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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Beth Roman (4 Lists)



Stiff by Mary RoachThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanBonk by Mary RoachUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,266 books — 8,149 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
My Top Books
196 books — 98 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best Historical Fiction
7,919 books — 26,339 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachAlex by Frank Deford
Thanatopsis: Death, Dying, and Mortality
592 books — 266 voters