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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Erin (104 Lists)



The Radetzky March by Joseph RothAll for Nothing by Walter KempowskiThe German Lesson by Siegfried Lenz
Best German Novels of the Twentieth Century
18 books — 25 voters
The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
909 books — 1,259 voters

Out of Sight by Elmore LeonardPronto by Elmore LeonardLaBrava by Elmore LeonardFire in the Hole by Elmore LeonardRum Punch by Elmore Leonard
Novels of Elmore Leonard
47 books — 16 voters
Spillover by David QuammenThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Ou... by Philip GourevitchThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
Public Health, Epidemiology, Human Rights
31 books — 7 voters

The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins
NPR's Best Books of 2020
208 books — 40 voters
The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins
2020 Non Fiction End of the Year
142 books — 15 voters

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden KeefeMadhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian SanctonUnder a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2021
1,028 books — 208 voters
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden KeefeMadhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian SanctonFour Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz
History Published in Year: 2021
581 books — 111 voters

The Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertGhost Wars by Steve CollUnder a White Sky by Elizabeth KolbertThirteen Days in September by Lawrence Wright
Journalism - The New Yorker
142 books — 23 voters
Out of Sight by Elmore LeonardPronto by Elmore LeonardFire in the Hole by Elmore LeonardLaBrava by Elmore LeonardRiding the Rap by Elmore Leonard
Best of Elmore Leonard
91 books — 9 voters

J R by William GaddisA Division of the Spoils by Paul ScottFatelessness by Imre Kertész
Best Books 1975
255 books — 72 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Song of the Dodo by David QuammenThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertA Primate's Memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky
Best Nonfiction Biology books on Goodreads
400 books — 73 voters

The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellJ R by William GaddisThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréDispatches by Michael Herr
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,949 books — 1,885 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters

The White Album by Joan DidionDispatches by Michael HerrNixonland by Rick PerlsteinBlood in the Water by Heather Ann ThompsonLadies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning by Jonathan Mahler
America in the 1970s (fiction and nonfiction)
143 books — 24 voters
Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson
The 1970s in the United States (nonfiction)
236 books — 29 voters

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréA Perfect Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréSmiley's People by John le CarréThe Human Factor by Graham Greene
Literary Spy Stories
217 books — 228 voters
The Selected Poems of Frank O'Hara by Frank O'HaraAll The Emperor's Horses by David KiddInside the Whale and Other Essays by George OrwellMr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder by Lawrence WeschlerThe American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
100 books — 312 voters

What You Have Heard Is True by Carolyn Forché
Women's biographies 2019
271 books — 125 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Luck Uglies by Paul Durham
Middle Grade Books
370 books — 181 voters

In Spite of the Gods by Edward LuceThe Last Mughal by William Dalrymple
India on My Mind
403 books — 105 voters
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best of the Desert Southwest
88 books — 63 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeePacking for Mars by Mary RoachEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,864 books — 2,247 voters
Spillover by David QuammenThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeHow to Survive a Plague by David FranceEbola by David Quammen
Scourges, Plagues and Epidemics (nonfiction)
144 books — 17 voters

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Ou... by Philip GourevitchFar from the Tree by Andrew SolomonThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertHow to Survive a Plague by David France
Slate's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years
51 books — 8 voters
Homicide by David SimonPeople Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd ParryI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Buzzfeed's "29 True Crime Books Every Armchair Detective Should Read"
28 books — 21 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe High King by Lloyd AlexanderThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellHoles by Louis Sachar
The Most Deserving Newbery
132 books — 3,026 voters
Tenth of December by George SaundersThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertThe Idiot by Elif Batuman
LitHub's Best of The Decade (2010's) - Books We'll Still Be Reading In 10 Years
46 books — 19 voters

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukThe Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel VásquezThe Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán
Man Booker International Prize 2019 Shortlist
6 books — 6 voters
The Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeGhost Wars by Steve CollThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
86 books — 358 voters


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