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1776 by David McCulloughBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCulloughWashington by Ron Chernow
U.S. History Reading List
431 books — 131 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Daughter Of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiPassing Clouds by G.A.A. KentThe Music and the Wood by G.A.A. KentEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Engaging Memoirs and (Auto)Biographies
152 books — 124 voters

Bel Canto by Ann PatchettAmadeus by Peter ShafferCloud Atlas by David MitchellDoctor Faustus by Thomas MannThe Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
Classical Music themes in Literature
166 books — 114 voters
Sister Outsider by Audre LordeBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsAin't I a Woman by bell hooksSister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-PerryFeminist Theory by bell hooks
Black Feminist/Womanist Studies (nonfiction)
125 books — 104 voters

The 231 Club by J. BartellA Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacintyreAgent Zigzag by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson Morley
Best Espionage Books (nonfiction)
147 books — 99 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyThe Travelers Within by Daniel ModeJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Rainforests and Jungles of the World
366 books — 98 voters

A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanStasiland by Anna Funder
The Cold War (nonfiction)
351 books — 95 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherJourney to the West by Biao WangThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Vote For Your 100 Favorite Non-Fiction Books of All Time
412 books — 94 voters

Testament of Youth by Vera BrittainHet Achterhuis by Anne FrankVirginia Woolf by Hermione LeeCall the Midwife by Jennifer WorthThe Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon
Herstory
590 books — 89 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCary Grant by Marc EliotThe Star Machine by Jeanine Basinger
Classic Film Books
409 books — 89 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. JacobsThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs
Memoirs of Experiments
233 books — 88 voters
Just Juliet by Charlotte ReaganValentine by Julie ManninoLittle Red Riding Hood by Julie ManninoSecrets by Julie ManninoAngel Devil by Julie Mannino
Great LGBTQIA+ Reads
262 books — 81 voters

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenSeparate Things by Ashley Marie BerryVoluntary Madness by Norah VincentAwakenings by Oliver SacksAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
Biographies/Memoirs with Mental Hospitals and Asylums settings (nonfiction)
97 books — 80 voters
My Fight / Your Fight by Ronda RouseyThe Frailty Myth by Colette DowlingBloomer Girls by Debra A. ShattuckDust Bowl Girls by Lydia ReederHer Own Hero by Wendy L. Rouse
Non-Fiction About Women in Sports
322 books — 79 voters

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftThe Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth GaskellThe Subjection of Women by John Stuart MillThe Autobiography of Margaret Sanger by Margaret Sanger
Early Feminists
185 books — 78 voters
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardFunny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
California Memoirs
192 books — 77 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsDear Teddy by J.D. StockholmTelling Teddy by J.D. StockholmStupid Boy by J.D. Stockholm
Non-fiction Dysfunctional Families
68 books — 76 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStiff by Mary RoachWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Death - Fiction and Non-Fiction
207 books — 75 voters

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos CastanedaLakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog
1968 - The year that rocked the world (fiction and nonfiction)
232 books — 73 voters
Hunger by Roxane GayDear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSouth and West by Joan DidionThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreThe Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy
2017 Non-male Non-Fiction
244 books — 72 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerIf Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck
This is the.......life
1,206 books — 70 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteHow to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby YoungNegative Space by Lilly DancygerJust Kids by Patti Smith
New York Eats Its Young
71 books — 69 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettDear Edward by Ann NapolitanoAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
2020: What WOMEN Born in the 1960s Have Read So Far
720 books — 69 voters
Matisse the Master by Hilary SpurlingRenoir, My Father by Jean RenoirLeonardo da Vinci by Walter IsaacsonNegative Space by Lilly DancygerA Life of Picasso, Vol. 1 by John Richardson
Artist Biographies
200 books — 68 voters

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigBeach Read by Emily HenryThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab
What Women Born in the 80's are Reading in 2021
908 books — 67 voters
Snow Falls by Gerri HillWhitewater Rendezvous by Kim BaldwinGulf Breeze by Gerri HillIn the Company of Crocodiles by Maggie BrownThe Target by Gerri Hill
A Lesbian Wilderness
87 books — 66 voters

Thelonious Monk by Robin D.G. KelleyMiles by Miles DavisA Love Supreme by Ashley KahnMoving to Higher Ground by Wynton MarsalisBlue Note by Graham Marsh
Books on Jazz (nonfiction)
232 books — 58 voters
Prodigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileyPilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Female Naturalist Writers
277 books — 58 voters

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
2014: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2014
523 books — 54 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
General Press Bestsellers
29 books — 8 voters

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