2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris (25 Lists)



Animal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
940 books — 1,099 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Civil Rights Books for Children
94 books — 36 voters

Gulag by Anne ApplebaumThe 900 Days by Harrison E. SalisburyA History of Russia by Nicholas V. RiasanovskyThe Road to Stalingrad by John Erickson
Best Russian History Books
550 books — 385 voters
A History of Warfare by John KeeganOf Arms and Men by Robert L. O'ConnellThe Weimar Republic by Detlev J.K. Peukert
Best History Books on the topic of "WAR"
87 books — 42 voters

The Art of War by Sun TzuOn War by Carl von ClausewitzThe Face of Battle by John KeeganThe American Way of War by Russell F. Weigley
Ike Skelton's Military History reading list (nonfiction)
132 books — 76 voters
Rise to Globalism by Stephen E. Ambrose
Economic History
74 books — 25 voters

Waging Modern War by Wesley K. Clark
Books on the Bosnian War of the 1990s
77 books — 58 voters
The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin
Best Books Concerning American History (fiction and nonfiction)
346 books — 150 voters

The Korean War by Max Hastings
Korean War
136 books — 52 voters
The Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings
Falklands War
95 books — 29 voters

The Longest Day by Cornelius RyanBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseD-Day, June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. AmbroseA Soldier's Story by Omar N. BradleyPegasus Bridge by Stephen E. Ambrose
Books about D-Day
99 books — 25 voters
Democracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
The Big Non-fiction
192 books — 87 voters

The Broken Branch by Thomas E. Mann
American Politics
480 books — 127 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Agricola and The Germania by TacitusBerlin Diaries, 1940-1945 by Marie VassiltchikovDresden by Frederick Taylor
German History
596 books — 154 voters

The Thirty Years War by Geoffrey Parker
Books on the Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
71 books — 20 voters
Night by Elie Wiesel
Jewish history
204 books — 47 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe American Heritage Picture History of World War II by Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II
WW2: Many Perspectives
519 books — 230 voters
The Face of Battle by John KeeganU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersMakers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age by Peter Paret
U.S. Army Center Of Military History Reading List 2012
59 books — 26 voters

Six Days of War by Michael B. Oren
Books on the Israel Palestine Conflict (fiction and nonfiction)
462 books — 708 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Stalinist Russia
154 books — 50 voters

Stalingrad by Antony BeevorA Bridge Too Far by Cornelius RyanThe Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
Major Battles in History and Fiction
232 books — 80 voters
The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle
World War II - Pacific Theatre
301 books — 124 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Classics on Nazi Germany
112 books — 76 voters
The Longest Day by Cornelius RyanD-Day, June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best D-day books
63 books — 38 voters

Vietnam by Stanley KarnowThe Best and the Brightest by David HalberstamHell in a Very Small Place by Bernard B. FallAbout Face by David H. Hackworth
Cambodia and Vietnam
214 books — 161 voters