The Big Books of Fall

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amy (30 Lists)



The Passage of Power by Robert A. CaroTruman by David McCulloughDecision Points by George W. Bush
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
471 books — 531 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,205 books — 5,501 voters

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Diversity in Young Adult and Middle Grade
1,926 books — 1,313 voters
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Young Adult Books
13,353 books — 80,663 voters

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. EliotInto the Wild by Erin HunterJames Herriot's Cat Stories by James HerriotCatwings by Ursula K. Le GuinCatwings Return by Ursula K. Le Guin
Cat Lovers List
1,296 books — 703 voters
Albion's Seed by David Hackett FischerBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best Books Concerning American History (fiction and nonfiction)
374 books — 225 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiA Peace to End All Peace by David FromkinOrientalism by Edward W. SaidGuests of the Ayatollah by Mark BowdenAll the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer
Best Middle East Nonfiction
537 books — 378 voters
Caravans by James A. MichenerGhost Wars by Steve CollHorse Soldiers by Doug StantonGames Without Rules by Tamim Ansary
Afghanistan in Literature
221 books — 264 voters

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherCut by Patricia McCormickForbidden by Tabitha SuzumaAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,084 books — 12,509 voters
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Beginning Readers
192 books — 136 voters

Please Understand Me II by David KeirseyGifts Differing by Isabel Briggs MyersThe Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso
Personality Types
109 books — 72 voters
And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsTell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Best Books about HIV/AIDS (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
341 books — 230 voters

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellFangirl by Rainbow RowellThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,797 books — 12,424 voters
Choctaw Language and Culture by Marcia HaagIntroduction to Choctaw With Charlie I.E. Charley Jones by Gregg Howard
Best Books about Choctaw Indians (Native Americans)
11 books — 8 voters

Chinuk Wawa by The Chinuk Wawa Dictionary ...Introduction to Choctaw With Charlie I.E. Charley Jones by Gregg HowardChoctaw Language and Culture by Marcia HaagBlackfoot Grammar by Donald G. FrantzThe Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes by Donald G. Frantz
Native American Languages
31 books — 7 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Odyssey by HomerAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,918 books — 124,919 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome
378 books — 652 voters
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
World War One Literature
226 books — 357 voters

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Native American Fiction
846 books — 646 voters
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,258 books — 2,644 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownNixonland by Rick PerlsteinUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandAlbion's Seed by David Hackett FischerBlood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
Best American History Books
2,293 books — 3,133 voters
One Corpse Too Many by Ellis PetersThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Historical Mystery
2,319 books — 4,989 voters

The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley RobinsonWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
792 books — 1,375 voters
Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonRaptor Red by Robert T. Bakker
Best Dinosaur Books
191 books — 318 voters

Quiet by Susan CainUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandHyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,670 books — 14,477 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,671 voters

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine WargaMade You Up by Francesca ZappiaAll the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
YA Debuts 2015
442 books — 3,097 voters
Katherine by Anya SetonI, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves
Best historical fiction novels
1,295 books — 1,377 voters

River God by Wilbur SmithThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret GeorgeThe Son of Light by Christian Jacq
Best Egyptian Historical Fiction
227 books — 465 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueIt by Stephen KingHiroshima by John HerseyNight by Elie WieselThe Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiński
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,273 books — 11,701 voters