Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/110513-altonmann">Altonmann</a> (8 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Altonmann (8 Lists)

The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence S. Ritter

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James

Eight Men Out by Eliot Asinof

A False Spring by Pat Jordan

How Life Imitates the World Series by Thomas Boswell

Best Baseball Books

761 books — 661 voters

The Sound of the City by Charlie Gillett

Chronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan

The Jazz Tradition by Martin T. Williams

Last Train to Memphis by Peter Guralnick

to Be or not to Bop by Dizzy Gillespie

Best Non Fiction About Music

1,510 books — 1,438 voters

Wild Swans by Jung Chang

Ghosts of Spain by Giles Tremlett

The Dark Heart of Italy by Tobias Jones

Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler

Midnight in Sicily by Peter Robb

2,381 books — 2,267 voters

The Tummy Trilogy by Calvin Trillin

Heat by Bill Buford

The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten

The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky

The Perfectionist by Rudolph Chelminski

Food-Related Non-Fiction

1,372 books — 1,733 voters

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro

A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan

Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Best American History Books

2,277 books — 3,122 voters

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro

A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan

Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner

The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro

History as Literature

750 books — 650 voters

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

The Butcher's Boy by Thomas Perry

The 31st Of February by Julian Symons

Beast In View by Margaret Millar

Best Crime & Mystery Books

7,509 books — 16,499 voters

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

King Lear by William Shakespeare

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

Richard II by William Shakespeare

Best of William Shakespeare

112 books — 1,248 voters