Why We're Polarized by Ezra KleinCaste by Isabel WilkersonLet the People Pick the President by Jesse WegmanOne Person, No Vote by Carol  AndersonKill Switch by Adam Jentleson
NPR Politics Recommendations
1st out of 108 books — 5 voters
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneHouse of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. MaasThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigAmerican Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Best Books of 2020
337th out of 1,566 books — 1,939 voters

In the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Likeness by Tana FrenchBecoming by Michelle ObamaCarsick by John   WatersAn Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
best books that talk
23rd out of 77 books — 1 voter
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne CollinsGreat Big Beautiful Life by Emily HenryDeep End by Ali HazelwoodAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidProblematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood
What Women Born in the 90s Have Read in 2025
376th out of 1,701 books — 95 voters

Caste by Isabel WilkersonInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
[ATY 2026] Not a Novel
217th out of 535 books — 39 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
345th out of 857 books — 63 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
33rd out of 83 books — 9 voters
A New Earth by Eckhart TolleAtomic Habits by James ClearThe 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy FerrissMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklHumankind by Rutger Bregman
24 Non-Fiction Books by Jade
15th out of 25 books — 1 voter

A Promised Land by Barack ObamaNinth House by Leigh BardugoI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Popsugar 2021 #15 - A Book with a black and white cover
297th out of 447 books — 302 voters
The Power by Naomi AldermanWhy We're Polarized by Ezra KleinThe Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonHow the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil
2022 : Bill Gates 5 great books for the summer
2nd out of 5 books — 1 voter

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray DalioFriends Divided by Gordon S. WoodThe Aristocracy of Talent by Adrian WooldridgeFrom Bacteria to Bach and Back by Daniel C. DennettRed Notice by Bill Browder
The Gentlemen's Non-Fiction Book Club
73rd out of 73 books — 2 voters
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
75625th out of 76,942 books — 286,334 voters

Basketball (and Other Things) by Shea SerranoThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariEducated by Tara Westover
All of Obama's Recommended Books
166th out of 194 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
336th out of 337 books — 188 voters

The Scout Mindset by Julia GalefWhat We Owe the Future by William MacAskillPredictably Irrational by Dan ArielyNudge by Richard H. ThalerThe Precipice by Toby  Ord
almost all of the books in Rationally Speaking
6th out of 100 books — 1 voter
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOthello by William ShakespeareGame Change by John Heilemann
Books I read in 2021: Ranked
26th out of 68 books — 1 voter

Unmaking the Presidency by Susan HennesseyThe Cactus League by Emily NemensA Woman Like Her by Sanam MaherSaltwater by Jessica  AndrewsThe Bomb by Fred  Kaplan
NYT Editors’ Choice 202002
24th out of 42 books — 4 voters
The Library Book by Susan OrleanThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBecoming by Michelle ObamaThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleH is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Non-Fiction Books Without Subtitles
108th out of 380 books — 23 voters

Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard   PrestonShe Said by Jodi KantorToms River by Dan FaginCatch and Kill by Ronan FarrowNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Journalist Authors
187th out of 193 books — 22 voters
Fear by Bob WoodwardToo Much and Never Enough by Mary L. TrumpFire and Fury by Michael  WolffA Higher Loyalty by James B. ComeyThe Threat by Andrew G. McCabe
Trump Tell-alls
166th out of 256 books — 74 voters

Speaking for Myself by Sarah Huckabee SandersA Promised Land by Barack ObamaBlackout by Candace OwensVoter Suppression in U.S. Elections by Stacey AbramsJoe Biden by Evan Osnos
Politics Published in Year: 2020
158th out of 185 books — 13 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBorn for Love by Bruce D. PerryWhy Cats Paint by Heather BuschWhy I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-LodgeWhy Women Read Fiction by Helen Taylor
Why?
117th out of 236 books — 17 voters
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeThe Institute by Stephen  KingThe Gold Coast by Nelson DeMilleA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Recommendations from Allen's friends
42nd out of 100 books — 1 voter

Educated by Tara WestoverModern Romance by Aziz AnsariNormal People by Sally RooneyThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasWhy We're Polarized by Ezra Klein
Millennial Voices
5th out of 20 books — 5 voters
Transference by B.T. KeatonAurora Burning by Amie KaufmanLoveless by Alice OsemanBoot by Charles L. TempletonNanagin by H.C. Kilgour
Goodreads Choice Awards 2020 (eligible for write-in only)
630th out of 876 books — 639 voters

The Roman Way by Edith HamiltonThe Greek Way by Edith HamiltonDisunited Nations by Peter ZeihanFoundation by Isaac AsimovThe Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Fraser Read Books
38th out of 100 books — 1 voter