The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
1387th out of 5,279 books — 4,501 voters
U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
AoSHQ Horde Recommended Nonfiction
34th out of 251 books — 37 voters

1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonJohn Adams by David McCulloughA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
U.S. History Reading List
334th out of 449 books — 152 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Books
594th out of 826 books — 739 voters

The Island at the Center of the World by Russell ShortoAmerican Nations by Colin WoodardAlbion's Seed by David Hackett FischerHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
The American Nations
8th out of 21 books — 4 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottJassy by Norah LoftsWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Have a physical copy on the shelf
124th out of 596 books — 13 voters

Popeye, Vol. 3 by E.C. SegarNo Fighting, No Biting! by Else Holmelund MinarikThe Light of Days by Judy BatalionHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
Fig'ments
116th out of 314 books — 7 voters
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar WildeCircle of Friends by Maeve BinchyEarly Irish Myths and Sagas by AnonymousThe Searcher by Tana FrenchThe Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
52 Book Club 2021: March Mini Challenge - Set In Ireland
107th out of 120 books — 10 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Home Bookshelf
794th out of 1,189 books — 83 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
7074th out of 7,188 books — 28,369 voters

How the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur HermanMary Queen of Scots by Antonia FraserOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Celts by Peter Berresford EllisGreyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson
Scottish History
179th out of 286 books — 65 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1678th out of 1,833 books — 2,224 voters

Vinyl Hayride by Paul KingsburyThe Ozarks by George Oxford MillerLoretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta LynnLost Highway by Peter GuralnickHe Walks with Me by David                      ...
Deep In Some Arbitrary Holler
260th out of 283 books — 6 voters
The Last Armada by Des EkinDeath of a Naturalist by Seamus HeaneyPoems, 1965-1975 by Seamus HeaneyHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas CahillEarly Irish Myths and Sagas by Anonymous
Insatiable Readers': Ireland
33rd out of 90 books — 5 voters

The Histories by HerodotusA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
History as Literature
654th out of 732 books — 536 voters
The Odyssey by HomerHamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Iliad by HomerThe Aeneid by Virgil
Great Books: No Novels Need Apply
441st out of 455 books — 121 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOur Town by Thornton WilderHouses Made of Wood and Light by Michele DunkerleySun and Shadow by Åke Edwardson
My Home Town
127th out of 140 books — 26 voters
Journey to the West by Biao  WangThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiRoots of To-Be Templars by Widad Akreyi
Best books on history and culture.
87th out of 132 books — 82 voters

Escape to the Maroons by Mike WeedallLife in a Medieval City by Frances GiesAt Home by Bill BrysonA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanA History of Private Life by Philippe Ariès
Social History Books - All About People & Society
408th out of 772 books — 208 voters

Blood, Steel and Reputation by James    GaultGates of Fire by Steven PressfieldThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraCold Victory by Helena P. SchraderShōgun by James Clavell
Historical Military Adventure
296th out of 343 books — 223 voters
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManusHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezThe Nix by Nathan  Hill
[ATY 2021] - More than 2 People on the Cover
448th out of 516 books — 80 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3749th out of 3,758 books — 3,792 voters
We Are Shadows by Gail Grant ParkHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas CahillLion of Ireland by Morgan LlywelynThe Princes of Ireland by Edward RutherfurdRound Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks
Ireland or Irish in Title
130th out of 176 books — 24 voters

The Immortal Irishman by Timothy EganRace, Politics, and Irish America by Mary M BurkeThe Irish Brotherhood by Helen O'DonnellLooking for Jimmy by Peter QuinnThe Irish in Us by Diane Negra
Irish in America (nonfiction)
74th out of 113 books — 9 voters
Descartes' Error by António DamásioThe Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan HaidtEmotions Revealed by Paul EkmanThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Mixed Mental Arts - All the Books
18th out of 70 books — 1 voter

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesStrangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell HochschildThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceWhite Trash by Nancy Isenberg
Books for Post-Election Understanding
140th out of 198 books — 140 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek
Best Books For Freedom Lovers
620th out of 803 books — 490 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
6132nd out of 9,849 books — 22,120 voters
Befriending China by Dee Charles KnightMaking Peace by George J. MitchellMichael Collins by Tim Pat CooganMaking Sense of the Troubles by David McKittrickA history of Northern Ireland, 1920-1996 by Thomas Hennessy
Northern Ireland
95th out of 97 books — 19 voters

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