Hispanic Heritage Month 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Paladin (30 Lists)



Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,317 books — 2,166 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Audiobooks
1,639 books — 1,175 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,701 books — 8,323 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Historical Fiction
8,247 books — 27,181 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
182 books — 110 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Books to Read On a Rainy Day
773 books — 463 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Most Comforting Books (The Literary Version of Bread Pudding)
1,297 books — 930 voters
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,106 books — 2,470 voters

SuperFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,641 books — 3,473 voters
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,263 books — 2,623 voters

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
The Most Influential Books
1,499 books — 5,329 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books Ever
79,459 books — 296,299 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyNever Cry Wolf by Farley MowatThe Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward AbbeyThe Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols
Best Environmental Books
1,117 books — 1,291 voters
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigGhost Rider by Neil Peart
Best Motorcycle Books
136 books — 189 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirEndurance by Alfred LansingInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best Survival Stories
1,276 books — 1,856 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,219 books — 1,994 voters

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
457 books — 633 voters
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Shun-Ru ChangA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,414 books — 8,210 voters

Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price by The Church of Jesus Christ ...
The Worst Books of All Time
8,125 books — 19,915 voters
The Falcon Thief by Joshua Hammer
Books for Bird Lovers
548 books — 220 voters

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Swashbucklers
584 books — 515 voters
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Best Humorous Books
4,498 books — 8,335 voters

The Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie Jr.Mountain Man by Vardis Fisher
Mountain Man Historical Fiction
6 books — 4 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,865 books — 3,366 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,031 books — 2,650 voters
The Power of the Dog by Thomas SavageDancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan DoigButcher's Crossing by John WilliamsThe Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Literary Westerns
290 books — 404 voters

To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
780 books — 1,839 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,731 books — 13,309 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryDancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan DoigAngle of Repose by Wallace StegnerButcher's Crossing by John WilliamsA River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean
Best Westerns
1,471 books — 1,631 voters
The Caine Mutiny by Herman WoukThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
World War II Fiction
1,503 books — 2,284 voters