2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Susan O (30 Lists)



First by Evan Thomas
Supreme Court fanatics
77 books — 26 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonDestiny of the Republic by Candice MillardThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisThe Path Between the Seas by David McCulloughEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Best Books About Nineteenth Century History
644 books — 279 voters

The Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda LernerWomen in Mathematics by Lynn M. OsenFreedom's Daughters by Lynne OlsonAmerica's Women by Gail CollinsHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof
Women's History
234 books — 20 voters
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. KendiParting the Waters by Taylor BranchFreedom's Daughters by Lynne Olson
Books White People Need to Read
1,307 books — 1,560 voters

The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward
America's Most Progressive Era: Reconstruction and The African-American
121 books — 13 voters
The Great Influenza by John M. Barry
Book Riot 100 Must-Read Books About History of Medicine
16 books — 9 voters

SPQR by Mary BeardHelen of Troy by Bettany HughesLost Christianities by Bart D. EhrmanConstantinople by Roger CrowleyGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Books About Ancient History
458 books — 136 voters
Other Powers by Barbara GoldsmithA Woman's Crusade by Mary Walton
Women's Suffrage
419 books — 128 voters

Parting the Waters by Taylor BranchThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroThe Race Beat by Gene RobertsThe Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann WoodwardComing of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody
Oxford American: The Best Southern Nonfiction of All Time
84 books — 26 voters
Other Powers by Barbara Goldsmith
Nonfiction on Victorian Spiritualism
83 books — 21 voters

Descent into Chaos by Ahmed RashidThirteen Days by Robert F. Kennedy
American Foreign Policy
461 books — 272 voters
The First Blast of the Trumpet by Marie Macpherson
Books Set in Scotland
983 books — 670 voters

Master of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. Caro
American Politics
480 books — 127 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters

Nobel Prize Women in Science by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Biographies About Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
87 books — 63 voters
The Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Path Between the Seas by David McCulloughDestiny of the Republic by Candice MillardIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,826 books — 2,215 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckBleak House by Charles DickensLes Misérables by Victor HugoMiddlemarch by George EliotPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) Group Reads
434 books — 173 voters
Master of the Senate by Robert A. CaroTruman by David McCulloughT.R. by H.W. BrandsJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Path to Power by Robert A. Caro
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
467 books — 524 voters

Master of the Senate by Robert A. CaroTruman by David McCulloughThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
121 books — 203 voters
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
945 books — 1,197 voters

The Great Influenza by John M. Barry
Science Based Medicine Recommends
131 books — 101 voters
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1 by Blanche Wiesen CookEdith Kermit Roosevelt by Sylvia Jukes MorrisNellie Taft by Carl Sferrazza Anthony
U.S. First Ladies (nonfiction)
140 books — 29 voters

Truman by David McCullough
The Washington Post's Best Political Nonfiction 2010
41 books — 36 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughTruman by David McCulloughMornings on Horseback by David McCulloughThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroMaster of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
The Best American Historical Biographies of All Time
246 books — 133 voters

The Great Influenza by John M. Barry
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,564 books — 120,201 voters

Master of the Senate by Robert A. CaroTruman by David McCulloughParting the Waters by Taylor BranchThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
Best American History Books
2,124 books — 2,495 voters
Truman by David McCullough
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters