Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Beth Ann (45 Lists)



Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny LawsonHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshHolidays on Ice by David SedarisI'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson
Books that Make you Laugh
3,502 books — 5,079 voters
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersAn American Tragedy by Theodore DreiserAngels in America by Tony KushnerThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,090 voters

Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe Sellout by Paul BeattyLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
62 books — 1,991 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirGuns, Germs and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirMary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser
The Big Non-fiction
192 books — 87 voters

The Official Preppy Handbook by Lisa BirnbachThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Best of Prep
20 books — 46 voters
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyAlmost French by Sarah TurnbullMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz
Best Paris Stories
105 books — 167 voters

The Sweet Life in Paris by David LebovitzParis in Love by Eloisa JamesParis to the Moon by Adam GopnikMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisInspired by Paris by Jordan Phillips
Paris Tales: Memoirs About The City of Lights
26 books — 27 voters
The Sweet Life in Paris by David LebovitzThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyAlmost French by Sarah TurnbullMy Paris Dream by Kate Betts
Life in France
284 books — 80 voters

Madeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Sweet Life in Paris by David LebovitzInspired by Paris by Jordan PhillipsAlmost French by Sarah TurnbullAnatole by Eve Titus
All Things French
454 books — 47 voters
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Modern Science Nonfiction
451 books — 305 voters

Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Books White People Need to Read
1,334 books — 1,582 voters
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
2016 Best Books
287 books — 410 voters

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckRules of Civility by Amor Towles
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,536 books — 2,803 voters
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesLust & Wonder by Augusten BurroughsDark Matter by Blake Crouch
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
512 books — 1,998 voters

The Art Instinct by Denis DuttonMaking the Mummies Dance by Thomas Hoving
Best Art and Art History Books
773 books — 312 voters
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny LawsonHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshFuriously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,161 books — 2,285 voters

Harriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughThe Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois
Favorite Children / YA books from the 70's, 80's and earlier.
342 books — 161 voters
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Unthinkable by Amanda RipleyThe Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryNeuroTribes by Steve Silberman
Well-Thought, Well-Researched, Infinitely Readable Nonfiction
422 books — 169 voters

Furiously Happy by Jenny LawsonHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshThe Noonday Demon by Andrew SolomonThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathLoud in the House of Myself by Stacy Pershall
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Books about Mental Illness
100 books — 46 voters
The Noonday Demon by Andrew SolomonHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshFuriously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Books Worth Reading on Depression (fiction and nonfiction)
468 books — 545 voters

Grave Matters by Mark HarrisSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Thanatopsis: Death, Dying, and Mortality
584 books — 264 voters
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCannRules of Civility by Amor Towles
Tales of New York City
1,521 books — 1,228 voters

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomerySmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyDeath's Acre by William M. BassGrave Matters by Mark Harris
You Read a Book about What?
4,054 books — 2,122 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyHunting and Gathering by Anna GavaldaMadeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Books About Paris
718 books — 572 voters

Champagne Supernovas by Maureen CallahanGrace by Grace CoddingtonIsabella Blow by Martina RinkThe Beautiful Fall by Alicia DrakeFashionable Selby by Selby Todd
Fashion
55 books — 23 voters
Overdressed by Elizabeth L. ClineCheap by Ellen Ruppel ShellDeluxe by Dana Thomas
Books on Shopping (Non Fiction)
26 books — 22 voters

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
I Love New York City
607 books — 356 voters
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,241 books — 8,068 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Books that Changed My World View
467 books — 411 voters
Death's Acre by William M. BassWorking Stiff by Judy Melinek
Forensics: If It Doesn't Walk, We Bring Out the Chalk
163 books — 227 voters


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