Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/92108899-ben-rocky">Ben Rocky</a> (73 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ben Rocky (73 Lists)

The Year Without Summer by William K. Klingaman

Krakatoa by Simon Winchester

When the Mississippi Ran Backwards by Jay Feldman

A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester

Tambora and the Year without a Summer by Wolfgang Behringer

Books about earthquakes!

25 books — 12 voters

The Tsar's Treasure by Martin Bayerle

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder

The Thrill of the Chase by Forrest Fenn

Chasing the Thrill by Daniel Barbarisi

Pirate Hunters by Robert Kurson

Treasure Hunting (non fiction)

12 books — 1 voter

Endurance by Alfred Lansing

In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides

Island of the Lost by Joan Druett

Ghosts of Cape Sabine by Leonard F. Guttridge

Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton

North and South Poles

127 books — 44 voters

Ungrateful Daughters by Maureen Waller

Going Dutch by Lisa Jardine

The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto

The Embarrassment of Riches by Simon Schama

Tulipmania by Mike Dash

The Dutch Republic

82 books — 8 voters

And a Bottle of Rum by Wayne Curtis

The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace

The Ghosts of Eden Park by Karen Abbott

Bourbon by Dane Huckelbridge

All Liquored Up - The History of Alcohol and Drinking (nonfiction)

145 books — 21 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

Twinkie, Deconstructed by Steve Ettlinger

The Emperors of Chocolate by Joël Glenn Brenner

Coffeeland by Augustine Sedgewick

Food-Related Non-Fiction

1,244 books — 1,651 voters

A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman

American Eve by Paula Uruburu

Imperfect Union by Steve Inskeep

The Overlooked Women of History

955 books — 236 voters

Imperial Requiem by Justin C. Vovk

Twilight of the Habsburgs by Alan Warwick Palmer

Twilight of Empire by Greg King

The Last Emperor of Mexico by Edward Shawcross

The Trigger by Tim Butcher

Austria-Hungary: Politics, Economics and Culture of the Habsburg Monarchy

27 books — 4 voters

The General vs. the President by H.W. Brands

Checkmate in Berlin by Giles Milton

First Great Triumph by Warren Zimmermann

Gangsters of Capitalism by Jonathan M. Katz

The Imperial Cruise by James D. Bradley

American Foreign Policy

471 books — 281 voters

The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf

Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

Packing for Mars by Mary Roach

Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean

Best Nature Books

1,160 books — 808 voters

Sextant by David Barrie

Longitude by Dava Sobel

The River of Doubt by Candice Millard

Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose

Disappointment River by Brian Castner

Cartography: Maps

186 books — 85 voters

Black Death at the Golden Gate by David K. Randall

Rabid by Bill Wasik

Biohazard by Ken Alibek

The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

Lyme by Mary Beth Pfeiffer

Best Books on Flu and Other Devastating Outbreaks

169 books — 123 voters

Train by Tom Zoellner

The Associates by Richard Rayner

Empire Express by David Haward Bain

Dominion by Stephen R. Bown

Iron Horses by Walter R. Borneman

Books about railways

187 books — 24 voters

Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner

The Mirage Factory by Gary Krist

A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester

The Associates by Richard Rayner

Black Death at the Golden Gate by David K. Randall

Best California Books

437 books — 217 voters

Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner

The Heat Will Kill You First by Jeff Goodell

The Mirage Factory by Gary Krist

Liquid Assets by Diane Galusha

The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell

Water Engineering

24 books — 11 voters

Outlaw Platoon by Sean Parnell

The Secret Gate by Mitchell Zuckoff

The Outpost by Jake Tapper

Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer

Outlaw Platoon by Sean Parnell

Afghan War Books

86 books — 47 voters

The Sorrows of Empire by Chalmers Johnson

The Mission by Dana Priest

The Outpost by Jake Tapper

First Great Triumph by Warren Zimmermann

Gangsters of Capitalism by Jonathan M. Katz

171 books — 16 voters

The Age of Gold by H.W. Brands

Last Stand by Michael Punke

Empire of Shadows by George Black

The Mirage Factory by Gary Krist

Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner

Best Nonfiction Books Western US History

246 books — 16 voters

Water to the Angels by Les Standiford

The Mirage Factory by Gary Krist

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

The Heat Will Kill You First by Jeff Goodell

Chasing the Thrill by Daniel Barbarisi

Reading the Southwest

254 books — 48 voters

The Mirage Factory by Gary Krist

A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester

Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner

Black Death at the Golden Gate by David K. Randall

Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides

California Newbie

51 books — 26 voters

Blue Gold by Maude Barlow

Liquid Assets by Diane Galusha

The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell

Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner

Wedding of the Waters by Peter L. Bernstein

Waterways, Watersheds, the Water System

136 books — 25 voters

Blue Gold by Maude Barlow

Liquid Assets by Diane Galusha

The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell

Best Water Books

103 books — 12 voters

Liquid Assets by Diane Galusha

Blue Gold by Maude Barlow

The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell

Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner

Water to the Angels by Les Standiford

Sustainability: Water

66 books — 16 voters

Pacific Crucible by Ian W. Toll

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer

War at the End of the World by James P. Duffy

The lonely ships by Edwin P. Hoyt

Lonely Vigil by Walter Lord

World War II in the Pacific

168 books — 158 voters

Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll

Pacific Crucible by Ian W. Toll

The Conquering Tide by Ian W. Toll

Twilight of the Gods by Ian W. Toll

Dreadnought by Robert K. Massie

Geopolitical Strategies: Maritime Power

90 books — 4 voters

American Prometheus by Kai Bird

Truman by David McCullough

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro

Peter the Great by Frederick Davidson

Dreadnought by Robert K. Massie

Big Fat Books Worth the Effort

1,874 books — 6,999 voters

Dead Wake by Erik Larson

Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

The Wager by David Grann

The Bounty by Caroline Alexander

Devils on the Deep Blue Sea by Kristoffer Garin

Maritime true crime

87 books — 8 voters

The Wager by David Grann

Into the Raging Sea by Rachel Slade

Longitude by Dava Sobel

Endurance by Alfred Lansing

Tracks on the Ocean by Sara Caputo

751 books — 402 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Trees died for this?

1,338 books — 864 voters

Red Smoking Mirror by Nick Hunt

1945 by Robert Conroy

Fatherland by Robert Harris

Archangel by Robert Harris

Munich by Robert Harris

Best Alternate History

370 books — 687 voters

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