Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Heidi Harkins (21 Lists)



Desert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Lorax by Dr. SeussMy First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir
Best Nature Books
1,153 books — 793 voters
Forever on the Mountain by James M. TaborHigh Exposure by David BreashearsFire Season by Philip ConnorsBuried in the Sky by Peter ZuckermanBeing Caribou by Karsten Heuer
Banff Mountain Book Festival Award Winners
171 books — 38 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonNo Way Down by Graham BowleyDark Summit by Nick HeilThe Crystal Horizon by Reinhold Messner
Worshipping Mountains
170 books — 67 voters
West with the Night by Beryl MarkhamThe Valleys of the Assassins by Freya StarkMy Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-NéelStraight on Till Morning by Mary S. LovellGertrude Bell by Georgina Howell
Trailblazing Women Adventurers
540 books — 184 voters

The House of God by Samuel ShemThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Medicine and Literature
1,880 books — 2,034 voters
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathLove's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom
Books Every Psychology and/or Counseling Doctoral Student Should Read
1,360 books — 1,487 voters

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganCosmos by Carl SaganWhy People Believe Weird Things by Michael ShermerDoubt by Jennifer Michael HechtWhy Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne
A Skeptic's Library
170 books — 127 voters
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca WestBalkan Ghosts by Robert D. KaplanThe Tiger's Wife by Téa ObrehtLove Thy Neighbor by Peter MaassZorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
The Balkans
296 books — 229 voters

The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
Escape To Reality
91 books — 61 voters
The Story of Philosophy by Will DurantDeclaration of Independence, Constitution of the United State... by Founding FathersFounding Brothers by Joseph J. EllisMeditations by Marcus AureliusThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
BEST BOOKS FOR LAW STUDENTS
252 books — 179 voters

Citizens by Simon SchamaTwelve Who Ruled by R.R. Palmer
The French Revolution
231 books — 294 voters
Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingWays of Seeing by John BergerRites of Spring by Modris EksteinsRembrandt's Eyes by Simon SchamaThe Judgment of Paris by Ross King
The World History of Art
404 books — 139 voters

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftThe Plague by Albert CamusDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Iliad by Homer
Waring School Books: All Time Smackdown!
50 books — 38 voters
Escape from Freedom by Erich FrommThe Trial and Death of Socrates by PlatoThe Essential Writings by EpictetusThe Essays by Francis BaconUtopia by Thomas More
Knowledge
216 books — 142 voters

1491 by Charles C. MannA Primate's Memoir by Robert M. SapolskyCollapse by Jared DiamondGuns, Germs and Steel by Jared DiamondKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Popular Anthropology Books
359 books — 271 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckGentleman's Agreement by Laura Z. Hobson
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,146 books — 1,547 voters

Lusitania by Diane PrestonIn Harm's Way by Doug Stanton
Maritime Disaster
169 books — 69 voters
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,441 books — 1,351 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,371 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,848 books — 22,136 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,363 books — 1,776 voters