A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Warren Benton (12 Lists)



Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas PrestonThe Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas PrestonThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienRiptide - Mörderische Flut by Douglas Preston
Best book by your Favorite Author
283 books — 66 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,921 books — 2,286 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondWashington by Ron ChernowDestiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
Best History Books
4,102 books — 4,694 voters
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonWashington by Ron ChernowThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
Best Biographies
1,815 books — 3,307 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootOutliers by Malcolm GladwellThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanStiff by Mary Roach
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,972 books — 3,659 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne SeierstadSteve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,707 books — 8,304 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonWho Moved My Cheese? by Spencer JohnsonThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Recommended Nonfiction Books
4,199 books — 2,388 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Beach Reads 2015
1,736 books — 2,262 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,954 books — 125,093 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Most original
1,199 books — 654 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books Ever
79,437 books — 296,168 voters
The Last Question by Isaac Asimov
Best Free eBooks
666 books — 1,275 voters