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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ashley (45 Lists)



The Story of English in 100 Words by David CrystalThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonNine Nasty Words by John McWhorterCultish by Amanda MontellBegat by David Crystal
Best Books about Linguistics
255 books — 224 voters
Triangle by David von Drehle
Fire, Fire: Nonfiction
137 books — 32 voters

Collision on Tenerife by Jon ZiomekThe Ship of Dreams by Gareth RussellTriangle by David von DrehleThe Wager by David GrannDead Wake by Erik Larson
Ship Wrecks, Plane Crashes, Explosions, and Fires
36 books — 1 voter
Triangle by David von DrehleThe Johnstown Flood by David McCulloughThe Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede
Books about Horrible Tragedies or Disasters
264 books — 62 voters

Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Crime Fiction
198 books — 75 voters
Plane Crashes by Oliver ElliottCrash Course by Julie WhippleFinding Carla by Ross NixonAIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS DEATH IN THE POTOMAC The Crash of Ai... by George CramoisiOut of the Silence by Eduardo Strauch Urioste
Planes - accidents
82 books — 33 voters

Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs
Books Set in South Carolina
453 books — 116 voters
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Books Set in Georgia (USA)
453 books — 102 voters

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraSmall Sacrifices by Ann RuleThe Innocent Man by John GrishamAll the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
True Crime--Well Written
401 books — 415 voters
American Dirt by Jeanine CumminsThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettOona Out of Order by Margarita MontimoreSigh, Gone by Phuc Tran
Best Books of 2020
1,566 books — 1,947 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Best True Crime
1,450 books — 2,079 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyYes Please by Amy PoehlerLive from New York by Tom ShalesGirl Walks into a Bar . . . by Rachel DratchA Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost
Saturday Night Live
112 books — 75 voters

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys BowenMurder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne GeorgeHomicide in Hardcover by Kate CarlisleThe Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,745 books — 2,918 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Best Literary Mysteries
2,655 books — 4,894 voters

The Martian by Andy Weir
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,720 books — 14,358 voters
The Westing Game by Ellen RaskinFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Newberry award winners
166 books — 53 voters

The Westing Game by Ellen RaskinAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,483 books — 5,408 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Best Pride and Prejudice Sequels/Variations/Adaptations
507 books — 981 voters

Redeeming Love by Francine RiversThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisA Voice in the Wind by Francine RiversThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisAn Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers
Best Christian Fiction
2,687 books — 2,659 voters
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys BowenThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieMurder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne GeorgeThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,220 books — 2,588 voters

Chalked Up by Jennifer SeyFierce by Aly RaismanThe End of the Perfect 10 by Dvora MeyersLittle Girls in Pretty Boxes by Joan RyanBeginners by Elizabeth Levy
Gymnastics
93 books — 62 voters
No Way to Treat a First Lady by Christopher BuckleyThe Book with No Pictures by B.J. NovakI Am America by Stephen ColbertA Beginner's Guide to Acting English by Shaparak KhorsandiStuff Christians Like by Jonathan Acuff
Books that Make you Laugh
3,516 books — 5,219 voters

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover BartlettThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeMadame Bovary, C'est Moi by André BernardHomicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle
Stories For Book Lovers
8,475 books — 8,721 voters
No Way to Treat a First Lady by Christopher BuckleyMurder in the Smithsonian by Margaret TrumanMurder at the National Cathedral by Margaret TrumanMrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer ChiaveriniThe Brethren by Bob Woodward
Books Set in Washington, D.C.
261 books — 73 voters

This One and Magic Life by Anne Carroll GeorgeAll Over But the Shoutin' by Rick BraggMurder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne GeorgeMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Unvanquished by William Faulkner
Best Southern Literature
1,381 books — 2,599 voters
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys BowenA Royal Pain by Rhys BowenThe Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys BowenRoyal Flush by Rhys BowenNaughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen
Best Historical Mystery
2,279 books — 4,741 voters

George, Nicholas and Wilhelm by Miranda CarterThe Last Days of the Romanovs by Helen RappaportCatherine the Great by Robert K. Massie
The Best Romanov Books, The Russian Tsars and Russian Royal Family
195 books — 265 voters
Titanic Style by Grace EvansUnsinkable by Daniel Allen Butler
Best Titanic Books
188 books — 243 voters

Murdering McKinley by Eric RauchwayTheodore Rex by Edmund Morris
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
469 books — 527 voters
Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour
Books on the Israel Palestine Conflict (fiction and nonfiction)
489 books — 770 voters


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