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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Benjamin baschinsky (40 Lists)



Washington's Crossing by David Hackett FischerD-Day, June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. AmbroseBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best American History Books
2,321 books — 3,127 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,470 books — 5,188 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
14,253 books — 10,330 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,749 books — 3,395 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierShōgun by James Clavell
Best Historical Fiction
8,297 books — 27,354 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2014 The Intended Reading List
152 books — 42 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Canadian Literature
2,360 books — 1,169 voters
The Paris Wife by Paula McLainA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Midnight in Paris
67 books — 55 voters

Death in the City of Light by David King
Books About Paris
724 books — 585 voters
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Novels Set in Germany
421 books — 203 voters

The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Who Should Win the 2013 Walter Scott Prize?
6 books — 26 voters
A Question of Honor by Lynne Olson
Best of Polish History
205 books — 49 voters

HHhH by Laurent BinetEvery Man Dies Alone by Hans FalladaThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Nazi Germany in fiction
131 books — 162 voters
Suite Française by Irène NémirovskyWhen the Emperor Was Divine by Julie OtsukaThe Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn BeerThe Winds of War by Herman WoukThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
World War II Literature
286 books — 190 voters

The Snow Child by Eowyn IveyThe Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,100 books — 1,021 voters
Birdsong by Sebastian FaulksMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Downton Abbey-esque Books
617 books — 1,015 voters

The Troubled Man by Henning MankellSnow Angels by James ThompsonThe Hypnotist by Lars KeplerThe White Lioness by Henning MankellFirewall by Henning Mankell
Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries
341 books — 700 voters
The Troubled Man, A Kurt Wallander Novel by Henning MankellHypothermia by Arnaldur Indriðason
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,228 books — 1,252 voters

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Interesting Books of 2013
308 books — 928 voters
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
Best Mysteries from the 1990s
355 books — 123 voters

The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
Turn Of The Century Favorites
101 books — 75 voters
The Private Patient by P.D. James
Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction
1,142 books — 956 voters

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo HigashinoThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Best "World" Mysteries, Thrillers, Detectives, and Suspense...
1,228 books — 1,124 voters
The Troubled Man by Henning MankellOne Step Behind by Henning MankellSidetracked by Henning MankellThe Dogs of Riga by Henning MankellFaceless Killers by Henning Mankell
Murder Most Cold
273 books — 425 voters

The Snowman by Jo NesbøThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
I Like Serial Killers
1,027 books — 1,628 voters
Almost French by Sarah TurnbullDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Best Books Set in Paris
311 books — 217 voters

A Quiet Flame by Philip KerrThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Winds of War by Herman WoukCity of Women by David R. GillhamSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Best 1940s Historical Fiction
423 books — 469 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonEye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Espionage
1,046 books — 1,094 voters

Proof of Guilt by Charles Todd
most anticipated mysteries 2013
155 books — 549 voters
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
Japanese Mystery/Detective/Crime Fiction Translated Into English
183 books — 398 voters


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