Paul's votes on the list Best Books of the 21st Century

Listopia > Paul's votes on the list Best Books of the 21st Century (40 Books)

3	Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories by Aryn Kyle (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 947 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone by Martin Dugard (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 7,658 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Townie by Andre Dubus III 3.79 avg rating — 8,440 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	News from Heaven: Acclaimed Short Stories of Family Life and Redemption in a Small Pennsylvania Town by Jennifer Haigh (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 1,840 ratings Paul rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	In Revere, in Those Days by Roland Merullo (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 586 ratings Paul rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon by Edward Dolnick 4.01 avg rating — 2,738 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 80,770 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Faith by Jennifer Haigh (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 14,061 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 5,669 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 18,719 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Forever by Pete Hamill 3.97 avg rating — 14,028 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Glamorous Disasters by Eliot Schrefer (Goodreads Author) 3.27 avg rating — 234 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 111,105 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	William Cullen Bryant: Author of America by Gilbert H. Muller 3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien 4.10 avg rating — 12,656 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Edward Abbey: A Life by James M. Cahalan 3.85 avg rating — 241 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 19,576 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Thomas Hardy by Claire Tomalin 4.08 avg rating — 1,793 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Condition by Jennifer Haigh (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 10,288 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work by Susan Cheever 3.62 avg rating — 1,704 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 6,251 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	A Little Love Story by Roland Merullo (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 1,081 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Ghosts of 42nd Street: A History of America's Most Infamous Block by Anthony Bianco 3.80 avg rating — 122 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Place You Love Is Gone: Progress Hits Home by Melissa Holbrook Pierson 3.49 avg rating — 86 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. by Wil Haygood 4.03 avg rating — 182 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold – The True Story of Laing and Clapperton's Legendary 2,000-Mile Saharan Rivalry by Frank T. Kryza 3.83 avg rating — 487 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon by Anthony Harkins 3.99 avg rating — 83 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Downtown: My Manhattan by Pete Hamill 3.99 avg rating — 1,540 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization by Iain Gately really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 608 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 225,960 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World by Courtwright 3.72 avg rating — 466 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 6,348 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Abide With Me by Elizabeth Strout (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 20,273 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Night Rainbow by Claire King (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 2,648 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Blue Horses by Mary Oliver 4.28 avg rating — 12,323 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley 3.53 avg rating — 3,172 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock 3.98 avg rating — 11,356 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Adventures of Henry Thoreau: A Young Man's Unlikely Path to Walden Pond by Michael Sims 3.80 avg rating — 305 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Outcast by Sadie Jones 3.65 avg rating — 10,171 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Dirty Love by Andre Dubus III 3.53 avg rating — 3,855 ratings Paul rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars