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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Brian (54 Lists)



Punishment Without Crime by Alexandra NatapoffA Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos OzWeird Parenting Wins by Hillary FrankWhen Death Becomes Life by Joshua D. MezrichA Nation of Nations by Tom Gjelten
Fresh Air 2019 (Jan-June)
53 books — 14 voters
Code by Charles PetzoldThe Code Book by Simon SinghDesign Patterns by Erich GammaThe Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1 by Donald Ervin KnuthHacker's Delight by Henry S. Warren Jr.
Essential Books of Computer Science
207 books — 326 voters

I Will Not Fear by Melba Pattillo BealsSecrets by Daniel EllsbergHappiness Is a Choice You Make by John LelandThe Threat Matrix by Garrett M. GraffThe Long Haul by Finn Murphy
Fresh Air 2018
160 books — 58 voters
G.G. Snowboards by Marty Mokler Banks
Fun Books for Elementary Schoolers
432 books — 366 voters

Girls & Sex by Peggy OrensteinModern Romance by Aziz AnsariThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Witches of Eastwick by John UpdikeLetters to a Young Muslim by Omar Saif Ghobash
Fresh Air 2017
147 books — 40 voters
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeePatient H.M. by Luke DittrichI Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong
The Economist - Books of the Year, 2016
52 books — 39 voters

In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonBossypants by Tina Fey
Best Nonfiction Audio Books
448 books — 283 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonBossypants by Tina Fey
Better audiobooks than print
83 books — 101 voters

Den of Thieves by James B. StewartThe Informant by Kurt EichenwaldConspiracy of Fools by Kurt EichenwaldAll the President's Men by Carl BernsteinThe Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean
White Collar Crime
182 books — 97 voters
American Governor by Matt KatzUnited States of Jihad by Peter L. BergenStrange Gods by Susan JacobyBoardwalk of Dreams by Bryant SimonLead Wars by Gerald E. Markowitz
Fresh Air 2016
131 books — 32 voters

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownLost Seattle by Rob Ketcherside
Books about Seattle
46 books — 25 voters
1984 by George OrwellIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteBlack Boy by Richard WrightLolita by Vladimir NabokovA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
100 books — 311 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonThe Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Extreme Classics: National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time
101 books — 263 voters
How to Master The Times Crossword by Tim MooreyCrossworld by Marc RomanoThe Crossword Century by Alan Connor
Books about crosswords
9 books — 6 voters

Disgrace by J.M. CoetzeeThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
63 books — 2,010 voters
Anatomy of a Typeface by Alexander S. LawsonDesigning Type by Karen ChengTypologia by Frederic W. GoudyAn Approach to Type by John R. BiggsType and Typography by Phil Baines
Must Reads for Typography Nerds
29 books — 26 voters

The Signal and the Noise by Nate SilverAll the Devils are Here by Bethany McLeanThe Price of Inequality by Joseph E. StiglitzIt's Even Worse Than It Looks by Thomas E. MannDeath by Black Hole by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Books Rec'd By The Daily Show
366 books — 298 voters
And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Hidden Reality by Brian Greene
Radiolab Bookshelf
85 books — 17 voters

And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterTo End All Wars by Adam HochschildAstonishing Hypothesis by Francis CrickThe Quest for Consciousness by Christof Koch
Radiolab Suggested Readings
183 books — 306 voters
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstAnansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric A. KimmelBark, George by Jules FeifferThe Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room by Stan BerenstainCaps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
education.com 50 books to read before kindergarten
50 books — 1 voter

The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford StollStealing The Network by Ryan RussellHackers by Steven LevyWe Are Anonymous by Parmy OlsonKingpin by Kevin Poulsen
Hacker nonfiction
66 books — 132 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,458 books — 2,340 voters

Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Korean literature in English (fiction and nonfiction)
296 books — 218 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickUnder the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader by Bradley K. MartinThe Reluctant Communist by Charles Robert JenkinsLong Road Home by Yong KimThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Books on North Korea
136 books — 514 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Dealbreaker Dealbreakers: If you dealbreak this book, we won't get along
461 books — 216 voters
Poke the Box by Seth Godin
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,043 books — 5,317 voters

Cloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellGhostwritten by David MitchellNumber9Dream by David MitchellBlack Swan Green by David Mitchell
David Mitchell
11 books — 105 voters
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
293 books — 1,537 voters

Predictably Irrational by Dan ArielyTraffic by Tom VanderbiltWhen Will There Be Good News? by Kate AtkinsonThe Boat by Nam LeUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2008 (fiction and nonfiction)
62 books — 37 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiShalimar the Clown by Salman RushdieOn Beauty by Zadie SmithThe Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2005 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 74 voters


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