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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lou (20 Lists)



The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow
Best Books Ever
78,964 books — 294,072 voters
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinTime and Again by Jack FinneyThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanStarship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Sci-Fi, History, Science
140 books — 16 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger11/22/63 by Stephen KingSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Doomsday Book by Connie WillisReplay by Ken Grimwood
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,181 books — 5,464 voters
The Shepherd's Life by James Rebanks
Biographies of Ordinary People
147 books — 123 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime History Books (nonfiction)
384 books — 289 voters
1984 by George OrwellA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
531 books — 286 voters

At Home by Bill Bryson
Social History Books - All About People & Society
780 books — 219 voters
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Histories of the Everyday
380 books — 433 voters

Zealot by Reza AslanMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Horizon Expanding Books
967 books — 649 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
1,493 books — 864 voters

Lush Life by Richard Price
Tales of New York City
1,748 books — 1,353 voters
Berlin Diary by William L. Shirer
Good Memoirs and Autobiographies with 3,000 to 10,000 Ratings
69 books — 5 voters

Lamb by Christopher MooreMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,449 books — 8,327 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Westerns
1,438 books — 1,624 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonAt Home by Bill BrysonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,555 books — 3,240 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,435 books — 1,307 voters

Stumbling Thru by A. Digger StolzLamb by Christopher Moore
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,208 books — 1,970 voters
Green River, Running Red by Ann RuleFatal Vision by Joe McGinnissColumbine by Dave CullenHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best True Crime
1,485 books — 2,114 voters

The New Centurions by Joseph Wambaugh
Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction
1,124 books — 938 voters
The New Centurions by Joseph Wambaugh
Best Crime and Police Novels Ever Written (fiction)
53 books — 44 voters