Avis Black's votes on the list Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1950s

Listopia > Avis Black's votes on the list Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1950s (60 Books)

1	My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) by Gerald Durrell 4.16 avg rating — 63,337 ratings "Absolutely delightful memoir" Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	A Night to Remember by Walter Lord 4.10 avg rating — 28,687 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 by Cornelius Ryan 4.34 avg rating — 26,113 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie 4.23 avg rating — 25,001 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee 3.91 avg rating — 15,194 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Worldly Philosophers by Robert L. Heilbroner 4.16 avg rating — 8,925 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Hollywood Babylon: The Legendary Underground Classic of Hollywood's Darkest and Best Kept Secrets by Kenneth Anger 3.65 avg rating — 6,766 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Day of Infamy by Walter Lord 4.12 avg rating — 4,848 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 by Michihiko Hachiya 4.19 avg rating — 3,346 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	This Hallowed Ground: A History of the Civil War by Bruce Catton 4.40 avg rating — 1,424 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill 4.30 avg rating — 1,270 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Books in My Life by Henry Miller 3.81 avg rating — 1,152 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle: Memories of Childhood by Marcel Pagnol 4.27 avg rating — 1,115 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Americans, Vol. 1: The Colonial Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin 4.01 avg rating — 1,079 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book by Alice B. Toklas 4.02 avg rating — 891 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Vintage Mencken: The Finest and Fiercest Essays of the Great Literary Iconoclast by H.L. Mencken 4.06 avg rating — 751 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Period Piece by Gwen Raverat really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 597 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Adventures in Two Worlds by A.J. Cronin 4.18 avg rating — 450 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Pickett's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 by George R. Stewart 4.16 avg rating — 320 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Manhattan Engineer District 3.71 avg rating — 300 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt 3.80 avg rating — 295 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The American Revolution by Bruce Lancaster 3.83 avg rating — 195 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Son of Oscar Wilde by Vyvyan Holland 4.16 avg rating — 193 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Henriëtte Roosenburg 4.04 avg rating — 183 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Cripple Creek Days by Mabel Barbee Lee 3.89 avg rating — 136 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	My Story: an Autobiography by Mary Astor 4.03 avg rating — 100 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	My Memories of Six Reigns by Princess MARIE LOUISE 4.15 avg rating — 81 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Cup of Fury by Upton Sinclair 3.38 avg rating — 64 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Up the Trail from Texas (Landmark Series, #60) by J. Frank Dobie 3.64 avg rating — 42 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Innocence Under the Elms by Louise Dickinson Rich 4.34 avg rating — 35 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Time to Remember by Lloyd C. Douglas 3.67 avg rating — 33 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Marcel Proust: A Biography, Volume 1 by George D. Painter 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Here, of All Places by Osbert Lancaster by Osbert Lancaster 4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Drug Store Days: My Youth Among the Pills and Potions by Richard Armour 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Private Diaries of Stendhal by Stendhal 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Exploring with Frémont by Charles Preuss 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Nothing but Prairie and Sky: Life on the Dakota Range in the Early Days by Bruce Siberts 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Daughter of the Gold Rush Klondy Nelson with Corey Ford by Klondy Nelson 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Doctor on a Bicycle by George S. King 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Buffalo Harvest by Frank H. Mayer 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Vol. 3: The Civil War, 1860-1865 by George Templeton Strong 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Vol. 2: The Turbulent Fifties, 1850-1859 by George Templeton Strong 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Man Whistler by Hesketh Pearson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Vol. 4: Post-War Years, 1865-1875 by George Templeton Strong really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Texas Sheepman: The Reminiscences Of Robert Maudslay by Robert Maudslay really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Assault on Olympus: The Rise of the House of Gramont between 1604 and 1678 by W.H. Lewis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Cattle on the Conejo by J. H Russell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Only the Happy Memories: Reminiscences of a Virginia Boyhood by Brantley Henderson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Autobiography of Asa Brainerd Isham, M.D., 1844-1912 by Asa Brainerd Isham liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Dodo: The Story of a Village Schoolmaster by Vicars Bell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The myth of the all-destructive fury of the Thirty Years' War by Robert Reinhold Ergang liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Graphic Work Of M.C. Escher: Introduced And Explained By The Artist by M.C. Escher 3.92 avg rating — 71,986 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Disturber of the Peace by William Manchester 3.99 avg rating — 150 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher 4.32 avg rating — 6,166 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Zimmermann Telegram by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.05 avg rating — 5,152 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson 3.97 avg rating — 9,308 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Mr. Lincoln's Army (Army of the Potomac Trilogy Book 1) by Bruce Catton 4.33 avg rating — 2,985 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Three Edwards by Thomas B. Costain 4.11 avg rating — 1,170 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Death of a Nation: The Story of Lee and His Men at Gettysburg by Clifford Dowdey 4.09 avg rating — 112 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	A. P. Hill: Lee's Forgotten General by William Woods Hassler 3.93 avg rating — 43 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars