Readers' Top 60 Books of the Past 5 years

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Maus I by Art SpiegelmanPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison BechdelStitches by David SmallThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Memoir Graphic Novels
349 books — 453 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books I think are great
842 books — 421 voters

Yes Please by Amy PoehlerNot That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham#Girlboss by Sophia AmorusoWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Jamange Line by The Conductor
Non-Fiction for Women in their Twenties
320 books — 351 voters
The Happiness Project by Gretchen RubinThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. JacobsAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertJulie and Julia by Julie Powell
A Year in the Life
191 books — 313 voters

Naked Lunch by William S. BurroughsProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Heroin Diaries by Nikki SixxJunky by William S. Burroughs
Drug Memoir A List
171 books — 292 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWalden by Henry David Thoreau
A Journey Through Literary America
147 books — 288 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonShoe Dog by Phil KnightElon Musk by Ashlee VanceThe Lean Startup (Hardcover) by Eric RiesThe Everything Store by Brad Stone
Business Biographies and Memoirs
220 books — 285 voters
Ghost Wars by Steve CollThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightDiplomacy by Henry KissingerLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerThe Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis
American Foreign Policy
438 books — 282 voters

Hitchcock/Truffaut by François TruffautEasy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter BiskindPictures at a Revolution by Mark HarrisRebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,... by Robert RodríguezThe Great Movies by Roger Ebert
Books ABOUT Movies
859 books — 271 voters
I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingLean In by Sheryl SandbergThe Reason I Jump by Naoki HigashidaThe Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Books Rec'd By The Daily Show
366 books — 270 voters

Beyond Belief by Jenna Miscavige HillUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerEscape by Carolyn JessopUnorthodox by Deborah FeldmanLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough
Small, Offbeat Religion Memoirs
238 books — 268 voters
I Wish You All the Best by Mason DeaverGender Queer by Maia KobabeThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinOrlando by Virginia WoolfEvery Day by David Levithan
Non-Binary (Genderqueer, Genderfluid, Gender-Unspecified, etc) Fiction and Memoirs
302 books — 250 voters

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte
The Natural World: Natural Science and Natural History for Adults
760 books — 248 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1776 by David McCullough
The Daily Show Reading Club
336 books — 244 voters

The Brave Art of Motherhood by Rachel Marie MartinBelly Laughs by Jenny McCarthyStrong As a Mother by Kate RopeThe Second Nine Months by Vicki GlembockiIt Sucked and Then I Cried by Heather B. Armstrong
Motherhood
238 books — 230 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahEducated by Tara Westover
2018: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2018
1,689 books — 230 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer102 Minutes by Jim DwyerThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidThe Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede
9/11 Related
251 books — 228 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanScrappy Little Nobody by Anna KendrickHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
2017: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2017
1,627 books — 227 voters

Clara Bow by David StennMy Autobiography by Charlie ChaplinMe by Katharine HepburnFalling Waters by Gary D. HenryLulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks
Best of Old Hollywood
467 books — 219 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingYes Please by Amy PoehlerBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahDad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
Books by Comics
191 books — 219 voters

Illegal by John DennehyOne Day at a Time 2017 by Hollie Bell-SchinzingA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonPromise of Departure by L.W. MontgomeryRoad Stories by Ed Davis
Best Adventure Travel Memoir
269 books — 218 voters
A Night to Remember by Walter LordTitanic by Don LynchThe Night Lives On by Walter LordThe Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. BallardVoyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson White
Best Titanic Books
163 books — 214 voters

H is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldThe Genius of Birds by Jennifer AckermanWesley the Owl by Stacey O'BrienThe Thing with Feathers by Noah StryckerThe Wild Birds by Emily Strelow
Books for Bird Lovers
518 books — 205 voters
West with the Night by Beryl MarkhamOut of Africa by Isak DinesenMy Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-NéelBorn Free by Joy AdamsonA Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird
Trailblazing Women Adventurers
525 books — 202 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Essential Books on the Holocaust
193 books — 200 voters
The Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine HoweThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen KentA Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi
Best of the Salem Witch Trials (fiction and nonfiction)
95 books — 196 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaBlack Boy by Richard Wright
African American Memoirs
457 books — 195 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallForrest Gump by Winston GroomWho She Is by Diane ByingtonMarathon Man by William Goldman
I WAS RUNNING....
177 books — 172 voters

Dragon Ride by Grace JacobGod's Smuggler by Brother AndrewThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomBruchko by Bruce OlsonThrough Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot
Great Missionary Stories
143 books — 168 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherJust Kids by Patti SmithIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingThe Funny Thing Is... by Ellen DeGeneres
Female Celebrity Books
177 books — 163 voters

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