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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Molly (12 Lists)



The Whiteness of Wealth by Dorothy A. BrownScarcity by Sendhil MullainathanThere are No Children Here by Alex KotlowitzOur Kids by Robert D. PutnamPoverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Books on Poverty and Inequality
232 books — 155 voters
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Books Set in Kenya
195 books — 108 voters

Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick1776 by David McCulloughThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerMoneyball by Michael Lewis
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,266 books — 8,151 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantWicked by Gregory Maguire
Disappointing Books
2,773 books — 4,618 voters

The Goal by Eliyahu M. GoldrattHow to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale CarnegieOn Writing Well by William Zinsser
The Personal MBA - 99 Best Business Books
155 books — 217 voters
Marathon Woman by Kathrine Switzer
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
236 books — 563 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Quick Reads
1,079 books — 717 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Feminist Books
2,821 books — 3,969 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,700 books — 13,226 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books Ever
78,325 books — 292,064 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Must Read Classics
1,879 books — 4,717 voters
John Adams by David McCullough
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
121 books — 203 voters