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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cal Lee (13 Lists)



The Family Chao by Lan Samantha ChangRemembering Water by Tuan PhanThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriSigh, Gone by Phuc Tran
Asian-American Books
546 books — 330 voters
Paradise by Abdulrazak GurnahAn African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie
Decolonization Book Club Reading List
26 books — 6 voters

Logavina Street by Barbara Demick
Histories of Cities
261 books — 107 voters
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman
Mathematics in the Title
249 books — 27 voters

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman
Mathematical Biography
64 books — 45 voters
Embers by Sándor Márai
A Single Day
142 books — 106 voters

Embers by Sándor Márai
[ATY 2021] - Are You Well Read in World Literature?
456 books — 219 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickBlood-Dark Track by Joseph O'NeillThe Last Empire by Serhii PlokhySaladin by John ManThe First Filipino by León María Guerrero
Best History Books
4,050 books — 4,633 voters

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
3,029 books — 5,543 voters
Liar's Poker by Michael LewisEducated by Tara WestoverGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Thought Provoking
3,061 books — 1,875 voters

The World of Yesterday by Stefan ZweigDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaCrying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,593 books — 7,868 voters
River Town by Peter HesslerPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che GuevaraAn African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie
Foreign Lands
2,380 books — 2,270 voters

Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside by Quincy Carroll
China Expat Books
101 books — 111 voters