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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Peter Hilsden (18 Lists)



Fermat's Enigma by Simon SinghThe Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman
Best Books About Mathematics
458 books — 675 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,559 books — 3,253 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Crossing by Cormac McCarthyCities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Literary Westerns
292 books — 405 voters
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraSay Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeEmpire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Best True Crime
1,486 books — 2,118 voters

An Exaltation of Larks by James Lipton
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
3,202 books — 807 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Best Twentieth Century American Novels
325 books — 231 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrLittle Big Man by Thomas BergerBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,711 voters
The Right Stuff by Tom WolfeThe Last Stand by Nathaniel PhilbrickBlood and Thunder by Hampton SidesEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Best American History Books
2,263 books — 3,081 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyLittle Big Man by Thomas Berger
Best Western Historical Fiction
176 books — 100 voters
The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerThe New Best Recipe by Cook's IllustratedThe America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook by America's Test KitchenThe Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001-2010 by America's Test KitchenThe Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser
Best Cookbooks
1,468 books — 1,127 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreeneThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,930 books — 3,632 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Best British and Irish Literature
1,183 books — 1,118 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthySuttree by Cormac McCarthy
The Great American Novel
671 books — 1,101 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraCold Mountain by Charles FrazierFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
Best War Novels
1,720 books — 1,471 voters

Blindness by José SaramagoThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,781 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,337 books — 8,175 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyLittle Big Man by Thomas BergerNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyButcher's Crossing by John Williams
Best Westerns
1,438 books — 1,625 voters
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyBeloved by Toni MorrisonA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,272 books — 2,437 voters