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
499th out of 2,458 books — 2,994 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
1466th out of 5,898 books — 6,422 voters

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
1779th out of 3,759 books — 3,793 voters
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Biographies
613th out of 1,679 books — 2,960 voters

Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du BoisNever Caught by Erica Armstrong DunbarOur Nig by Harriet E. WilsonThey Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-RogersWhen Affirmative Action Was White by Ira Katznelson
Black History for White People
62nd out of 165 books — 5 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
Best Books About Japan
409th out of 517 books — 358 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe African Queen by C.S. ForesterBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahOut of Africa - and - Shadows on the Grass by Isak DinesenNzingha by Patricia C. McKissack
Africa in the Title
68th out of 206 books — 29 voters
Instruction Manual for the 21st Century Samurai by Alexei Maxim RussellKitchen by Banana YoshimotoH/H by Banana YoshimotoSly by Banana YoshimotoThe Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe
About Japan literature
66th out of 117 books — 19 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor WilliamsThe Kraals of Ulundi by David Ebsworth"The Shining Ones" by Helene E. HaganThe Keys of Egypt by Lesley Adkins
Books On African History
159th out of 207 books — 51 voters