2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Steve Kettmann (35 Lists)



Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanVietnamEazy by Trami Nguyen Cron
Mother-Daughter Novels
96 books — 72 voters
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenVietnamEazy by Trami Nguyen Cron
Best Novels by Vietnamese Americans
8 books — 5 voters

Nỗi buồn chiến tranh by Bảo Ninh
Tác phẩm Văn xuôi Việt Hay nhất (Best Vietnamese Fiction written in Vietnamese)
117 books — 375 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Graduate by Charles WebbEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Best California Fiction
101 books — 41 voters

High Fidelity by Nick HornbyThe Inextinguishable Symphony by Martin GoldsmithKiss the Sky by Dusty BakerShop Around by Bruce JenkinsLet's Go Crazy by Alan Light
Best Books to Make You Fall in Love With Music All Over Again
16 books — 10 voters
Kiss the Sky by Dusty Baker
Best Books on Rock and Roll
891 books — 1,278 voters

A Book of Walks by Bruce BochyA Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric GrosHow to Walk by Thich Nhat Hanh
Best Books That Make You Want to Go for a Walk
9 books — 5 voters
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
New York Review Books - Classics
531 books — 890 voters

Cool Gray City of Love by Gary KamiyaThe Subterraneans by Jack KerouacTales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Best Books Set in San Francisco
169 books — 124 voters
Strangers at the Feast by Jennifer VanderbesOne Day at Fenway by Steve Kettmann
A Single Day
141 books — 105 voters

The Soul of Rumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-RumiLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Book for Couples to Read Together
2 books — 1 voter
The Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachShoeless Joe by W.P. KinsellaThe Natural by Bernard MalamudThe Dreyfus Affair by Peter LefcourtYou Know Me Al by Ring Lardner
Best Baseball Novels of All Time
124 books — 186 voters

Confessions of a Baseball Purist by Jon MillerErnie Harwell by Tom KeeganHoly Toledo by Ken Korach
Best Books About Sportscasters
27 books — 11 voters
Nobody's Perfect by Armando GalarragaOne Day at Fenway by Steve KettmannJuiced by José Canseco
Baseball Books to Love
269 books — 126 voters

The Inextinguishable Symphony by Martin Goldsmith
Best Unappreciated Books
4,356 books — 2,202 voters
Cannery Row by John SteinbeckHell's Angels by Hunter S. ThompsonSlouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan DidionTales of the City by Armistead MaupinThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best California Books
434 books — 216 voters

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,871 voters
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,428 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Best War Novels
1,671 books — 1,389 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
War has no winners
1,134 books — 489 voters

Herr Lehmann by Sven RegenerThe Berlin Book of Lists by Max Hofstetter
Berlin
316 books — 187 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Books of 2008
1,632 books — 6,781 voters

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Best books I read in 2010
138 books — 30 voters
Born to Run by Christopher McDougallNight Running by Emily MitchellBowerman and the Men of Oregon by Kenny Moore
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
227 books — 555 voters

So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters
The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac
San Francisco Bay Area Fiction
445 books — 337 voters

Baseball Maverick by Steve KettmannA Book of Walks by Bruce BochyThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachOne Day at Fenway by Steve KettmannKiss the Sky by Dusty Baker
Top reads for sports fans
954 books — 768 voters
Dispatches by Michael HerrThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,126 books — 2,363 voters

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Commonly Loved Books I Hate
392 books — 525 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerDispatches by Michael HerrRabbit, Run by John UpdikeCivilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund FreudRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,783 voters


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