2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by JoAnn Brown (11 Lists)



The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy by Blaine T. Bettinger
Best Genealogy Books
39 books — 30 voters
Who We Are and How We Got Here by David ReichNeanderthal Man by Svante Pääbo
Human Population Genetics
68 books — 16 voters

In Defense of Food by Michael PollanFood Rules by Michael PollanCatching Fire by Richard W. WranghamWhy Some Like It Hot by Gary Paul NabhanComing Home to Eat by Gary Paul Nabhan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,227 books — 1,636 voters
The Colors of Nature by Alison Hawthorne DemingThe Lost Origins of the Essay by John D'AgataEssays and Lectures by Ralph Waldo EmersonHuman, All Too Human by Friedrich NietzscheThe Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
554 books — 248 voters

Book Lust by Nancy PearlLibrary by Matthew BattlesBooks by Martyn Lyons
Books about Books and Libraries
824 books — 388 voters
1491 by Charles C. MannEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best History Books
3,707 books — 3,738 voters

First City by Gary B. NashDigging in the City of Brotherly Love by Rebecca YaminIndependence Hall in American Memory by Charlene MiresThe Book Culture of a Colonial American City by Edwin WolfItalians of Philadelphia by Donna J. Di Giacomo
Books of Philadelphia
210 books — 115 voters
Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,103 books — 1,951 voters

Candide by Voltaire
Most Amusing Books Ever
35 books — 17 voters
A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,128 books — 1,535 voters

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
Caldecott Medal Winners
88 books — 455 voters