Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/2958151-kurt-bair">Kurt Bair</a> (71 Lists)

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

Best Historical Fiction

7,813 books — 26,062 voters

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

The Overstory by Richard Powers

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

NYT The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

118 books — 271 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Blood River by Tim Butcher

To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

River of the Gods by Candice Millard

914 books — 197 voters

Boom Town by Sam Anderson

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

The Tangled Tree by David Quammen

Educated by Tara Westover

NYT 100 Notable Books of 2018

100 books — 82 voters

Longitude by Dava Sobel

The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

History Published in Decade: 1990s

204 books — 12 voters

The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

History Published in Decade: 2020s

176 books — 25 voters

The River of Doubt by Candice Millard

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

History Published in Decade: 2000s

150 books — 7 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne

History Published in Decade: 2010s

324 books — 28 voters

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse

Best Fantasy 2019

177 books — 527 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking

The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester

The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins

History of Science

485 books — 289 voters

Some Assembly Required by Neil Shubin

The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown

Mindscape Podcast Books

104 books — 28 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett

Lamb by Christopher Moore

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Best Humorous Books

4,393 books — 8,022 voters

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Anathem by Neal Stephenson

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson

18 books — 32 voters

The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose

Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams

Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)

6,261 books — 8,077 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks

15,774 books — 18,373 voters

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

The Nix by Nathan Hill

2016 Best Books

288 books — 410 voters

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Morning Star by Pierce Brown

Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

Best Books of 2016

1,828 books — 2,779 voters

Dune by Frank Patrick Herbert

Excellent Space Opera

1,097 books — 3,835 voters

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The City & the City by China Miéville

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Best Weird Fiction Books

1,219 books — 1,158 voters

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

Moonglow by Michael Chabon

The Nix by Nathan Hill

Man Booker Prize Eligible 2017

178 books — 240 voters

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

2017 National Book Awards Longlist

41 books — 57 voters

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson

Provenance by Ann Leckie

Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel

Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2017

335 books — 1,383 voters

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Scar by China Miéville

I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett

Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century

3,111 books — 10,054 voters

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman

Best Middle Ages Books

1,249 books — 1,738 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.2 and Above

908 books — 450 voters

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson

In the Woods by Tana French

Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

Best Books of 2007

1,115 books — 991 voters

Death's End by Liu Cixin

The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Morning Star by Pierce Brown

Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

Hugo 2017 Eligible Works

214 books — 353 voters

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

Watchmen by Alan Moore

The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

Best Alternate History Novels and Stories

779 books — 1,307 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams

Longitude by Dava Sobel

The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins

Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only

1,926 books — 3,620 voters

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller

The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction

2,520 books — 3,159 voters

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