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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tiffany (12 Lists)



Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson1491 by Charles C. Mann
Best History Books
3,944 books — 4,160 voters
Isaac's Storm by Erik LarsonSudden Sea by R.A. Scotti
Strange Weather
78 books — 15 voters

Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson
The Deluge
210 books — 41 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickKrakatoa by Simon WinchesterIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonColumbine by Dave Cullen
Books about Horrible Tragedies or Disasters
264 books — 62 voters

Rocket Men by Robert Kurson
Spaceflight
113 books — 20 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Voyage Long and Strange by Tony HorwitzHEN FRIGATES by Joan Druett
Favorite Travel Books
2,049 books — 3,961 voters

Hemingway's Hurricane by Phil ScottDark Tide by Stephen PuleoFlu by Gina KolataThe Man-Eaters of Tsavo by John Henry PattersonTwelve Days of Terror by Richard G. Fernicola
Disasters, Tragedies, and Accidents
208 books — 80 voters
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonThe Man-Eaters of Tsavo by John Henry Patterson
Best Books about the Great Outdoors
343 books — 131 voters

Stellaluna by Janell CannonThe Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg
Children's Picture Books With Beautiful Illustrations
2,232 books — 1,378 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstThe Little Engine That Could by Watty PiperJim at the Corner by Eleanor Farjeon
Greatest little boy books ... ages 2 - 6
415 books — 158 voters

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumMatilda by Roald Dahl
Best Children's Fantasy
1,010 books — 1,202 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Best little girl books
502 books — 358 voters