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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by JW (28 Lists)



The Plantagenets by Dan Jones
Best Middle Ages Books
1,315 books — 1,917 voters
The Doonesbury Chronicles by G.B. Trudeau
Comic Strip Collections
429 books — 41 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Amazon.com Best Books of 2011: The Top 100
100 books — 175 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerEndurance by Alfred LansingIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
50 Best Non-Fiction Adventure Books: The Essential Man's Library
56 books — 175 voters

The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonJaws by Peter Benchley
Thrillers
4,982 books — 6,520 voters
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboThe Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
Best War Novels
1,718 books — 1,466 voters

Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
Best Tom Clancy Books
19 books — 134 voters
The Making of a Chef by Michael RuhlmanKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,355 books — 1,691 voters

Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas KellerMy Paris Kitchen by David Lebovitz
Epicurious' Best Cookbooks of 2009
11 books — 4 voters
Where the Waters Divide by Karen BergerTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckVagabonding by Rolf PottsIn Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
Favorite Travel Books
2,047 books — 3,979 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,223 books — 12,270 voters
The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-ReverteThe Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,479 books — 16,384 voters

A Shadow Falls by Nick Brandt
Exceptional Photography Books*
568 books — 197 voters
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,434 books — 1,307 voters

The Toyota Way by Jeffrey K. Liker
#AgileIndia2012
10 books — 2 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
87 books — 360 voters

Antarctica by Kim Stanley RobinsonSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Oceans, Water, Ice
719 books — 173 voters
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,730 books — 26,959 voters

A Shadow Falls by Nick BrandtOn This Earth by Nick Brandt
Best Conservation Photography Books
80 books — 10 voters
Within the Frame by David duChemin
Photographer's Education
99 books — 45 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
The Big Non-fiction
205 books — 90 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,893 books — 4,157 voters

The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels by Patrick O'BrianHawaii by James A. Michener
Best Historical Fiction
8,032 books — 26,699 voters
Hard Drive by James WallaceSteve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonAccidental Empires by Robert X. CringelyWhere Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie HafneriWoz by Steve Wozniak
Silicon Valley History
237 books — 436 voters

Booked To Die by John DunningThe Bookman's Wake by John Dunning
Best Books About Loving Books
376 books — 515 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Real Man Books
789 books — 315 voters

The Proving Ground by G. Bruce Knecht
Sailing Cruising
282 books — 200 voters
The Fencing Master by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Best Historical Mystery
2,298 books — 4,828 voters