Black Indian by Shonda BuchananI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAssata by Assata ShakurWounds of Passion by bell hooks
Women of Color (Biographies and Autobiographies)
52nd out of 260 books — 32 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Best Books About China
565th out of 747 books — 587 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Huế  1968 by Mark BowdenThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
War has no winners
1006th out of 1,142 books — 537 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe End of America by Naomi WolfThe Big Burn by Timothy EganGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
History is Survival
160th out of 229 books — 26 voters

The Six Pillars Of Effective Leadership by Jim CarloughLost in Shangri-la by Mitchell ZuckoffThe Art of War by Sun TzuWomen Heroes of World War II―the Pacific Theater by Kathryn J. AtwoodSwift Sword by Doyle D. Glass
The Modern Art of War and Survival
32nd out of 194 books — 13 voters
I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouLeft to Tell by Immaculée IlibagizaWild by Cheryl Strayed
Women Survivors
159th out of 275 books — 37 voters

The Prisoner List by Richard KandlerWe Band of Angels by Elizabeth M. NormanPrisoners of the Japanese by Gavan DawsJapanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun by Homare EndoAnd the dawn came up like thunder by Leo Rawlings
Far East Prisoner of War Memoirs
3rd out of 49 books — 2 voters
Instruction Manual for the 21st Century Samurai by Alexei Maxim RussellKitchen by Banana YoshimotoH/H by Banana YoshimotoSly by Banana YoshimotoThe Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe
About Japan literature
87th out of 117 books — 19 voters

The Wars Among the Paines by John M. MillarCatch-22 by Joseph HellerAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueFirst Blood by David MorrellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
War is Hell
53rd out of 101 books — 9 voters
War's Unwomanly Face by Svetlana AlexievichThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankD-Day Girls by Sarah RoseCode Girls by Liza MundyThe Hello Girls by Elizabeth Cobbs
Women in War
107th out of 126 books — 7 voters

A Life in Secrets by Sarah HelmThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn BeerA Woman in Berlin by AnonymousWe Band of Angels by Elizabeth M. Norman
Women In World War II---Non-Fiction
202nd out of 227 books — 66 voters
The 300 by Daniel WasserblyA Soldier's Story by Omar N. BradleyGoodbye, Darkness by William ManchesterThe Road Past Mandalay by John MastersTo Hell and Back by Audie Murphy
Best Military Autobiographies
103rd out of 139 books — 9 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana YoshimotoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese authors
172nd out of 236 books — 173 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandEscape From Davao by John D. LukacsWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeHelmet for My Pillow by Robert LeckieThe Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
World War II in the Pacific
93rd out of 165 books — 156 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
Best Books About Japan
477th out of 517 books — 358 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong KingstonInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Asian-American Books
415th out of 544 books — 328 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerHiroshima by John HerseyThe Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
631st out of 668 books — 460 voters
The Immigrant by Nery McMahonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiBlack Indian by Shonda BuchananThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color
210th out of 345 books — 70 voters

This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaBorderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsSister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-PerrySister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Feminist Books by Women of Color
168th out of 170 books — 39 voters
Journey to the West by Biao  WangThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownFarewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Ethnic/Cultural Memoirs
186th out of 501 books — 64 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn BeerHiroshima by John HerseyAnne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies
World War II Memoirs
331st out of 360 books — 182 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEndurance by Alfred LansingInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best True Survival Stories
370th out of 419 books — 543 voters

30 Years Behind Bars by Karen  GedneyThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsDeath of Innocence by Mamie Till-MobleyFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngGrandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery
True Life Stories--Overcoming Hardship
119th out of 270 books — 25 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeGhost Soldiers by Hampton SidesThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangThe Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
World War II - Pacific Theatre
179th out of 302 books — 125 voters