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
24th out of 3,759 books — 3,793 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)
62nd out of 6,236 books — 8,067 voters

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
23rd out of 2,153 books — 2,513 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
23rd out of 1,834 books — 2,225 voters

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond1491 by Charles C. MannCollapse by Jared DiamondA Primate's Memoir by Robert M. SapolskyKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Popular Anthropology Books
2nd out of 359 books — 271 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
41st out of 1,348 books — 1,589 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
347th out of 7,188 books — 28,369 voters
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
170th out of 5,280 books — 4,501 voters

1491 by Charles C. MannCollapse by Jared DiamondGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. AnthonyAfter the Ice by Steven Mithen
Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology
1st out of 480 books — 172 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
105th out of 1,844 books — 3,609 voters

1491 by Charles C. Mann1493 by Charles C. MannThe Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrieCollapse by Jared DiamondThe Conquest of the Incas by John Hemming
Pre-Columbian & Early Post-Columbian History of the Americas
1st out of 159 books — 59 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books To Frame Thinking
68th out of 1,298 books — 1,423 voters

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
Best Books of 2005
32nd out of 876 books — 640 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
47th out of 2,023 books — 1,329 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
335th out of 1,873 books — 6,996 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
5070th out of 76,963 books — 286,433 voters

1984 by George Orwell1776 by David McCullough11/22/63 by Stephen King1066 and all that by W.C. Sellar2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
When Was That? Dates in Titles
6th out of 667 books — 112 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1491 by Charles C. Mann1776 by David McCulloughA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Understanding History
3rd out of 261 books — 106 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
578th out of 9,853 books — 22,122 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
309th out of 4,065 books — 2,129 voters

1491 by Charles C. MannPopol Vuh by AnonymousBreaking the Maya Code by Michael D. CoeThe Maya by Michael D. CoeThe Aztecs by Richard F. Townsend
Mesoamerica
1st out of 134 books — 40 voters
1984 by George Orwell1776 by David McCullough2001 by Arthur C. Clarke1491 by Charles C. Mann2010 by Arthur C. Clarke
Books with a Year for a Title
4th out of 212 books — 61 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
1110th out of 10,517 books — 5,820 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondPrisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall1491 by Charles C. MannCollapse by Jared DiamondThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Suggested Books for Human Geography
3rd out of 222 books — 57 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling1776 by David McCulloughKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2005 (fiction and nonfiction)
13th out of 100 books — 74 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth Schmitt
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
534th out of 4,101 books — 1,501 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
93rd out of 732 books — 536 voters
1491 by Charles C. MannThe Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrieIron Kingdom by Christopher ClarkIndia by John KeayAfrica by John Reader
World History AP 2013
1st out of 186 books — 27 voters

Cosmos by Carl SaganSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman1984 by George OrwellA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
A Nerd's Guide to Reading
22nd out of 255 books — 76 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
34th out of 459 books — 186 voters

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