Big Books of Summer
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best African American Books
80th out of 1,056 books — 1,157 voters
Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. WashingtonW.E.B. Du Bois by David Levering LewisSojourner Truth by Nell Irvin PainterAfricana by Kwame Anthony AppiahThurgood Marshall by Juan Williams
Black Caucus of the ALA Awards - Non-fiction
1st out of 61 books — 12 voters

The Color of Law by Richard RothsteinThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootMedical Apartheid by Harriet A. WashingtonWhen Affirmative Action Was White by Ira Katznelson
Breaking Brown Book Reads
4th out of 104 books — 67 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBeloved by Toni MorrisonInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Black History Month
117th out of 559 books — 499 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
History of Medicine
39th out of 354 books — 162 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
97th out of 526 books — 280 voters

Being Mortal by Atul GawandeThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiThis is Going to Hurt by Adam KayThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Pre-Med Reading List
7th out of 106 books — 35 voters
This is Going to Hurt by Adam KayThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksWhy We Sleep by Matthew WalkerWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Best Popular Medicine Books on Goodreads
88th out of 130 books — 41 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
107th out of 626 books — 290 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootMedical Apartheid by Harriet A. WashingtonThe Tuskegee Experiments by Michael V. UschanBlack and Blue by John HobermanFearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
Medical Racism in America
2nd out of 37 books — 7 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
278th out of 2,139 books — 1,594 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books About Colonialism
85th out of 688 books — 241 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
400th out of 1,974 books — 2,201 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XWolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Best Books on African American Studies (nonfiction)
47th out of 258 books — 152 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Disturbing Truths
84th out of 553 books — 353 voters
Get Well Soon by Jennifer WrightThe Butchering Art by Lindsey FitzharrisDr. Mütter's Marvels by Cristin O'Keefe AptowiczThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Medical History & Similar
29th out of 194 books — 41 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
1932nd out of 7,215 books — 28,373 voters
Wolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Race, Racism and Identity in America (nonfiction)
87th out of 402 books — 138 voters

Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiThe Shallows by Nicholas CarrDeep Work by Cal Newport
The Dark Side of Technology (nonfiction)
25th out of 86 books — 60 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett
Public Health
162nd out of 207 books — 134 voters

Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinWithout Sanctuary by James AllenSegregating Sound by Karl Hagstrom MillerMedical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
Segregation in the United States (nonfiction)
5th out of 190 books — 25 voters
A Pyrrhic Victory by Ian CrouchThe Daisy Chain by Al CampbellTo Sing Like a Mockingbird by Jan NotzonWatership Down by Richard AdamsAn Angel in Los Angeles by A.M. Sardar
Best Books You Might Have Missed
134th out of 629 books — 430 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
258th out of 1,274 books — 1,120 voters
Black Beauty by Anna SewellTwilight by Stephenie MeyerDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Light and Dark, Black and White
106th out of 1,102 books — 61 voters

Black Beauty by Anna SewellRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Black and White
60th out of 874 books — 41 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Immigrant by Nery McMahonBlack Indian by Shonda BuchananThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color
64th out of 349 books — 71 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingEclipse by Stephenie MeyerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Books of 2007
275th out of 1,122 books — 991 voters
The Final Trilogy by Van FleisherHarry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Martian by Andy WeirClockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
~*Top Ten Books You've Read in 2016*~
99th out of 366 books — 154 voters

Life Revisited by Laurent GrenierPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go with Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyTWAS The Year 2020 by Karl Wiggins
In the Post Fact Era
14th out of 136 books — 55 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootCracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonOut of the Cage by Matthew Lightfoot
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 2000s
59th out of 281 books — 39 voters

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