Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/3246839-john-machata">John Machata</a> (17 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by John Machata (17 Lists)

A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly

Best Noir of the 21st Century

263 books — 389 voters

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad

Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography

6,650 books — 8,197 voters

Boyd by Robert Coram

Best Non-fiction War Books

2,258 books — 2,615 voters

The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro

Best American History Books

2,290 books — 3,137 voters

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

Best Books of the Decade: 1930s

876 books — 1,267 voters

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

32,912 books — 124,878 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Best Female Lead Characters

4,907 books — 6,044 voters

Longitude by Dava Sobel

The Lost by Daniel Mendelsohn

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)

6,415 books — 8,195 voters

Mucho Mojo by Joe R. Lansdale

Best of Joe R. Lansdale

57 books — 80 voters

Echo Park by Michael Connelly

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin

Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction

1,133 books — 944 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Narrows by Michael Connelly

The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale

Detective Fiction

1,247 books — 1,146 voters

Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin

The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke

The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell

Best Detective/Mystery Series

2,354 books — 2,821 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

Best Reading for the Contemporary Writer

132 books — 234 voters

Q & A by Vikas Swarup

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Best South Asian Fiction

771 books — 1,968 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Best Literary Mysteries

2,710 books — 5,118 voters

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

The Cider House Rules by John Irving

The Book Was Better Than the Movie

1,654 books — 18,679 voters

Ulysses by James Joyce

Best Books Ever

79,252 books — 295,420 voters