2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kim Baxter (7 Lists)



Truth & Beauty by Ann PatchettKabul Beauty School by Deborah RodriguezThomas Jefferson by Jon MeachamThe Lost Girls by John GlattShoe Dog by Phil Knight
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,820 books — 6,348 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyOutliers by Malcolm GladwellThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,280 books — 1,421 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichSavage Inequalities by Jonathan KozolJust Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,128 books — 1,535 voters
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
Best American History Books
2,124 books — 2,495 voters

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksChaos by James GleickCollapse by Jared DiamondGenome by Matt RidleySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,226 books — 8,060 voters

A Dog Year by Jon Katz
Top Dog Reads
656 books — 668 voters