Lccs Challenge

Position
Details
Rating
Readers Count
Controls
#2
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
  • Michael Pollan
4.11254 reads
#3
The Most Human Human
The Most Human Human
  • Brian Christian
3.7320 reads
#4
Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism
Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism
  • Eric Burns
41 read
#5
Zephyrus Image: A Bibliography
Zephyrus Image: A Bibliography
  • Alastair Johnston
41 read
#6
The Fortune Sellers: The Big Business of Buying and Selling Predictions
The Fortune Sellers: The Big Business of Buying and Selling Predictions
  • William A. Sherden
31 read
#7
Patience and Fortitude
Patience and Fortitude
  • Nicholas A. Basbanes
33 reads
#8
Naming Nature The Clash Between Instinct and Science
Naming Nature The Clash Between Instinct and Science
  • Carol Kaesuk Yoon
41 read
#9
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
  • Bart D. Ehrman
3.6844 reads
#10
Pau Hana: Plantation Life and Labor in Hawaii 1835-1920
Pau Hana: Plantation Life and Labor in Hawaii 1835-1920
  • Ronald Takaki
31 read
#11
Cover 1

Bibliotoons

Bibliotoons: A Mischievous Meander Through the Stacks & Beyond
  • Gary Handman
21 read
#12
Cover 8

German

German: Biography of a Language
  • Ruth H. Sanders
32 reads
#13
Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex
Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex
  • Alice Domurat Dreger
3.52 reads
#14
The Principles of Uncertainty
The Principles of Uncertainty
  • Maira Kalman
4.3611 reads
#15
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City
  • Erik Larson
3.98622 reads
#16
The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide for the Careful Speaker
The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide for the Careful Speaker
  • Charles Harrington Elster
4.52 reads
#17
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Tennessee Williams
3.9256 reads
#18
A Rhyming History of Britain: 55 B.C.-A.D. 1966
A Rhyming History of Britain: 55 B.C.-A.D. 1966
  • James Muirden
31 read
#19
Cover 3

Royal Affairs

Royal Affairs: A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy
  • Leslie Carroll
52 reads
#20
Cover 5

Private Lives

Private Lives: An Intimate Comedy in Three Acts
  • Noël Coward
3.336 reads
#21
Collected Poems
Collected Poems
  • Chinua Achebe
2.52 reads
#22
Present Laughter: A Light Comedy in Three Acts
Present Laughter: A Light Comedy in Three Acts
  • Noël Coward
31 read
#23
Beowulf
Beowulf
  • Seamus Heaney (Translator)
  • Unknown
3.49378 reads
#24
The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
  • Douglas Adams
3.64111 reads
#25
How Shall I Tell the Dog?: And Other Final Musings
How Shall I Tell the Dog?: And Other Final Musings
  • Miles Kington
21 read
#26
Cover 0

The Genius of Language

The Genius of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect on Their Mother Tongues
    51 read
    #27
    A Writer's House in Wales
    A Writer's House in Wales
    • Jan Morris
    4.52 reads
    #28
    Cover 1

    Bombay London New York

    Bombay London New York
    • Amitava Kumar
    31 read
    #29
    Oils
    Oils
    • Melanie Cambridge
    21 read
    #30
    The Three Sisters Indian Cookbook: Delicious, Authentic and Easy Recipes to Make at Home
    The Three Sisters Indian Cookbook: Delicious, Authentic and Easy Recipes to Make at Home
    • Sereena Kaul
    • Alexa Kaul
    • Priya Kaul
    41 read
    #32
    Cover 6

    Oil Painting For The Absolute Beginner

    Oil Painting For The Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Oil Painting
    • Mark Willenbrink
    31 read
    #33
    Cover 6

    Composition

    Composition
    • Sarah Kent
    31 read
    #34
    Cover 8

    The Uncollected Wodehouse

    The Uncollected Wodehouse
    • P.G. Wodehouse
    41 read
    #35
    Cover 1

    Rag and Bone

    Rag and Bone: A Journey Among the World's Holy Dead
    • Peter Manseau
    31 read
    #36
    Cover 8

