A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Matt Wallace (12 Lists)



Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerOn the Road by Jack KerouacBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallThe Odyssey by HomerTales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman
Wanderlust
1,109 books — 1,224 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerOn the Road by Jack KerouacBlue Latitudes by Tony HorwitzTracks by Robyn DavidsonJupiter's Travels by Ted Simon
Favorite Travel Books
2,053 books — 3,996 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainHow to Make Gravy by Paul KellyA Modest Proposal by Jonathan SwiftDer Räuber Hotzenplotz 1 by Otfried PreußlerPugwash and the Sea Monster by John Ryan
Best Books Ever
79,401 books — 295,894 voters
Where Men Win Glory by Jon KrakauerWar by Sebastian JungerThe Good Soldiers by David FinkelGhost Wars by Steve CollHouse to House by David Bellavia
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,262 books — 2,619 voters

The Good Soldiers by David FinkelHouse to House by David BellaviaThe Crossroad by Mark Donaldson
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
459 books — 635 voters
House to House by David BellaviaGhost Wars by Steve CollWar by Sebastian JungerHorse Soldiers by Doug StantonThe Good Soldiers by David Finkel
Best Iraq and Afghanistan War Books
258 books — 473 voters

Horse Soldiers by Doug StantonGhost Wars by Steve CollWar by Sebastian JungerIn the Graveyard of Empires by Seth G. JonesWhere Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
Afghan War Books
86 books — 47 voters
1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,935 books — 125,024 voters

Wake in Fright by Kenneth CookWhat It is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,273 books — 11,704 voters
The Cold Six Thousand by James EllroyBlood's a Rover by James EllroyThe Black Dahlia by James EllroyThe Big Nowhere by James EllroyL.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
The Best in Prose: High Caliber Crime
144 books — 68 voters

The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,509 books — 16,578 voters
Two for Texas by James Lee BurkeLay Down My Sword and Shield by James Lee BurkeTo The Bright And Shining Sun by James Lee BurkeHalf of Paradise by James Lee Burke
Best Historical Fiction
8,234 books — 27,149 voters