Big Books of 2026
Ghost Wars by Steve CollThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightDiplomacy by Henry KissingerLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerThe Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis
American Foreign Policy
8th out of 461 books — 272 voters
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiOrientalism by Edward W. SaidFrom Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman
Best Middle East Nonfiction
22nd out of 534 books — 373 voters

The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCollected Writings by Thomas Paine
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
300th out of 935 books — 1,099 voters
Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxBlack Fire by William Kely McClung
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
368th out of 1,348 books — 637 voters

Blackshirts and Reds by Michael ParentiLiberalism by Domenico LosurdoReminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War by Ernesto Che GuevaraThe State and Revolution by Vladimir LeninThe Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
Dr Hakims Revolutionary Homework
58th out of 82 books — 4 voters
Blackshirts and Reds by Michael ParentiThe State and Revolution by Vladimir LeninImperialism by Vladimir LeninLiberalism by Domenico LosurdoThe Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins
Hakim's Book Recommendations
21st out of 67 books — 26 voters

The Great War for Civilisation by Robert FiskA Peace to End All Peace by David FromkinBurning Country by Robin Yassin-KassabThe Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John J. MearsheimerA History of the Modern Middle East by William L. Cleveland
Introduction to Middle Eastern History
13th out of 104 books — 13 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
41st out of 357 books — 104 voters

Martyr! by Kaveh AkbarEverything Is Tuberculosis by John GreenThe A.B.C. Murders by Agatha ChristieIs a River Alive? by Robert MacfarlaneWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
[ATY 2026] Punctuation in Title
72nd out of 733 books — 54 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini1984 by George OrwellA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Non-American books that every American should read
180th out of 695 books — 495 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)
1253rd out of 6,226 books — 8,060 voters
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll QuigleyProfit Over People by Noam ChomskyMedia Control by Noam ChomskyWho Rules the World? by Noam ChomskyRobert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy by Gordon Thomas
Become Actually Woke
33rd out of 45 books — 2 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonMrs. Caliban by Rachel IngallsThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceThe September House by Carissa OrlandoPiranesi by Susanna Clarke
Mitski recommends
10th out of 16 books — 1 voter
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves by Jason DeParleDeep Blues by Robert PalmerThings Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse by William NeumanInvisible Child by Andrea ElliottShe Said by Jodi Kantor
Journalism - The New York Times
121st out of 165 books — 16 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
158th out of 461 books — 187 voters
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Manchurian Candidate by Richard CondonTinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le CarréJohn le Carré by Adam SismanThe Quiet Americans by Scott Anderson
Espionage adventures in the 1950s and the 60s
41st out of 94 books — 5 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiEqual of the Sun by Anita AmirrezvaniThe Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
Books Set in Iran
114th out of 200 books — 55 voters
Four Futures by Peter FraseThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsThe Socialist Manifesto by Bhaskar SunkaraThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Mike's Book Recommendations
20th out of 25 books — 1 voter

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books About Colonialism
672nd out of 679 books — 239 voters
1984 by George OrwellIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiTechnological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John Kaczynski
Books that tell you what REALLY is going on!
375th out of 619 books — 201 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodFirekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline BoulleyHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
52 Book Club 2024: #18 An Apostrophe In The Title
517th out of 698 books — 162 voters
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildHigh Risk by Ben TimberlakeThe Terror Years by Lawrence Wright13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff
Terrorism And Terrorists
30th out of 35 books — 6 voters

All the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinWatergate by Garrett M. GraffFirewall by Lawrence E. WalshIran-Contra by Malcolm ByrneThe Wizard of Lies by Diana B. Henriques
Books Recommended by American Scandal
14th out of 36 books — 1 voter
Vanished Kingdoms by Norman DaviesSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich
T-Man's Books: Nonfiction
24th out of 100 books — 1 voter

Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaAn Autobiography by Mahatma GandhiThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVMadame President by Helene CooperUnbowed by Wangari Maathai
Task 18 #ReadHarder 2021
13th out of 29 books — 11 voters
The Opium War by Julia LovellChina's Unequal Treaties by Dong WangChina Transformed by R. Bin WongQing Colonial Enterprise by Laura HostetlerChina Marches West by Peter C. Perdue
@RussianCivilWar's Library Thread - Pt. 1
63rd out of 92 books — 1 voter

Things I've Been Silent About by Azar NafisiTehran Moonlight by Azin SametipourThe Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan KamaliMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
irani writers
8th out of 25 books — 1 voter
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
37960th out of 76,174 books — 283,235 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSolito by Javier ZamoraInvisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez
[ATY 2026] Z in Title or Author
272nd out of 857 books — 61 voters
The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth HarpThe Jakarta Method by Vincent BevinsChaos by Tom O'NeillAll the Shah's Men by Stephen KinzerWhat Uncle Sam Really Wants by Noam Chomsky
Noided Leftist Conspiracy Curriculum
4th out of 5 books — 1 voter

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