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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Frank (28 Lists)



Call Me a Cab by Donald E. Westlake
Cab Driver and Taxi Books
111 books — 10 voters
Drop City by T. Coraghessan BoyleWater Music by T. Coraghessan BoyleThe Road to Wellville by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Best of T.C. Boyle
19 books — 20 voters

Cinder by Albert FrenchThe Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
COVER CLONES!
607 books — 213 voters
Howards End Is on the Landing by Susan HillBooks by Larry McMurtryParnassus on Wheels by Christopher MorleyThe Haunted Bookshop by Christopher MorleyThe Books in My Life by Colin Wilson
Top Books on Books
82 books — 16 voters

Howards End Is on the Landing by Susan HillFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Stories For Book Lovers
8,449 books — 8,568 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherDark Safari by John Bierman
Central Africa
113 books — 70 voters

The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth HuxleyBill Bryson's African Diary by Bill BrysonCircling the Sun by Paula McLainThe Devil Drives by Fawn M. BrodieDark Safari by John Bierman
East Africa
251 books — 99 voters
Into Africa by Martin DugardThe Lost City of Z by David GrannIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickAku-Aku by Thor HeyerdahlDogs of God by James Reston Jr.
The Great Explorers
245 books — 92 voters

Into Africa by Martin DugardThe Lost City of Z by David GrannSkeletons on the Zahara by Dean KingDogs of God by James Reston Jr.The Devil Drives by Fawn M. Brodie
Best Books About Explorers
112 books — 39 voters
Into Africa by Martin DugardSkeletons on the Zahara by Dean KingThe Lost City of Z by David GrannIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
50 Best Non-Fiction Adventure Books: The Essential Man's Library
56 books — 175 voters

Into Africa by Martin DugardThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDark Safari by John BiermanThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Best books for an African Safari
476 books — 525 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryParadise Sky by Joe R. LansdaleThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittRiders of the Purple Sage by Zane GreyLittle Big Man by Thomas Berger
Best Westerns
1,388 books — 1,526 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherViolets are Red by Mylo CarbiaThe Triumph of the Spider Monkey by Joyce Carol OatesLater by Stephen KingBabylon Berlin by Volker Kutscher
Books read in 2021
67 books — 5 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonStiff by Mary RoachThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonBonk by Mary Roach
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,283 books — 2,439 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonLife by Keith Richards
Recommended Nonfiction Books
4,025 books — 1,899 voters
The Last Hero by David FalknerDangerous Water by Ron PowersThe Blue Tattoo by Margot MifflinThe Wright Brothers by David McCulloughA Curious Man by Neal Thompson
Vote For Your 100 Favorite Non-Fiction Books of All Time
418 books — 103 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckFinding George Orwell in Burma by Emma LarkinNotes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Travel-velocity
39 books — 38 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneThe Blue Tattoo by Margot Mifflin
History books
67 books — 44 voters

A Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonThe Lost City of Z by David Grann
favorite non-fiction
2,868 books — 1,268 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,788 books — 1,669 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,312 books — 17,078 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonThe Lost Continent by Bill BrysonA Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,148 books — 1,876 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Around the World in 100 Books
1,324 books — 707 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickIsaac's Storm by Erik Larson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,263 books — 8,067 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherInto Africa by Martin Dugard
Favorite Travel Books
2,037 books — 3,944 voters
Nowhere To Run by C.J. BoxEndangered by C.J. BoxForce Of Nature by C.J. BoxBlue Heaven by C.J. BoxIn Plain Sight by C.J. Box
Best Modern Western Mysteries
228 books — 96 voters

Holocaust by Gerald GreenAuschwitz by Miklós NyiszliQB VII by Leon UrisFateless by Imre KertészThis Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
971 books — 766 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
77,381 books — 288,748 voters