Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Gretchen (11 Lists)



Development as Freedom by Amartya SenWhy Nations Fail by Daron AcemoğluThe Bottom Billion by Paul CollierPoor Economics by Abhijit V. BanerjeeMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
International Development Book Club
122 books — 81 voters
Improving Local Government Performance through Benchmarking by David N. AmmonsMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderPoor Economics by Abhijit V. BanerjeeThe Only Possible Solution by Fons BurgerHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof
International development
247 books — 268 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Women & Gender Studies
1,507 books — 605 voters
The Princess in Black by Shannon HaleDinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope OsborneMy Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles GannettDory Fantasmagory by Abby HanlonMercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo
Transitional Chapter Books Series (6 - 8 years old)
150 books — 81 voters

Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope OsborneFrog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold LobelLittle Bear by Else Holmelund MinarikMy Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles GannettMercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo
Chapter books for six year olds
155 books — 181 voters
Zibs for Sale by Lois WickstromEdith and Little Bear Lend a Hand by Dare WrightThe Doll and the Kitten by Dare WrightThe Little Family by Lois LenskiWhen the Wind Blew by Margaret Wise Brown
Really Underrated Children's Books
946 books — 208 voters

The Backyard Homestead by Carleen MadiganPest Control for Organic Gardening by Amber RichardsThe Dirty Life by Kristin KimballGaia's Garden by Toby HemenwayTiny Victory Gardens by Acadia Tucker
Gardening/Farming/Sustainability
49 books — 44 voters
Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauPest Control for Organic Gardening by Amber RichardsOff Grid by BackwoodsStronghold by BackwoodsThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
Living in the Middle of Nowhere
69 books — 23 voters

The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla EmeryGaia's Garden by Toby HemenwayThe One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu FukuokaAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan
100+ Best Permaculture & Homesteading Books: The Ultimate Reading List for Sustainable Living
200 books — 150 voters
Bread by Jeffrey HamelmanThe Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter ReinhartFlour Water Salt Yeast by Ken ForkishPeter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads by Peter ReinhartThe Bread Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
Best Breadmaking Books Ever
139 books — 60 voters

Terrorism - The Survival Bible Handbook by John BentleyTerrorism - The Survival Bible Handbook by John BentleyThe Survival Bible Handbook by John BentleyThe Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla EmeryThe Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It by John Seymour
Homesteading
285 books — 136 voters