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The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerWorld Without End by Ken FollettBeowulf by Unknown
Best Middle Ages Books
47th out of 1,305 books — 1,897 voters
The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonThe CodeBreaker Mindset by Chitra Nawbatt
Best Unappreciated Books
37th out of 4,391 books — 2,298 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanTHE AMERICAN TRANSLATOR by Ahmed AlshuwaikhatThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian MortimerThe Plantagenets by Dan JonesEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
Best Medieval History Books
7th out of 832 books — 394 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
173rd out of 3,981 books — 4,221 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Learn About History
14th out of 459 books — 186 voters
Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe House of Medici by Christopher Hibbert
Best Books on the Renaissance
13th out of 188 books — 106 voters

Escape to the Maroons by Mike WeedallLife in a Medieval City by Frances GiesAt Home by Bill BrysonLifelines The Bowen Love Letters by Susan Lee WardA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Social History Books - All About People & Society
19th out of 779 books — 216 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Around the World in 100 Books
245th out of 1,328 books — 717 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttSmall Gods by Terry PratchettThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Pelican Brief by John Grisham
Best Books of 1992
52nd out of 509 books — 201 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
660th out of 6,265 books — 8,161 voters

The Odyssey by HomerThe Republic by PlatoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William ShakespeareCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best books for humanities degree
49th out of 408 books — 93 voters
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGo the Fuck to Sleep by Adam MansbachThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. Valente
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
1803rd out of 7,942 books — 2,088 voters

Portrait of Jennie by Robert NathanThe Portrait of a Lady by Henry JamesPortrait of a Witch by Dorothy DanielsPortrait of a Mobster by Harry GreyA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
"Portraits"
15th out of 315 books — 20 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFirestarter by Stephen KingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Some like it hot
32nd out of 199 books — 62 voters

The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserSavage Inequalities by Jonathan KozolThe Wordy Shipmates by Sarah VowellRelish by Lucy KnisleyWaiter Rant by Steve Dublanica
All Non-Fiction on Goodreads with 10,000 to 24,999 ratings
29th out of 920 books — 39 voters
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsDaughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini TaylorThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAn Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Smoke and Fire
59th out of 1,109 books — 50 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFirst Time Dad by James MacdonaldLean In by Sheryl SandbergThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun Ether
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
1272nd out of 4,485 books — 2,937 voters
Life in a Medieval City by Frances GiesCathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel by Frances GiesA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Year 1000 by Robert LaceyThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
Nonfiction: Daily Life in The Middle Ages
34th out of 169 books — 26 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe One Year Chronological Bible, NIV by AnonymousNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
Most Excellent Books
12th out of 226 books — 6 voters
Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison WeirGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirLongitude by Dava SobelWild Swans by Jung Chang
History Published in Decade: 1990s
9th out of 204 books — 12 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
25200th out of 78,457 books — 292,421 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertEndurance by Alfred LansingIn a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella S. HaasseThe Tea Lords by Hella S. Haasse
Book Riot 2022 #22: Read a history about a period you know little about
17th out of 171 books — 6 voters

A World Lit Only by Fire by William ManchesterWithout Sanctuary by James AllenWritings on an Ethical Life by Peter SingerZen War Stories by Brian Daizen VictoriaZen at War by Brian Daizen Victoria
Sam Harris Website Recommendations: Part 6
1st out of 9 books — 2 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
158th out of 553 books — 354 voters

Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Gone Native
45th out of 88 books — 53 voters
Six of Crows by Leigh BardugoMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteShadow and Bone by Leigh BardugoPachinko by Min Jin LeeSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Popsugar 2021 #4 - A Book by an Author who Shares Your Zodiac Sign: Aries
229th out of 243 books — 44 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtEx Libris by Anne Fadiman
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1990s
51st out of 217 books — 13 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinA Feast for Crows by George R.R. MartinA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
ASOIAF and Influences
47th out of 97 books — 1 voter

Give me liberty! by Eric FonerAmerica by George Brown TindallA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnHistory of the Peloponnesian War by ThucydidesOrdinary Men by Christopher R. Browning
Leafmarks History Books
43rd out of 96 books — 1 voter
Witch on the Wall by B. TravenCognitive Confusions by Ita MacCarthyThe Light Ages by Seb FalkThe Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism by Samuel FanousHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
The Dark Post Classical To Pre Industrial Ages
181st out of 204 books — 6 voters

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