Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alex MacMillan (27 Lists)



Best Things First by Bjørn LomborgThe Missing Billionaires by Victor HaghaniUnscripted by James B. StewartMilton Friedman by Jennifer BurnsJudgment at Tokyo by Gary J. Bass
The Economist - Books of the Year, 2023
55 books — 15 voters
The Hungry Brain by Stephan GuyenetZero to One by Peter ThielAlbion's Seed by David Hackett FischerThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Two-Income Trap by Elizabeth Warren
Books reviewed by Slate Star Codex
66 books — 13 voters

A Promised Land by Barack ObamaStranger in the Shogun's City by Amy StanleyApollo's Arrow by Nicholas A. ChristakisFully Grown by Dietrich VollrathTwilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum
The Economist - Books of the Year, 2020
41 books — 21 voters
Maoism by Julia LovellStalingrad by Vasily GrossmanDignity by Chris ArnadeAn American Summer by Alex KotlowitzHow to Be a Dictator by Frank Dikötter
The Economist - Books of the Year, 2019
40 books — 25 voters

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,279 voters
Early Retirement Extreme by Jacob Lund FiskerA Guide to the Good Life by William B. IrvineThe Rational Optimist by Matt RidleyStarting Strength by Mark RippetoeFooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Mr. Money Mustache's Recommendations
67 books — 13 voters

The Prize by Daniel YerginEmbracing Defeat by John W. DowerGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondWashington by Ron ChernowDevil in the Grove by Gilbert King
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters
Peter the Great by Robert K. MassieThe First Tycoon by T.J. StilesMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroWashington by Ron Chernow
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
121 books — 203 voters

Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonWhat Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker HoweParting the Waters by Taylor BranchFreedom from Fear by David M. KennedyMalcolm X by Manning Marable
Pulitzer Winners: History
106 books — 110 voters
Early Retirement Extreme by Jacob Lund Fisker1984 by George Orwell98.6 Degrees by Cody LundinA Guide to the Good Life by William B. IrvineA Handmade Life by William S. Coperthwaite
Early Retirement Extreme - Reference List
73 books — 1 voter

The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjørn Lomborg
The Economist - Books of the Year 2001
43 books — 7 voters
Master of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The Economist - Books of the Year 2002
40 books — 3 voters

Moneyball by Michael LewisFranklin Delano Roosevelt by Conrad BlackThey Marched Into Sunlight by David Maraniss
The Economist - Books of the Year 2003
47 books — 8 voters
Mao by Jung Chang
The Economist - Books of the Year 2005
45 books — 6 voters

The White Man's Burden by William Easterly
The Economist - Books of the Year 2006
45 books — 8 voters
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Economist - Books of the Year 2007
46 books — 15 voters

Nixonland by Rick Perlstein
The Economist - Books of the Year 2008
52 books — 7 voters
Russia Against Napoleon by Dominic LievenThe Storm of War by Andrew Roberts
The Economist - Books of the Year 2009
42 books — 8 voters

Bloodlands by Timothy SnyderWhere Good Ideas Come From by Steven JohnsonThe Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
The Economist - Books of the Year 2010
44 books — 9 voters
The Great Stagnation by Tyler CowenDeng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. VogelThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanTriumph of the City by Edward L. GlaeserReckless Endangerment by Gretchen Morgenson
The Economist - Books of the Year 2011
50 books — 14 voters

Private Empire by Steve CollTombstone by Yang JishengThe Passage of Power by Robert A. CaroFreedom's Forge by Arthur Herman
The Economist - Books of the Year 2012
55 books — 16 voters
The Sense of Style by Steven PinkerAge of Ambition by Evan OsnosNapoleon by Andrew Roberts
The Economist - Books of the Year, 2014
53 books — 37 voters

Ghettoside by Jill LeovyThe Public Wealth of Nations by Dag DetterSubmission by Michel Houellebecq
The Economist - Books of the Year 2015 (fiction and nonfiction)
46 books — 43 voters
How to Listen to Jazz by Ted GioiaThe Romanovs, 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag MontefioreBorn to Run by Bruce Springsteen
The Economist - Books of the Year, 2016
52 books — 39 voters

Moneyland by Oliver BulloughEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightFirst Raise A Flag by Peter MartellInto the Hands of the Soldiers by David D. Kirkpatrick
The Economist - Books of the Year, 2018
38 books — 18 voters