Top Retellings of Classic Tales

Listopia > Biography Book Lists

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteJourney to the West by Biao Wang
Best Narrative Nonfiction
178 books — 156 voters
Penguins Stopped Play by Harry ThompsonBeyond a Boundary by C.L.R. JamesA Corner of a Foreign Field by Ramachandra GuhaBob Woolmer's Art and Science of Cricket by Bob WoolmerChinaman by Shehan Karunatilaka
Cricket
238 books — 92 voters

A Life in Secrets by Sarah HelmThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn BeerA Woman in Berlin by AnonymousWe Band of Angels by Elizabeth M. Norman
Women In World War II---Non-Fiction
224 books — 62 voters
1776 by David McCulloughJohn Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBuses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonWashington by Ron Chernow
USA History Books to read (nonfiction)
123 books — 60 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. MilneLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
Our house in the middle of our street
290 books — 54 voters
It Lives in The Basement by Sahara FoleyWe Got Zombies on the Lawn Again, Ma by Donnie SmithBuck by M.K. AsanteOrphan Train by Christina Baker KlineThe Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
Best Books of 2013 that are NOT erotica!
70 books — 50 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Punk-Rock Queen of the Jews by Chef RossiBrooklyn by Colm TóibínAnother Brooklyn by Jacqueline WoodsonMad Dog House by Mark Rubinstein
Brooklyn, New York (fiction and nonfiction)
59 books — 48 voters
Cash by Johnny CashThe Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad CarhartThe Rest Is Noise by Alex RossThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxPassion and Glory by John Suchet
Best Books About Music/Musicians
105 books — 47 voters

Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickAlbion's Seed by David Hackett FischerAmerica at 1750 by Richard HofstadterAmerican Jezebel by Eve LaPlanteThe Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
Nonfiction about Early America
184 books — 41 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFor the Thrill of It by Simon BaatzThe Girls of Murder City by Douglas PerrySin in the Second City by Karen AbbottUgly Prey by Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, PhD
Chicago Crime (nonfiction)
90 books — 40 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryRu by Kim ThúyKnives, Seasoning, & A Dash of Love by Katrina KwanDo Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine ThienA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Asian Canadian Authors
121 books — 39 voters
America's Great Depression by Murray N. RothbardAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Real Lincoln by Thomas J. DiLorenzoThe March Of Folly by Barbara W. Tuchman
Libertarian Guide to American History (fiction and nonfiction)
77 books — 38 voters

The White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryHamlet by William ShakespeareKatherine by Anya SetonInnocent Traitor by Alison Weir
Awesome Women of the Medieval/Renaissance World
249 books — 38 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick BurdOdd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian Faderman
Stonewall Book Award Winners
110 books — 34 voters

Me by Katharine HepburnNatasha by Suzanne FinstadClara Bow by David StennNatalie Wood by Lana WoodTracy and Hepburn by Garson Kanin
Golden Hollywood Memoir
95 books — 33 voters
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. SeussThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn KeeneBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskeyNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.
306 books — 32 voters

Boy by Roald DahlSmile by Raina TelgemeierMy Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane GoodallRed Scarf Girl by Ji-li JiangSmall Steps by Peg Kehret
Autobiographies for Kids
32 books — 31 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinConspiracy in the Streets by Jon WienerDetroit by Charlie LeDuffThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Histories of United States Cities I (nonfiction)
275 books — 31 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy1984 by George OrwellAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
I Won't Die Before I Read These:
82 books — 30 voters
Positive Vision by Ken BrandtThunder Dog by Michael HingsonNow I See You by Nicole C. KearA Sense of the World by Jason RobertsFor the Benefit of Those Who See by Rosemary Mahoney
Blindness/Loss of Vision - NONFICTION
79 books — 30 voters

American Sphinx by Joseph J. EllisThomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings by Annette Gordon-ReedThomas Jefferson by Jon MeachamThomas Jefferson by Christopher HitchensThe Pirate Coast by Richard Zacks
Jeffersonian Books (fiction and nonfiction)
80 books — 28 voters
Mary Chesnut's Civil War by Mary Boykin ChesnutSarah Morgan by Sarah Morgan DawsonAll for the Union by Robert Hunt RhodesBushwhackers and Broken Hearts by P.J. SullivanBlue-Eyed Child of Fortune by Robert Gould Shaw
Civil War Letters and Diaries
97 books — 27 voters

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusSpare by Prince HarryThe Maid by Nita ProseMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins ReidHell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
2023: What People Born in the 1980's are Reading in 2023
900 books — 27 voters
Daddy's Hobby by Owen JonesBangkok 8 by John BurdettEveryone Burns by John DolanLetters from Thailand by BotanBangkok Haunts by John Burdett
Terrific Thailand
56 books — 26 voters

The Mixtape by Brittainy C. CherryHave We Met? by Camille BakerThe Seven Day Switch by Kelly HarmsSong of the Forever Rains by E.J. MellowHer Last Breath by Hilary Davidson
Amazon First Reads June 2021
11 books — 25 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Ascent of Money by Niall FergusonEmpires of the Sea by Roger CrowleyA People's History of the World by Chris HarmanThe Bitter Road to Freedom by William I. Hitchcock
The Independent's "The Ten Best History Books"
10 books — 24 voters

Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne BrontëThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Top 10 Lifetime Favorites
39 books — 24 voters
After Elizabeth by Leanda de LisleRestoration London by Liza PicardThe Weaker Vessel by Antonia FraserMary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley by Alison WeirUngrateful Daughters by Maureen Waller
Best House of Stuart Biographies and Histories
147 books — 23 voters

The Immigrant by Nery McMahonGrit by Karl WigginsWhat has He Done Now? by David Hayes MDKids We Were by Bernie MorrisBournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls by Danny Winter
A List of My Favorite Memoirs
55 books — 23 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonMiddlemarch by George Eliot
Add 1 book for every 100 you read
90 books — 14 voters

Browse By Tag