Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amy (26 Lists)



A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonA Year in Provence by Peter MayleNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerNeither Here nor There by Bill Bryson
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,247 books — 2,090 voters
Our Babies, Ourselves by Meredith Small
The Human Animal
149 books — 104 voters

A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century by Heather E. HeyingCynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose
Critical Thinking in the Age of Woke
160 books — 65 voters
Neither Here Nor There by Bill BrysonThe Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
Adventure Road Trips
159 books — 46 voters

Living Out Islam by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle
Queer Islam
90 books — 60 voters
Tampa by Alissa NuttingLiving Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,264 books — 11,777 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanStiff by Mary RoachSpook by Mary RoachThe Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston
Wonderful Books of Science and Medicine
183 books — 88 voters
The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanStiff by Mary RoachA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBonk by Mary Roach
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,874 books — 3,775 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Demon in the Freezer by Richard PrestonFever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Books on Flu and Other Devastating Outbreaks
172 books — 125 voters
The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonFever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston
Books for a Pandemic
713 books — 593 voters

The Archaeology of Mothering by Laurie A. WilkieThe Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantA Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher UlrichWitches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich
Midwifery books
116 books — 71 voters
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Foreign Lands
2,386 books — 2,278 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,920 books — 1,817 voters
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,238 books — 2,710 voters

Guests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Warnock FerneaOrientalism by Edward W. Said
Best Middle East Nonfiction
543 books — 375 voters
Guests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Warnock FerneaOrientalism by Edward W. SaidThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Good Ethnography
141 books — 103 voters

Guests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Warnock FerneaA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Non-American books that every American should read
706 books — 500 voters
Guests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Moderately Underrated Books (1,000 to 10,000 ratings)
1,968 books — 276 voters

Guests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Best Books About Islam & Muslims
714 books — 713 voters
Guests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Warnock FerneaLife in a Medieval City by Frances GiesThe Year 1000 by Robert Lacey1066 by David Howarth1215 by Danny Danziger
Social History Books - All About People & Society
781 books — 220 voters

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,108 books — 1,834 voters
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Best Popular Anthropology Books
362 books — 308 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonNeither Here nor There by Bill BrysonThe Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
Wanderlust
1,109 books — 1,246 voters
Shabanu by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Best Multicultural Books for Children
488 books — 363 voters

The Red Tent by Anita DiamantGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Historical Fiction
8,407 books — 27,586 voters
Lost Girls by Robert KolkerWhile They Slept by Kathryn HarrisonDevil's Knot by Mara Leveritt
Books for Serial Podcast Lovers
59 books — 39 voters