The Big Books of Fall

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris (19 Lists)



Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Great books about the Old West
290 books — 40 voters
Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen
Historical Fiction About Indigenous Peoples
17 books — 22 voters

Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Enlightening Books About Western Colonization
121 books — 16 voters
To End All Wars by Adam Hochschild
The Great War
772 books — 607 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEndurance by Alfred LansingThe Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten TroostIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Favorite Travel Books
2,053 books — 3,996 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,417 books — 8,204 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGhost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Best History Books
4,080 books — 4,578 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBlood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
Best American History Books
2,294 books — 3,134 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonLamb by Christopher MooreUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandSeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,827 books — 22,525 voters
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,878 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandIn Harm's Way by Doug Stanton
Endurance in Fact and Fiction
95 books — 25 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Non-fiction Disaster Books
329 books — 333 voters

East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,923 books — 124,928 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandIn Harm's Way by Doug StantonThe Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
696 books — 535 voters

Shot All to Hell by Mark Lee GardnerEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBlood and Thunder by Hampton SidesThe Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick
The American Frontier
698 books — 173 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best Historical Travel Journals
335 books — 239 voters

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Biographies
1,814 books — 3,298 voters
Dark Summit by Nick Heil
Worshipping Mountains
174 books — 71 voters

Dark Summit by Nick Heil
Climbing and Mountaineering
218 books — 173 voters