Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/20113918-chrisr">ChrisR</a> (190 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by ChrisR (190 Lists)

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Collapse by Jared Diamond

The Silent Woman by Janet Malcolm

Notes from Underground and The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky

770 books — 110 voters

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood

Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich

That Quail, Robert by Margaret A. Stanger

Your Top 5 Reads in 2015

1,519 books — 876 voters

The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Watchmen by Alan Moore

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

Your Top 5 Reads in 2018

644 books — 263 voters

Two Roads Home by Daniel Griffin

The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey

The Overstory by Richard Powers

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

New and Classic Eco-Fiction

80 books — 89 voters

The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis

The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Best Nonfiction Audio Books

447 books — 285 voters

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

That Quail, Robert by Margaret A. Stanger

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

Stoner by John Williams

BOOKS MAKE LIFE WORTH LIVING

84 books — 15 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Tournament of Books: All Champions

8 books — 3 voters

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies

This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Canada Reads: All Nominees and Winners

112 books — 63 voters

The Last Whalers by Doug Bock Clark

Sea People by Christina Thompson

The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina

Medallion Status by John Hodgman

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane

Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2019

371 books — 89 voters

Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss

Hot Dog Taste Test by Lisa Hanawalt

Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller

Sour Apples by Sheila Connolly

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Taste in Titles

742 books — 57 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

Brother by David Chariandy

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Books with Brother or Sister in the title

1,008 books — 59 voters

Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood

The Orenda by Joseph Boyden

Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies

The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence

Fiction Novels That Take Place In Canada

160 books — 59 voters

The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

Journeys Through Eastern Old-Growth Forests by Jamie Simpson

The Man Who Planted Trees by Jim Robbins

The Tree by Colin Tudge

Deciduous and Coniferous Forests

237 books — 27 voters

Stranger in the Forest by Eric Hansen

Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl

The Ra Expeditions by Thor Heyerdahl

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Fatu-Hiva by Thor Heyerdahl

Best Real Life Adventures

133 books — 60 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Ventus by Karl Schroeder

Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

2014: The Over 35s favourite books of 2014

194 books — 44 voters

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Favourites from 2018

38 books — 8 voters

Stoner by John Williams

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

Favourites from 2016

45 books — 13 voters

Today I Learned It Was You by Edward Riche

CBC Favourite Novels of 2016

13 books — 7 voters

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

The Russia House by John Le Carré

My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci

The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith

Name of a Country in the Title

299 books — 29 voters

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

That Quail, Robert by Margaret A. Stanger

Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood

Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Favourites from 2015

188 books — 32 voters

The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachman

The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

The Overstory by Richard Powers

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

2019 Tournament of Books Shortlist

18 books — 130 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Starfish by Peter Watts

Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell

The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang

Favourites from 2017

86 books — 21 voters

Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich

National Book Critics Circle Award General Nonfiction Winners and Finalists 2000-2019

100 books — 9 voters

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor

Dune by Frank Herbert

Bee Time by Mark L. Winston

That Quail, Robert by Margaret A. Stanger

Maida's Little Shop by Inez Haynes Gillmore

In a Brown Mood

646 books — 77 voters

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley

Nocturnes by John Connolly

The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare by Lilian Jackson Braun

Little Hands Clapping by Dan Rhodes

The Final Reckoning by Robin Jarvis

The Color Purple

1,562 books — 407 voters

Contagious by Jonah Berger

My Ántonia by Willa Cather

The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man by Franz Kafka

Fire Season by Philip Connors

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

Most Orange Books of All Time

1,205 books — 327 voters

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

The End of Animal Farming by Jacy Reese Anthis

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

The Corporation by Joel Bakan

2,182 books — 462 voters

Starfish by Peter Watts

Meg by Steve Alten

Maelstrom by Peter Watts

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

Sphere by Michael Crichton

Oceanic/marine science fiction

164 books — 267 voters

Panther by Brecht Evens

Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware

One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry

What It Is by Lynda Barry

Beverly by Nick Drnaso

Best Art Comics of All Time

373 books — 90 voters

Sports Illustrated by Rob Fleder

Best Coffee Table Books

590 books — 286 voters

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