The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

The Lost City of Z

A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

By
David Grann
David Grann
2009 • 450 pages

Ratings143

Average rating3.7

15

List

770 books

By Men

bronwyn
Bronwyn
Fahrenheit 451
Death Watch
Wool
Specials
The Amber Spyglass
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife

List

76 books

Brazil

Daren
Daren
A Death in Brazil
The Amazon
The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
The Survival of Jan Little
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
The Tribe That Hides from Man

List

178 books

South America

Daren
Daren
The Mapmaker's Wife : A True Tale of Love, Murder and Survival in the Amazon
The Galapagos Affair
Eight Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island
A Death in Brazil
Four Kiwis and a Falcon
The Amazon
Diez Cuentos de Eva Luna Con Guia de Comprension y Repaso de Gramatica

List

318 books

Pre Goodreads

BronwynK
Bronwyn Knox
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Life, the Universe and Everything
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Mostly Harmless
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

List

54 books

Read 2020

bparkey
Brent Parkey
Empire of the Summer Moon
Inland
The Last Lion
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
George Marshall
Cockroaches
Terms of Endearment

List

24 books

2017 Read Harder Challenge

mimikerrplop
Mimi
Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
Batgirl, Volume 1: The Darkest Reflection
String Theory
The Things They Carried
American Psycho
The Refugees
A Darker Shade of Magic

List

77 books

Audiobook

PizzaMyHeart
Rachel
Scrappy Little Nobody
Yes Please
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Keep Moving
True strength
Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success
Modern Romance

List

71 books

2010 Reads

bronwyn
Bronwyn
Specials
Rendezvous with Rama
The Mysterious Benedict Society
This Side of Paradise
The Uncommon Reader
Wide Sargasso Sea
The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy

List

30 books

Books That Became Movies

PizzaMyHeart
Rachel
The Two Towers
Me Before You
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass: Lavishly Illustrated with Interactive Elements
The Girl on the Train
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

List

2 books

True Story

Buddhamma
Kevin
Lost in Shangri-la: Escape from a Hidden World, A True Story
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

List

450 books

Non Fiction

bronwyn
Bronwyn
The Princess Bride
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
The City of Falling Angels
Two Histories of England (Child's History of England / History of England)
Becoming Jane Austen

List

307 books

History

bronwyn
Bronwyn
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay
Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children
Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings
Founding mothers

List

531 books

European

bronwyn
Bronwyn
The Tempest
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Stranger
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

List

725 books

Author A I

bronwyn
Bronwyn
Little Women
Fahrenheit 451
The Stranger
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Wool
Death Watch

List

161 books

History

MrsReads
Tanya
Columbine
The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World's Most Expensive Fungus
American Predator
God
Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

List

104 books

Non Fiction

timnog
Lisa
Merle's door
The Waste Land, and Other Poems
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
Zoo story

List

523 books

Title J R

bronwyn
Bronwyn
Little Women
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
Rilla of Ingleside
The Juniper Tree
My Marriage
Live and Let Fry: From “The Doodle Boy” Joe Whale

List

439 books

Nonfiction

MrsReads
Tanya
This Won't Hurt a Bit
Columbine
Bringing Up Bébé
Rip in Heaven
The Tao of Martha
The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World's Most Expensive Fungus
A History Of God

List

187 books

Published 2000s

MrsReads
Tanya
The Haunted
Afraid
Columbine
Skin Folk
Rip in Heaven
How to Murder a Millionaire

List

9 books

2017

Buddhamma
Kevin
Dark Matter
A Man Called Ove
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Dragon Teeth
Narcissus and Goldmund
Ragdoll
Lost in Shangri-la: Escape from a Hidden World, A True Story

List

668 books

American

bronwyn
Bronwyn
Little Women
Death Watch
The Good, the Bad and the Hungry: From "The Doodle Boy" Joe Whale
In a Lonely Place
Live and Let Fry: From “The Doodle Boy” Joe Whale

List

19 books

Adventure

booberrybeth
Beth
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
The Hobbit
The Shepherd's Tale
Better Days and Other Stories
Serenity
Jurassic Park
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

List

44 books

Non Fiction

booberrybeth
Beth
A Brief History of Time
Disposable People
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Not for sale
The Omnivore's Dilemma

List

30 books

Indigenous

zach
zach
Trail Of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
The Lost City of the Monkey God
Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History
Seven Fallen Feathers
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

List

0 books

Owned

jesskilford
Jessica
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (Limited Edition): Special Limited Edition
Downtown Owl
Kafka on the Shore
What Is the What
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
You Shall Know Our Velocity!
How We Are Hungry
Next