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
180th out of 393 books — 115 voters
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeCatch and Kill by Ronan FarrowKnow My Name by Chanel MillerShe Said by Jodi KantorShortest Way Home by Pete Buttigieg
Best Non-Fiction of 2019
29th out of 333 books — 189 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonPostwar by Tony JudtUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Popular History Books on Goodreads
260th out of 299 books — 60 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
267th out of 1,212 books — 963 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariCollapse by Jared DiamondDebt by David GraeberKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Popular Anthropology Books on Goodreads
232nd out of 362 books — 46 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
2618th out of 9,849 books — 22,120 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm GladwellFactfulness by Hans RoslingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Bill Gates Booklist
116th out of 289 books — 206 voters
Broadway General Manager by Peter BogyoLogiverse by Sanjeev   JainInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
Current Events Books
84th out of 116 books — 47 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEverything Is Tuberculosis by John GreenIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingCrying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
[ATY 2026] Blood, Sweat, and Tears
212th out of 294 books — 65 voters
The Dante Club by Matthew PearlGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondDark Reading Matter by Jasper FfordeSomething Rotten by Jasper FfordeThe Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
Authors with a Gemstone or Jewel in their Name
9th out of 49 books — 6 voters

The Rosie Effect by Graeme SimsionMaking the Modern World by Vaclav SmilThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertHow to Lie with Statistics by Darrell HuffOn Immunity by Eula Biss
Bill Gates Recommended Reading
56th out of 83 books — 9 voters
Calling Bullshit by Carl T. BergstromEverybody Lies by Seth Stephens-DavidowitzThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebAntifragile by Nassim Nicholas TalebGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Suggested by Dr. Amid Ardakani I
63rd out of 100 books — 2 voters

Sid Meier's Memoir! by Sid MeierCentauri Dawn by Michael ElyTwilight of the Mind by Michael ElyDragon Sun by Michael ElyCivilisations by Laurent Binet
Books for Players of Sid Meier's Civilization Games
21st out of 27 books — 1 voter
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyHappy-Go-Lucky by David SedarisIt's Not TV by Felix GilletteA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Armchair Expert Media Explorer - Books!
37th out of 100 books — 2 voters

Governing the Commons by Elinor OstromYou've Been Played by Adrian HonReorganise by Lucy Harley-MckeownSeeing Like a State by James C. ScottManifesto cyborg. Donne, tecnologie e biopolitiche del corpo by Donna J. Haraway
Newspeak House
40th out of 85 books — 3 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondCollapse by Jared DiamondHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA History of Civilizations by Fernand BraudelSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Macrohistory
9th out of 50 books — 2 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinEvicted by Matthew DesmondBad Blood by John Carreyrou21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
Bill Gates' Recommendations II
37th out of 100 books — 6 voters
The Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Library Book by Susan OrleanLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Staff Picks: History
44th out of 100 books — 3 voters

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa SeeWild Game by Adrienne BrodeurThe Price We Pay by Marty MakaryThe Guest Book by Sarah BlakeFurious Hours by Casey Cep
Tucson Festival of Books 2020
28th out of 103 books — 9 voters
Anti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiTechnological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiHuman Diversity by Charles MurrayThe Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein
Sober Provocations and Perspectives
47th out of 107 books — 36 voters

The Ecology of Wisdom by Arne NæssHow to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill  GatesCollapse by Jared DiamondUtopia for Realists by Rutger BregmanThe Good Ancestor by Roman Krznaric
Contemporary understanding
19th out of 26 books — 1 voter
Upheaval by Jared DiamondNine Pints by Rose GeorgePresidents of War by Michael R. BeschlossThe Future of Capitalism by Paul CollierA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Bill Gates' 2019 Summer Reading
1st out of 5 books — 1 voter

Where I End and You Begin by Preston NortonUpheaval by Jared DiamondI Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina ForestBad Gateway by Simon HanselmannSkip by Molly Mendoza
Literary Horoscopes - August
2nd out of 12 books — 2 voters
Forgotten Wars by C.A. BaylyThe Story of the Jews by Simon SchamaThe Story of the Jews by Simon SchamaThe Kaiser's Holocaust by David OlusogaA History of the Habsburg Empire, 1526-1918 by Robert A. Kann
Books about International History
10th out of 19 books — 1 voter

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanNoise by Daniel KahnemanThe Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan HaidtEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerExercised by Daniel E. Lieberman
Edge.org
85th out of 133 books — 11 voters
The Past by Kenneth   ThomasFactfulness by Hans RoslingThe Warrior Poet by Kathryn Le VequeFeasters by Solomon PetchersMindset by Carol S. Dweck
myReadingList#001
41st out of 87 books — 9 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanMilkman by Anna BurnsAstrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse TysonInto the Water by Paula Hawkins
Popsugar 2020 - Books Published in May
84th out of 117 books — 38 voters