Marty Distel

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Marty Distel

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Marty’s favorite books

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Great Influenza by John M. Barry

The Color of Water by James McBride

Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes

Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough

Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt

The World of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum

So Big by Edna Ferber

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Marty’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (111)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1900)
did-not-finish‎ (22)
fiction-3-4-5-stars‎ (1337)
non-fiction‎ (356)
historical-fiction‎ (334)

2024‎ (251)
2023‎ (221)
mystery-detective‎ (209)
2019‎ (197)
2021‎ (196)
2020‎ (183)
2025‎ (165)

2022‎ (151)
ya‎ (122)
2018‎ (112)
fiction-1-2-3-stars‎ (88)
child-lit‎ (80)
2026‎ (72)
miller-bookclub‎ (59)

2017‎ (48)
pulitzer‎ (45)
science-fiction-fantasy‎ (42)
newbery‎ (26)
short-story‎ (17)
favorites‎ (14)

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2026 Reading Challenge

Marty Distel has read 72 of 120 books.

60%

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Listopia Votes

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Best Books of the 20th Century

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Favorite Genres

Biography, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Literary Fiction, and Non-fiction

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