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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Brian Haverty (15 Lists)



I, Partridge by Alan Partridge
Best Hilarious Books
2 books — 2 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeEast of Eden by John SteinbeckLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFreedom by Jonathan FranzenNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,100 voters

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Best Books of 2014 That Are NOT Erotica
523 books — 374 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Control of Nature by John McPheeThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Panda's Thumb by Stephen Jay Gould
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,930 books — 3,630 voters

The Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterCod by Mark KurlanskyThe Map That Changed the World by Simon WinchesterOranges by John McPheeAmong the Thugs by Bill Buford
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,882 books — 2,262 voters
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
50 Best Non-Fiction Adventure Books: The Essential Man's Library
56 books — 175 voters

A Drink Before the War by Dennis LehaneThe Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee BurkeDeal Breaker by Harlan CobenNemesis by Jo Nesbø
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,336 books — 2,652 voters
In Trouble Again by Redmond O'HanlonNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonBlue Highways by William Least Heat-MoonNeither Here nor There by Bill BrysonThe Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,207 books — 1,969 voters

Coming Into the Country by John McPheeGoing to Extremes by Joe McGinniss
Alaska Tales
384 books — 346 voters
Blue Highways by William Least Heat-MoonThe Pine Barrens by John McPheeCoasting by Jonathan RabanThe Kingdom by the Sea by Paul TherouxBrazilian Adventure by Peter Fleming
Best Book Pairs
8 books — 1 voter

John Adams by David McCulloughThe River of Doubt by Candice MillardMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterA Sense of Where You Are by John McPhee
Best Biographies
1,753 books — 3,011 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Godfather by Mario PuzoLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryAbout a Boy by Nick HornbyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
582 books — 480 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,835 books — 124,617 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellJohn Adams by David McCulloughBlack Swan Green by David MitchellThe River of Doubt by Candice MillardThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
78,946 books — 293,975 voters