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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chuck (191 Lists)



A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
History Published in Year: 2023
697 books — 74 voters
A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2023
1,349 books — 146 voters

A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy EganAll the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Best Books of 2023
1,247 books — 1,871 voters
A Litter of Bones by J.D. KirkRaven Black by Ann Cleeves
Bloody Scotland
160 books — 22 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne JeffersHomegoing by Yaa GyasiEndurance by Frank A. Worsley
Goodreads Top 100: Standalones Edition - Highest Rated Standalones on Goodreads with at least 10,000 Ratings
108 books — 76 voters
The Alice Network by Kate QuinnTo the Last Man by Jeff ShaaraThree Day Road by Joseph BoydenNo Man's Land by Simon Tolkien
WWI: The Great War (Historical Fiction)
596 books — 412 voters

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Mystery & Thriller 2023
190 books — 329 voters
The Night Fire by Michael ConnellyRecursion by Blake CrouchThe Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Mystery & Thriller 2019
225 books — 562 voters

The Murder of Patience Brooke by J.C. BriggsMurder in Old Bombay by Nev March
First in Series--Historical Mysteries
278 books — 58 voters
Search the Dark by Charles ToddWings of Fire by Charles ToddA Test of Wills by Charles ToddLegacy of the Dead by Charles Todd
Best of Charles Todd
48 books — 4 voters

War Lord by Bernard CornwellThe Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Goodreads Top 100 - Highest Rated Books on Goodreads with at least 10,000 Ratings
101 books — 1,037 voters
Russka by Edward RutherfurdCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyCity of Thieves by David BenioffSashenka by Simon Sebag MontefioreThe Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian/Soviet Historical Fiction
66 books — 101 voters

The Judge's List by John Grisham
Law and Lawyers in Fiction
473 books — 209 voters
Saturnalia by John Maddox RobertsRoman Blood by Steven SaylorThe Virgin in the Ice by Ellis PetersThe House of the Vestals by Steven SaylorAn Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters
Best historical-fiction mysteries
389 books — 198 voters

All That She Carried by Tiya MilesKlara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
NPR's Best Books of 2021
60 books — 15 voters
All That She Carried by Tiya MilesKlara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2021
10 books — 8 voters

The It Girl by Ruth Ware
Mystery & Thriller 2022
206 books — 267 voters
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
52 Book Club 2022: Summer Genre Challenge - Mystery
95 books — 9 voters

The Heart of Everything That Is by Bob DruryEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Great books about the Old West
287 books — 38 voters
The Heart of Everything That Is by Bob DruryKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Native American History
80 books — 38 voters

The Heart of Everything That Is by Bob DruryKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
"The American Indian Wars" (nonfiction)
171 books — 17 voters
The Heart of Everything That Is by Bob DruryEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley Powell
The American Frontier
696 books — 171 voters

The Sacrilege by John Maddox RobertsThe Triumph of Caesar by Steven SaylorThe Judgment of Caesar by Steven SaylorRubicon by Steven SaylorA Murder on the Appian Way by Steven Saylor
Roman Mysteries Series
94 books — 50 voters
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Best Westerns
1,438 books — 1,624 voters

Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Literary Westerns
292 books — 405 voters
Path Lit by Lightning by David Maraniss
Sports: Non-fiction, Memoirs, Biographies & Autobiographies
107 books — 13 voters

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingAngels & Demons by Dan Brown
Best Twists
8,704 books — 9,828 voters
Island of the Lost by Joan DruettThe Long Walk by Slavomir RawiczIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Best True Survival Stories
432 books — 552 voters

1453 by Roger Crowley
Istanbul
141 books — 44 voters
1453 by Roger Crowley
Best Medieval History Books
834 books — 462 voters


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