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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Neil Funsch (12 Lists)



Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonNo Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanA Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton
Best American History Books
2,234 books — 2,720 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Four Agreements by Miguel RuizSiddhartha by Hermann HesseTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,601 books — 6,025 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonCosmos by Carl SaganThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanMoonwalking with Einstein by Joshua FoerEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
369 books — 285 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,550 books — 123,942 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanA Bridge Too Far by Cornelius RyanThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,215 books — 2,599 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellI, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraCentennial by James A. Michener
Best Historical Fiction
7,904 books — 26,307 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Proud Tower by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,944 books — 4,147 voters

Dune by Frank Patrick Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,728 books — 25,786 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanGoodbye to All That by Robert GravesThe Proud Tower by Barbara W. TuchmanMemoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon
The Great War
769 books — 600 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,013 books — 2,627 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleUlysses by James JoyceThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraO Pioneers! by Willa Cather
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,702 books — 13,226 voters