    West of the West

    West of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders, and Killers in the Golden State
    • Mark Arax
    41 read
    #37
    Burke's Speech on Conciliation With the Colonies-Also Contains Webster's First Bunker Hill Oration and Washington's Farewell Address
    Burke's Speech on Conciliation With the Colonies-Also Contains Webster's First Bunker Hill Oration and Washington's Farewell Address
      21 read
      #38
      IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea
      IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea
      • Stephen Murdoch
      41 read
      #39
      Cover 6

      Diving for Sunken Treasure

      Diving for Sunken Treasure
      • Jacques-Yves Cousteau
      • Philippe Diolé
      41 read
      #40
      A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America Along the Appalachian Trail
      A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America Along the Appalachian Trail
      • Bill Bryson
      3.99381 reads
      #41
      The 13th Element
      The 13th Element
      • John Emsley
      31 read
      #42
      How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting
      How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting
      • Mei-Ling Hopgood
      3.333 reads
      #43
      The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters With Extraordinary People
      The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters With Extraordinary People
      • Susan Orlean
      4.52 reads
      #44
      Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons: Travels in Sicily on a Vespa
      Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons: Travels in Sicily on a Vespa
      • Matthew Fort
      21 read
      #45
      Cover 2

      Anatomy of a Bullfight

      Anatomy of a Bullfight
      • Arthur Greenfield
      41 read
      #46
      The Way to Rainy Mountain
      The Way to Rainy Mountain
      • N. Scott Momaday
      4.55 reads
      #47
      Slouching Towards Bethlehem
      Slouching Towards Bethlehem
      • Joan Didion
      4.1296 reads
      #48
      Conundrum
      Conundrum
      • Jan Morris
      45 reads
      #49
      Lost Crafts: Rediscovering Traditional Skills
      Lost Crafts: Rediscovering Traditional Skills
      • Chambers (ed.)
      31 read
      #50
      Habits of Change: An Oral History of American Nuns
      Habits of Change: An Oral History of American Nuns
      • Carole Garibaldi Rogers
      41 read
      #51
      Packing for Mars
      Packing for Mars
      • Mary Roach
      4.01139 reads
      #52
      The Selfish Gene
      The Selfish Gene
      • Richard Dawkins
      4.2238 reads
      #53
      Cover 1

      Color Mixing Handbook

      Color Mixing Handbook
      • Various
      41 read
      #54
      The Year of Living Biblically
      The Year of Living Biblically
      • A.J. Jacobs
      3.8472 reads
      #55
      Are Prisons Obsolete?
      Are Prisons Obsolete?
      • Angela Y. Davis
      4.3481 reads
      #56
      The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
      The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
      • Tahir Shah
      4.3310 reads
      #57
      How to Lie with Statistics
      How to Lie with Statistics
      • Darrell Huff
      3.7963 reads
      #58
      In the Land of Invented Languages
      In the Land of Invented Languages
      • Arika Okrent
      3.8912 reads
      #59
      Selected Poems and Prose
      Selected Poems and Prose
      • Lorenzo de' Medici
      3.52 reads
      #60
      Hong Kong
      Hong Kong
      • Jan Morris
      21 read
      #61
      Cover 5

      San Francisco Victorians

      San Francisco Victorians
      • Randolph Delehanty
      51 read
      #62
      Victorian Glory in San Francisco and the Bay Area
      Victorian Glory in San Francisco and the Bay Area
      • Paul Duchscherer
      • Douglas Keister
      31 read
      #63
      The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran
      The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran
      • Hooman Majd
      3.55 reads
      #64
      After the Prophet
      After the Prophet
      • Lesley Hazleton
      4.2116 reads
      #65
      Zeitoun
      Zeitoun
      • Dave Eggers
      3.9265 reads
      #66
      The home-based business kit
      The home-based business kit
      • Diana Brodman Summers
      31 read
      #67
      My Family and Other Animals
      My Family and Other Animals
      • Gerald Durrell
      4.1368 reads
      #68
      Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
      Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
        4.0524 reads
        #69
        Book Lust to Go
        Book Lust to Go
        • Nancy Pearl
        3.52 reads
        #70
        Lords of the sea
        Lords of the sea
        • J. R. Hale
        51 read
        #71
        Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
        Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
        • Louise Erdrich
        43 reads
        #72
        Cover 8

