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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Aaron (12 Lists)



Becoming a Man by Paul MonetteCity of Night by John RechyGay New York by George ChaunceyClose to the Knives by David WojnarowiczFaggots by Larry Kramer
Gay Book Club
208 books — 11 voters
The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroThe Right Stuff by Tom WolfeThe Defining Moment by Jonathan AlterWhen We Rise by Cleve JonesDino by Nick Tosches
Best American History Books
2,251 books — 2,995 voters

The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroLow Life by Lucy SanteThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
Best History Books
3,986 books — 4,398 voters
The Fire Next Time by James BaldwinJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Ou... by Philip GourevitchLife on the Outside by Jennifer GonnermanInvisible Punishment by Meda Chesney-Lind
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,204 books — 1,652 voters

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHallucinations by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyBeing Mortal by Atul Gawande
Medicine and Literature
1,998 books — 2,257 voters
Giovanni’s Room by James BaldwinWe Think the World of You by J.R. Ackerley
Best Gay Fiction
2,703 books — 3,916 voters

Smash Cut by Brad GoochDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisDry by Augusten BurroughsWhen We Rise by Cleve Jones
Best Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Non-Fiction
836 books — 492 voters
Just Kids by Patti SmithLife by Keith RichardsThis Wheel's on Fire by Levon HelmLet's Talk About Love by Carl WilsonI Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp by Richard Hell
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,493 books — 1,418 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,270 books — 8,163 voters
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeMotherless Brooklyn by Jonathan LethemBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteJust Kids by Patti SmithLow Life by Lucy Sante
Tales of New York City
1,741 books — 1,346 voters

The Painted Bird by Jerzy KosińskiAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,301 books — 11,655 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Odyssey by HomerThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaUlysses by James Joyce
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,705 books — 13,257 voters