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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Samuel (93 Lists)



Wilson by A. Scott BergAn Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizThe Great Republic by Bernard Bailyn
Best American History Books
2,219 books — 2,698 voters
Home Fire by Kamila ShamsieThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Greek Mythology Retellings!
293 books — 504 voters

A Hunger for High Country by Susan MarshTwo in the Far North by Margaret E. Murie
Fantastic Women's Adventure Memoirs
124 books — 111 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,723 books — 1,573 voters

Pass Over by Antoinette NwanduEurydice by Sarah RuhlI and You by Lauren GundersonDance Nation by Clare BarronJohn Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower
Plays Written by Women
174 books — 38 voters
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesCollapse by Jared DiamondCooked by Michael Pollan
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,124 books — 1,543 voters

Language of the Spirit by Jan Swafford
Classical Music: Nonfiction
311 books — 77 voters
The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonNeverwhere by Neil GaimanKing Rat by China MiévilleLondon Falling by Paul CornellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
London Calling
1,236 books — 647 voters

Two in the Far North by Margaret E. MurieRiver Notes by Wade DavisThe Last Season by Eric BlehmPickets and Dead Men by Bree LoewenOf Men and Mountains by William O. Douglas
Best Books about the Great Outdoors
343 books — 131 voters
Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon ChouinardGood to Great by Jim CollinsFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Ideal Team Player by Patrick LencioniMindset by Carol S. Dweck
Best Business Books
1,040 books — 1,779 voters

Pickets and Dead Men by Bree LoewenNature Noir by Jordan Fisher Smith
Books by Park Rangers
40 books — 6 voters
The Last Season by Eric BlehmYellowstone Has Teeth by Marjane Ambler
National Park Non-Fiction Books
126 books — 39 voters

Yellowstone Has Teeth by Marjane Ambler
Yellowstone National Park
50 books — 17 voters
From Dawn to Decadence by Jacques BarzunHeretics and Heroes by Thomas CahillThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeAn Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizThe Ghost at the Feast by Robert Kagan
Best History Books
3,930 books — 4,102 voters

Eurydice by Sarah RuhlWit by Margaret EdsonCloud 9 by Caryl ChurchillLast Summer at Bluefish Cove by Jane ChambersPass Over by Antoinette Nwandu
Great Female Playwrights
38 books — 3 voters
Copenhagen by Michael FraynThe Seafarer by Conor McPhersonTorch Song Trilogy by Harvey FiersteinRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardThe Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson
Best Plays Ever
856 books — 1,132 voters

Home Fire by Kamila ShamsieAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Green Road by Anne EnrightThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Sunday Times 100 21st-Century Novels to Love
108 books — 34 voters
How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas CahillThe Story of the Irish Race by Seumas MacManus
Ireland or Irish in Title
176 books — 24 voters

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyTrader by Charles de Lint
Best Celtic Fantasy
156 books — 65 voters
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardCopenhagen by Michael Frayn
Best British and Irish Plays
134 books — 73 voters

The Green Road by Anne Enright
Best Fiction Set in Ireland
818 books — 558 voters
The Green Road by Anne EnrightMothers and Sons by Colm TóibínDead I Well May Be by Adrian McKintyThe Steward of Christendom by Sebastian Barry
Best Irish Books
689 books — 613 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
Mythologies and Retellings of Fairy Tales & Classics
1,801 books — 2,064 voters
The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonReady Player One by Ernest ClineReamde by Neal StephensonThe Guild by Felicia Day
Books About Video Games and Virtual Reality
451 books — 856 voters

Deep Creek by Pam HoustonPickets and Dead Men by Bree LoewenThe Colorado Mountain Companion by M. John FayheeOf Men and Mountains by William O. DouglasWhen in Doubt, Go Higher by M. John Fayhee
Worshipping Mountains
172 books — 69 voters
Deep Creek by Pam Houston
Colorado Memoirs by Women
4 books — 8 voters

Apollo's Angels by Jennifer HomansBackstage Handbook by Paul Carter
Must Reads for Performing Artists
67 books — 27 voters
The Onion Girl by Charles de LintAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Blue Girl by Charles de LintNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,291 books — 12,862 voters

Soulless by Gail CarrigerA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Top 100 most popular PNR/UF series
482 books — 1,075 voters
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Books Set in Utah
299 books — 134 voters


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