Editors' Top Picks
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam HigginbothamSay Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeThe Five by Hallie RubenholdHow to Hide an Empire by Daniel ImmerwahrCode Name by Larry Loftis
History Published in Year: 2019
61st out of 393 books — 115 voters
Coyote in Provence by Dianne HarmanLotusland by David JoinerAusländer by D.M. SamsonUnsavory Elements by Tom CarterZorro's Last Stand by Mark Shearman
Expatriats
19th out of 123 books — 58 voters

The Problem of Democracy by Nancy IsenbergFleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-AknerMaggie Brown & Others by Peter OrnerLast Day by Domenica RutaThe Buried by Peter Hessler
NYT Editors’ Choice 201907
4th out of 37 books — 3 voters
She Said by Jodi KantorToms River by Dan FaginCatch and Kill by Ronan FarrowCrisis in the Red Zone by Richard PrestonNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Journalist Authors
17th out of 194 books — 21 voters

Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
[ATY 2021] - Related to the Grand Egyptian Museum
37th out of 150 books — 121 voters
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieLes Miserables by Victor HugoThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
[ATY 2026] Resistance, Rebellion, Revolution
115th out of 353 books — 57 voters

The Minotaur's Son & Other Wild Tales by Kevin AnsbroMisty of Chincoteague by Marguerite HenryStormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite HenryMoloka'i by Alan BrennertThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Beautiful, Stunning Book Covers
206th out of 297 books — 76 voters
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandEvicted by Matthew DesmondGhettoside by Jill LeovyFive Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
National Book Critics Circle Award General Nonfiction Winners and Finalists 2000-2019
97th out of 100 books — 9 voters

Anxious People by Fredrik BackmanGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Lost Apothecary by Sarah PennerThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahThis Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens
BOTM Titles
26th out of 211 books — 9 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.3 and Above
2162nd out of 3,134 books — 479 voters

The Buried by Peter HesslerEgypt's Golden Couple by John DarnellFALL OF THE IMAM by Nawal El SaadawiMaking the Arab World by Fawaz A. GergesLiberation Square by Ashraf Khalil
Egypt - Political/Historical Nonfiction
1st out of 10 books — 4 voters
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Popsugar 2020 - A Book by or about a Journalist
261st out of 338 books — 189 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteJFK Was Killed by Consensus by David W. Mantik MDAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Ou... by Philip Gourevitch
Best Books by Journalists
239th out of 288 books — 113 voters
Holes in the Head by John W. VeranoCancel My Subscription by Hershel ShanksLives in Ruins by Marilyn JohnsonLamar Archaeology by Mark WilliamsThe Archaeology of Roman Surveillance In the Central Alentejo... by Joey Williams
"Archaeology"
101st out of 179 books — 2 voters

Educated by Tara WestoverAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Humans by Matt HaigProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir
A “Fish out of Water” or An Outsider
332nd out of 389 books — 48 voters


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