Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/378568-ken">Ken</a> (11 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ken (11 Lists)

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction

2,741 books — 3,381 voters

Dead Wake by Erik Larson

774 books — 609 voters

In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

The Places in Between by Rory Stewart

Blue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz

Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King

Have Passport Will Travel

718 books — 642 voters

Endurance by Alfred Lansing

Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia by Tony Horwitz

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

Best Traveling Vicariously

2,223 books — 1,997 voters

The Last Battle by Cornelius Ryan

A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

316 books — 187 voters

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

The Last Battle by Cornelius Ryan

599 books — 158 voters

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

Best Books for Reluctant Readers

2,660 books — 2,795 voters

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Touching the Void by Joe Simpson

Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King

True Life Adventure

397 books — 276 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

Longitude by Dava Sobel

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson

History of Science

489 books — 297 voters

The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)

6,424 books — 8,212 voters

Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon

Touching the Void by Joe Simpson

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Tales of Adventure

516 books — 477 voters