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



A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly
Best Noir of the 21st Century
243 books — 378 voters
Three Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,862 books — 6,384 voters

Boyd by Robert Coram
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,147 books — 2,420 voters
The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro
Best American History Books
2,136 books — 2,503 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,254 voters
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,776 books — 120,917 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Female Lead Characters
4,866 books — 5,903 voters
Longitude by Dava SobelThe Lost by Daniel MendelsohnDemocracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters

Mucho Mojo by Joe R. Lansdale
Best of Joe R. Lansdale
52 books — 71 voters
Echo Park by Michael ConnellyKnots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction
1,078 books — 818 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Narrows by Michael ConnellyThe Brass Verdict by Michael ConnellyThe Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
Detective Fiction
1,190 books — 1,085 voters
Resurrection Men by Ian RankinThe Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee BurkeThe Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,214 books — 2,305 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Best Reading for the Contemporary Writer
127 books — 226 voters
Q & A by Vikas SwarupThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best South Asian Fiction
736 books — 1,896 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Literary Mysteries
2,557 books — 4,631 voters
Angels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,686 voters

Ulysses by James Joyce
Best Books Ever
76,717 books — 285,336 voters