Long Books
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
147th out of 2,205 books — 2,592 voters
The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCollected Writings by Thomas Paine
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
92nd out of 935 books — 1,100 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinWashington by Ron ChernowTruman by David McCulloughThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
85th out of 469 books — 526 voters
FDR by Jean Edward SmithNo Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns GoodwinTraitor to His Class by H.W. BrandsThe Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.Freedom from Fear by David M. Kennedy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Reading List (nonfiction)
6th out of 137 books — 31 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisPlainsong by Kent HarufThe Defining Moment by Jonathan Alter
Obama Reading List Since in Office - Through Dec. 31, 2010
5th out of 25 books — 11 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1776 by David McCullough
The Daily Show Reading Club
91st out of 359 books — 263 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCulloughTruman by David McCulloughWashington by Ron ChernowTheodore Rex by Edmund Morris
Positively Presidential (nonfiction)
57th out of 370 books — 71 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Progressive Reads
882nd out of 1,068 books — 723 voters

March by John LewisMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyDays with Frog and Toad by Arnold LobelTuesday by David Wiesner
Months or Days in the Book Title
406th out of 735 books — 42 voters
Basketball (and Other Things) by Shea SerranoThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariEducated by Tara Westover
All of Obama's Recommended Books
44th out of 194 books — 4 voters

Hard Times by Studs TerkelThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganA Square Meal by Jane ZiegelmanHammer and Hoe by Robin D.G. KelleyDaily Life in the United States, 1920-1940 by David E. Kyvig
Hard Times: The Great Depression in the US (nonfiction)
87th out of 138 books — 12 voters
Hope Was Here by Joan BauerJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonThe Simple Faith of Mister Rogers by Amy HollingsworthA Street Cat Named Bob by James BowenCall It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
Seven Virtues
238th out of 539 books — 22 voters

The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinCommon Wealth by Jeffrey D. SachsLincoln by Fred KaplanThe Defining Moment by Jonathan AlterFDR by Jean Edward Smith
Obama Reading List
4th out of 100 books — 2 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Barack Obama reading list - Part I
7th out of 100 books — 2 voters

Why Nations Fail by Daron AcemoğluThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinCrony Capitalism in America by Hunter Lewis
Econs For Change
142nd out of 173 books — 47 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Great Depression
146th out of 203 books — 79 voters

A Freewheelin' Time by Suze RotoloChaos by Tom O'NeillKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Last Headbangers by Kevin CookLittle Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Best 20th Century American (U.S.) History - 3.7 Stars and Up
603rd out of 629 books — 21 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
31st out of 171 books — 6 voters

Evicted by Matthew DesmondHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe World As It Is by Ben Rhodes
Books Rec'd by Obama
87th out of 100 books — 2 voters
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisJohn Adams by David McCulloughLincoln by Fred KaplanThe Defining Moment by Jonathan AlterFDR by Jean Edward Smith
Barack Obama's Books about Other Presidents
4th out of 7 books — 1 voter

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
President Obama's Reading List (2009-2017)
66th out of 100 books — 19 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesWhat Is the What by Dave Eggers
The Obama Reading List
43rd out of 66 books — 4 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
85 Books Barack Obama Has Recommended During His Presidency
76th out of 87 books — 16 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Golden Notebook by Doris LessingBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Every book Barack Obama has recommended during his presidency
72nd out of 85 books — 11 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)
6231st out of 6,264 books — 8,078 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerStumbling Toward Faith by Renee N. AltsonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
2013 C
78th out of 100 books — 6 voters

The Age of Wonder by Richard HolmesThe Frugal Gourmet by Jeff SmithWatership Down by Richard AdamsScrewed by Thom HartmannLiberation Theology by Robert McAfee Brown
Books I will read, God willing, in 2012, redeux
40th out of 100 books — 3 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienRagnarok by A.S. ByattThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
2012 Reading List! 100 books in One Year
52nd out of 67 books — 13 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Fallen Angels by Cassandra ClareHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickBeastly by Alex FlinnThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
What Should I Read in 2011?
364th out of 556 books — 706 voters


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