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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alyssa (14 Lists)



The Faerie Summer by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
A Procession of Faeries anthology series
6 books — 2 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,436 books — 7,407 voters

Einstein by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootEducated by Tara WestoverThe Man Who Listens to Horses by Monty Roberts
Best Biographies
1,743 books — 3,191 voters
We Spread by Iain ReidThe Witching Hour by Anne Rice23 1/2 Lies by James PattersonI Am Not Who You Think I Am by Eric RickstadHow to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
2025: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2025
5,752 books — 337 voters

The Bullet That Missed by Richard OsmanKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannI Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca MakkaiA ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. MaasThe Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
2024: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2024
6,108 books — 352 voters
Depraved Heart by Patricia CornwellWhite Horse by Erika T. WurthThe Winners by Fredrik BackmanThe Plot by Jean Hanff KorelitzAll Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
2023: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2023
6,950 books — 516 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Fabulous Reads for Foodies
621 books — 181 voters
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'ConnorA Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda JonesHigh Five by Janet EvanovichTaste by Stanley TucciCountdown by Iris Johansen
2022: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2022
6,696 books — 580 voters

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellCross Her Heart by Sarah PinboroughIf I Had Your Face by Frances ChaThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonSupermarket by Bobby Hall
2021: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2021
6,717 books — 695 voters
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth KeaneCity of Girls by Elizabeth GilbertSummer of Night by Dan SimmonsDeath of a Ghost by M.C. BeatonRobin by Dave Itzkoff
2020: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2020
6,368 books — 848 voters

32 Yolks by Eric RipertLife, on the Line by Grant AchatzChefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll by Andrew FriedmanMedium Raw by Anthony BourdainA Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain
Yummy Memoirs!
350 books — 135 voters
Dare to Lead by Brené BrownRacing to the Finish by Dale Earnhardt Jr.The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather MorrisTwo for the Dough by Janet EvanovichPort Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
2019: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2019
6,621 books — 866 voters