Big Books of Spring

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



Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Books With "HEART"
495 books — 50 voters
Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger
Reading Places
447 books — 76 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverNo Mercy by Redmond O'HanlonKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Central Africa
113 books — 70 voters
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz by Michela WrongKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Plight of a Nation
1,153 books — 453 voters

The Emperor by Ryszard KapuścińskiThe Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
Conflict-Zone Journalism
284 books — 142 voters
Arabian Sands by Wilfred ThesigerIn Patagonia by Bruce ChatwinA Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric NewbyNo Mercy by Redmond O'Hanlon
Best Travel Writing
317 books — 217 voters

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverNo Mercy by Redmond O'Hanlon
Books Set in the Congo
163 books — 92 voters
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,344 books — 1,023 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Foreign Lands
2,374 books — 2,202 voters
In Patagonia by Bruce ChatwinArabian Sands by Wilfred ThesigerThe Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron
Have Passport Will Travel
713 books — 592 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiBorn Standing Up by Steve Martin
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,487 books — 3,121 voters
The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
Best books for an African Safari
476 books — 525 voters

In Patagonia by Bruce ChatwinArabian Sands by Wilfred ThesigerThe Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
Favorite Travel Books
2,033 books — 3,943 voters
Down and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights
619 books — 423 voters

The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,788 books — 1,669 voters