Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/65120822-bob">Bob</a> (15 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bob (15 Lists)

The Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather

Dark age European history

206 books — 68 voters

Nixonland by Rick Perlstein

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Empire of Liberty by Gordon S. Wood

American Colonies by Alan Taylor

Best American History Books

2,325 books — 3,131 voters

Yol by Cormac McCarthy

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Stand by Stephen King

Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

4,117 books — 27,009 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Stand by Stephen King

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Best Books Ever

79,712 books — 297,066 voters

Ghost Wars by Steve Coll

The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright

Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer

All the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer

American Foreign Policy

473 books — 291 voters

Nixonland by Rick Perlstein

Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)

471 books — 531 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Columbine by Dave Cullen

Must Read Non-Fiction

5,471 books — 5,188 voters

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Ou... by Philip Gourevitch

Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick

Columbine by Dave Cullen

Best Books by Journalists

296 books — 113 voters

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright

All the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer

The Assassins’ Gate by George Packer

The Forever War by Dexter Filkins

Best Middle East Nonfiction

538 books — 379 voters

SPQR by Mary Beard

Persian Fire by Tom Holland

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

Best Books About Ancient History

473 books — 179 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

8,857 books — 26,203 voters

Columbine by Dave Cullen

Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)

6,429 books — 8,213 voters

Columbine by Dave Cullen

Best True Crime

1,523 books — 2,211 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston

History of Medicine

362 books — 169 voters

The Prize by Daniel Yergin

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

Night by Elie Wiesel

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

Best History Books

4,114 books — 4,734 voters