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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nathan Albright (34 Lists)



The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Around the World in 100 Books
1,326 books — 721 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
13,273 books — 8,741 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,230 books — 2,004 voters
Persuasion by Jane AustenThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,268 books — 11,613 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,699 books — 18,154 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherMissoula by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonAnimal Farm by George OrwellMansfield Park by Jane Austen
Books With Place Names in the Title
1,011 books — 95 voters

1491 by Charles C. MannThe Rape of Nanking by Iris Shun-Ru ChangThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best History Books
4,110 books — 4,728 voters
Blood River by Tim Butcher
Books with Bodies of Water in the Titles
924 books — 74 voters

Emma by Jane AustenThe Odyssey by HomerA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,101 books — 5,870 voters
Emma by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen1984 by George Orwell
Favorite Books
15,122 books — 10,806 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingDivergent by Veronica RothAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
What we've read so far in 2016
8,019 books — 1,032 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenDivergent by Veronica Roth
Your Top 5 Reads in 2014
1,603 books — 1,254 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
My Favourite Non Fiction Books
1,417 books — 386 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Rape of Nanking by Iris Shun-Ru Chang
Best Nonfiction Books About Horrifying Events
526 books — 233 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Real Man Books
789 books — 316 voters
Night by Elie WieselAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Memoirs by Men
1,831 books — 778 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Art of War by Sun TzuThe Know-It-All by A.J. JacobsThe Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel
Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction and Other (Mostly) True Things
820 books — 563 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Thinking Books: Books that made you think . . .
175 books — 86 voters

Longitude by Dava Sobel1491 by Charles C. Mann
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,922 books — 2,288 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Books I wouldn't have discovered without Goodreads
2,680 books — 1,040 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1491 by Charles C. Mann1776 by David McCulloughMere Christianity by C.S. LewisCollapse by Jared Diamond
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,429 books — 8,213 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Agricola and The Germania by TacitusThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,470 books — 5,189 voters

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,687 books — 3,649 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Foreign Lands
2,381 books — 2,252 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Wanderlust
1,106 books — 1,242 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books that make you think.
1,184 books — 1,233 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherDancing in the Glory of Monsters by Jason K. Stearns
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,905 books — 1,803 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlBlood River by Tim ButcherRound Ireland with a Fridge by Tony HawksConfederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
Favorite Travel Books
2,054 books — 4,001 voters

Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,022 books — 125,276 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrReady Player One by Ernest ClineTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,826 books — 22,696 voters


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