Big Books of Spring
The Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonLeaving the Beach by Mary RowenWasted by Marya HornbacherBeautiful Me by Natasha Jennings
Best books about eating disorders
1st out of 60 books — 97 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonWasted by Marya HornbacherUnbearable Lightness by Portia de RossiJust Listen by Sarah DessenThin by Lauren Greenfield
Best Eating Disorder Books
16th out of 456 books — 996 voters

American Triage by Adam AxlerA Hymn to Life by Gisèle PelicotHomeschooled by Stefan Merrill BlockMonster of a Land by Lauren HoughYou with the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate
Memoirs Published in Year: 2026
228th out of 410 books — 46 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
706th out of 1,789 books — 1,670 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
1705th out of 6,089 books — 6,766 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Notable Atheist Books
256th out of 570 books — 987 voters

Playing Ball by Vernon DavisThe Last Folk Hero by Jeff PearlmanThrough My Eyes by Tim TebowThe League by John EisenbergAmerica's Game by Jerry Rice
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
420th out of 1,347 books — 1,028 voters
Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
244th out of 712 books — 1,089 voters

Fun Home by Alison BechdelTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersFingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time
449th out of 897 books — 1,193 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWild by Cheryl StrayedA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Wanderlust
385th out of 1,079 books — 1,182 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tales of New York City
599th out of 1,696 books — 1,266 voters
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilJust Kids by Patti SmithChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanLife by Keith RichardsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Best Non Fiction About Music
592nd out of 1,451 books — 1,365 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisBossypants by Tina FeyFirst Time Dad by James MacdonaldDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
313th out of 961 books — 1,434 voters
The Manufactured Identity by Heath SommerThe Human Obsession by Heath SommerThe Grand Delusion by Heath SommerThe End of Miracles by Monica StarkmanWhen Nietzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom
Best Psychologist Novelists
16th out of 39 books — 34 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
532nd out of 1,370 books — 1,617 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingYes Please by Amy PoehlerLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny LawsonAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Funny Women Memoirs
212th out of 467 books — 1,618 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
431st out of 1,233 books — 1,639 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
2044th out of 8,547 books — 5,500 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
708th out of 1,901 books — 1,818 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
613th out of 2,149 books — 1,877 voters

Unlock Your Deliverance by Kathryn KrickThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLiving Fearless by Jamie WinshipThe Bait Of Satan by John BevereThe Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
Recommended Nonfiction Books
1778th out of 4,028 books — 1,902 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtNight by Elie WieselEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
746th out of 2,151 books — 2,001 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
671st out of 1,924 books — 2,048 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFirst Time Dad by James MacdonaldSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
1643rd out of 4,312 books — 2,443 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
457th out of 1,185 books — 2,304 voters
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
859th out of 2,187 books — 2,460 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
801st out of 2,192 books — 2,564 voters
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Biographies
607th out of 1,693 books — 3,061 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
857th out of 2,491 books — 3,135 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Memoirs by Women
970th out of 3,157 books — 3,110 voters

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