Roberta's votes on the list Interesting and Readable Nonfiction

Listopia > Roberta's votes on the list Interesting and Readable Nonfiction (39 Books)

1	The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3.84 avg rating — 121,594 ratings Roberta 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
2	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich 3.65 avg rating — 195,330 ratings Roberta 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
3	Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co. by Jeremy Mercer 3.86 avg rating — 4,253 ratings Roberta 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	Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser 3.75 avg rating — 206,493 ratings	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	How Carrots Won the Trojan War: Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables by Rebecca Rupp 3.54 avg rating — 595 ratings Roberta 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
6	How Shakespeare Changed Everything by Stephen Marche (Goodreads Author) 3.38 avg rating — 651 ratings Roberta rated it 2 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	Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris by Michael Allin 3.59 avg rating — 660 ratings Roberta 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
8	Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt 4.01 avg rating — 894,943 ratings	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	The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell 4.01 avg rating — 852,734 ratings Roberta 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
10	Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell 3.96 avg rating — 620,679 ratings Roberta rated it 2 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	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt 3.92 avg rating — 294,239 ratings Roberta 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 Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 1,354,102 ratings Roberta rated it 2 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	The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food by Jennifer 8. Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 5,150 ratings Roberta rated it 2 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 Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson 3.95 avg rating — 157,160 ratings Roberta 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
15	The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 754,872 ratings	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	Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 110,597 ratings Roberta 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
17	How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill 3.81 avg rating — 46,767 ratings Roberta 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
18	The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean by Trevor Corson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,658 ratings	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	The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 21,366 ratings Roberta 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
20	Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City by Anthony Flint (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 1,022 ratings Roberta 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
21	The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove by Cathy Erway 3.33 avg rating — 1,510 ratings Roberta 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
22	The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 91,593 ratings Roberta 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	War in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944 by Iris Origo 4.21 avg rating — 1,266 ratings Roberta 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
24	Turkish Reflections: A Biography of a Place by Mary Lee Settle 3.41 avg rating — 188 ratings Roberta 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
25	The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford 3.92 avg rating — 4,687 ratings Roberta 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	The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War by Caroline Alexander 3.97 avg rating — 1,884 ratings Roberta 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
27	Underfoot in Show Business by Helene Hanff 4.25 avg rating — 879 ratings Roberta 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
28	Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen 3.75 avg rating — 18,700 ratings Roberta 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	My Year with Eleanor by Noelle Hancock 3.87 avg rating — 7,159 ratings Roberta 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	Must you go?: my life with Harold Pinter by Antonia Fraser 3.62 avg rating — 1,038 ratings Roberta 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
31	The Woman Who Fell from the Sky by Jennifer Steil (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 1,437 ratings Roberta 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	Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein by Julie Salamon (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 996 ratings Roberta 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
33	Peace Meals: Candy-Wrapped Kalashnikovs and Other War Stories by Anna Badkhen 3.91 avg rating — 215 ratings Roberta 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	The Bolter: Edwardian Heartbreak and High Society Scandal in Kenya by Frances Osborne 3.73 avg rating — 4,542 ratings Roberta 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	Just Kids by Patti Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 349,534 ratings Roberta 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
36	The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 136,643 ratings Roberta 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	A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 29,650 ratings Roberta 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	The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander 3.92 avg rating — 11,849 ratings Roberta 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
39	Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block 4.06 avg rating — 1,738 ratings Roberta 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