        Four Texts on Socrates

        Four Texts on Socrates
        • Plato
        • Aristophanes
        • Grace Starry West (Translator)
        32 reads
        #73
        New tales from Aesop
        New tales from Aesop
        • Paul Roche
        21 read
        #74
        Cover 4

        The Oldest Dead White European Males & Other Reflections on the Classics

        The Oldest Dead White European Males & Other Reflections on the Classics
        • Bernard Knox
        41 read
        #75
        Plato
        Plato
        • Julia Annas
        1.252 reads
        #76
        The Trojan Women and Other Plays
        The Trojan Women and Other Plays
        • Euripides,
        31 read
        #77
        Cover 0

        The Return of Ulysses

        The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
        • Edith Hall
        11 read
        #78
        True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries
        True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries
        • Kathy Barco
        51 read
        #79
        Cover 3

        The Seventh Garment

        The Seventh Garment
        • Eugenia Fakinou
        • Ευγενία Φακίνου
        • Ed Emery (Translator)
        31 read
        #80
        Clandestine in Chile
        Clandestine in Chile
        • Gabriel García Márquez
        3.677 reads
        #81
        Oaxaca Journal
        Oaxaca Journal
        • Oliver Sacks
        4.257 reads
        #82
        Wanderlust
        Wanderlust
        • Rebecca Solnit
        3.588 reads
        #83
        Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
        Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
        • Peter Godwin
        44 reads
        #84
        Cover 7

        Paintings Of California

        Paintings Of California
        • Arnold Skolnick
        41 read
        #85
        What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
        What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
        • Haruki Murakami
        • Philip Gabriel (Translator)
        3.85375 reads
        #86
        Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities
        Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities
        • Frank Jacobs
        3.53 reads
        #87
        Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali
        Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali
        • Kris Holloway
        • John Bidwell
        52 reads
        #88
        In Search of King Solomon's Mines: A Modern Adventurer's Quest for Gold and History in the Land of the Queen of Sheba
        In Search of King Solomon's Mines: A Modern Adventurer's Quest for Gold and History in the Land of the Queen of Sheba
        • Tahir Shah
        3.673 reads
        #89
        Homegrown Honey Bees
        Homegrown Honey Bees
        • Alethea Morrison
        41 read
        #90
        White Nights and Ascending Shadows: An Oral History of the San Francisco AIDS Epidemic
        White Nights and Ascending Shadows: An Oral History of the San Francisco AIDS Epidemic
        • Benjamin Heim Shepard
        51 read
        #91
        They Have a Word for It: Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases
        They Have a Word for It: Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases
        • Howard Rheingold
        32 reads
        #92
        A Short History of Christian Theophagy
        A Short History of Christian Theophagy
        • Preserved Smith
        21 read
        #93
        Cover 0

        Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions

        Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions
        • Arthur M. Shapiro
        41 read
        #94
        Fresh Off the Boat
        Fresh Off the Boat
        • Eddie Huang
        3.9318 reads
        #95
        Lives of the Trees: An Uncommon History
        Lives of the Trees: An Uncommon History
        • Diana Wells
        42 reads
        #96
        Cover 6

        Cuba Confidential

        Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana
        • Ann Louise Bardach
        51 read
        #97
        Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
        Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
        • Mary Roach
        3.94112 reads
        #98
        The Threepenny Opera
        The Threepenny Opera
        • Bertolt Brecht
        3.4615 reads
        #99
        Ficciones
        Ficciones
        • Jorge Luis Borges
        • John Sturrock (Translator)
        • Anthony Kerringan (Translator)
        4.24163 reads
        #100
        Today's Isms: Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism
        Today's Isms: Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism
        • William Ebenstein
        21 read