Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bryn Hammond (57 Lists)



The Chukchi Bible by Yuri RytkheuThe Reindeer People by Piers VitebskyA History of the Peoples of Siberia by James ForsythA Dream in Polar Fog by Yuri RytkheuShamanism in Siberia by Marie Antoinette Czaplicka
Indigenous Siberia
16 books — 8 voters
Monks, Bandits, Lovers, and Immortals by Stephen H. WestThe Generals of the Yang Family by Wilt L. IdemaBattles, Betrayals, and Brotherhood by Wilt L. IdemaChinese Theater in Days of Kublai Khan (Volume 62) by J.I. CrumpThe Orphan of Zhao and Other Yuan Plays by Stephen H. West
Chinese Theatre
30 books — 3 voters

Empress by Shan SaThe Green Phoenix by Alice Poon
Great Chinese Historical Fiction
217 books — 274 voters
The Green Phoenix by Alice PoonThe Ming Storytellers by Laura Rahme
History through Novels: Pre-1900s China
83 books — 70 voters

The Infinite Image by Zainab BahraniThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Millennial Sovereign by A. Azfar MoinSeven Who Were Hanged by Leonid AndreyevJerusalem by Cecelia Holland
Your Top 5 Reads in 2015
1,518 books — 873 voters
The Western Illusion of Human Nature by Marshall Sahlins
Books with Really Long Titles
1,671 books — 340 voters

Order Out of Chaos by Jo Van SteenbergenThe Mamluks in Egyptian and Syrian Politics and Society by Michael WinterSoldiers of fortune; by John Bagot GlubbMongols And Mamluks by Reuven Amitai-PreissThe Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume 1 by Carl F. Petry
Mamluk Sultanate, Egypt's History 1250-1517
18 books — 3 voters
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,743 books — 8,912 voters

Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. LawrenceThe Baburnama by Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1,882 books — 1,783 voters
Empress by Shan SaFables for the Patriarchs by Jowen R. TungThe Saga of Grettir the Strong by UnknownEnnobling Love by C. Stephen JaegerThe Ming Storytellers by Laura Rahme
Your Top 5 Reads in 2014
1,608 books — 1,249 voters

The Tenants of Time by Thomas Flanagan
Is there a good historical novel hiding behind that cheesy cover?
93 books — 27 voters
Crossroad by Barbara Hambly
Best Star Trek The Original Series Books
147 books — 76 voters

Crossroad by Barbara Hambly
Star Trek Books That Don't Actually Suck
214 books — 127 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetLes Misérables by Victor HugoArauco by John CavigliaThe Ming Storytellers by Laura Rahme
Epics of Epic Proportion
34 books — 18 voters

The Light That Never Was by Lloyd Biggle Jr.A Spaceship Built of Stone and Other Stories by Lisa Tuttle
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,114 books — 2,245 voters
Arauco by John CavigliaPort Royal by Robert Polevoi
Indie/Self-Published Books
3,540 books — 2,357 voters

Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
Horse as Character
258 books — 63 voters
Troilus and Cressida by William ShakespeareDying of the Light by George R.R. MartinSand Daughter by Sarah BryantThe Last of the Templars by William Watson
Favorite Poorly Rated Books
1,519 books — 262 voters

Jude the Obscure by Thomas HardyThe Fortunes of Richard Mahony by Henry Handel RichardsonThe 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeHer Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,244 books — 11,523 voters
The Forest of Hours by Kerstin EkmanPorius by John Cowper PowysA Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper PowysThe Ice-Shirt by William T. VollmannTerra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes
Highbrow Fantasy Books
420 books — 625 voters

The Art of Not Being Governed by James C. ScottLiving with Herds by Natasha FijnThe Death of Virgil by Hermann BrochArauco by John CavigliaThe Forest of Hours by Kerstin Ekman
Your Top 5 Reads in 2013
1,297 books — 1,092 voters
The Horse's Mouth by Joyce CaryMiracle of the Rose by Jean GenetA Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper PowysChrist Recrucified by Nikos KazantzakisThe Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,785 voters

The Manas of Wilhelm Radloff by Wilhelm RadloffThe Odyssey by Nikos KazantzakisThe Book of Dede Korkut by AnonymousThe Adventures of Sayf Ben Dhi Yazan by Lena Jayyusi
Best of Epic Poetry
124 books — 202 voters
Women of the Conquest Dynasties by Linda Cooke JohnsonAncient Queens by Sarah Milledge NelsonWarrior Women by Mona Behan
Women's History Written By Women
976 books — 193 voters

Les Diaboliques by Jules Barbey d'AurevillyAgainst Nature by Joris-Karl HuysmansLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireThe Romantic Agony by Mario PrazLà-Bas by Joris-Karl Huysmans
Decadence & the Fin-de-Siècle
240 books — 201 voters
A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening by Mário de CarvalhoThe Laughter of Carthage by Michael Moorcock
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,931 books — 2,081 voters

The Death of Virgil by Hermann BrochArgall by William T. VollmannThe Last of the Templars by William Watson
Beautifully Written Books
219 books — 169 voters
Not Wisely But Too Well by Pauline Montagna
Shakespearean Historical Fiction
62 books — 36 voters

Butterfly Hunter by Julie Bozza
Butterflies
577 books — 198 voters
Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarNot Wisely But Too Well by Pauline MontagnaThe Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch
Biographic Fiction
733 books — 304 voters


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