2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Patrick (19 Lists)



Matterhorn by Karl MarlantesThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienFields of Fire by James WebbChickenhawk by Robert Mason
Favorite Vietnam War Books
127 books — 88 voters
The Path to Power by Robert A. CaroThe Passage of Power by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroNo One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry Hopkins
Best Biographies
1,663 books — 2,944 voters

No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry Hopkins
Best Books on Rock and Roll
891 books — 1,278 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Books Set in Texas
959 books — 331 voters

Dispatches by Michael HerrA Rumor of War by Philip Caputo
Vietnam War Books
217 books — 128 voters
It by Stephen King
Best Horror Novels
2,085 books — 5,450 voters

Tears in the Darkness by Michael NormanThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
664 books — 455 voters
Ben Hogan's Five Lessons The Modern Fundamentals of Golf by Ben HoganHarvey Penick's Little Red Book by Harvey PenickGolf is Not a Game of Perfect by Bob RotellaHogan by Curt Sampson
Great golf books
132 books — 66 voters

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Nature Books
1,155 books — 781 voters
Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. AbagnaleThe Power of the Dog by Don WinslowLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Manfiction
2,214 books — 553 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
World War 2 books
388 books — 210 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Best WWII Fiction and Biography
697 books — 579 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Historical Fiction
7,425 books — 25,603 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckLord of the Flies by William GoldingOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienMatterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Best War Novels
1,680 books — 1,398 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best School Assigned Books
766 books — 2,061 voters

Tears in the Darkness by Michael NormanUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandLone Survivor by Marcus LuttrellThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,137 books — 2,375 voters
Matterhorn by Karl MarlantesDispatches by Michael HerrA Rumor of War by Philip Caputo
Cambodia and Vietnam
214 books — 161 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienDispatches by Michael HerrMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesWhat It is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
331 books — 638 voters