books — 43 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,172 voters
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesEducated by Tara WestoverThere There by Tommy OrangeThe Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2018
101 books — 17 voters

John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
2,124 books — 2,495 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinWashington by Ron ChernowTruman by David McCulloughThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
467 books — 524 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahEducated by Tara WestoverWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Best Books of 2018
1,652 books — 2,959 voters
Exit West by Mohsin HamidLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersWhite Tears by Hari KunzruSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThe Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
2018 Tournament of Books
19 books — 77 voters