Editors' Top Picks
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
A Day in the Life: Work Memoirs
6th out of 834 books — 419 voters
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
136th out of 2,195 books — 2,585 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
172nd out of 1,956 books — 1,885 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)
282nd out of 6,260 books — 8,073 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
718th out of 5,340 books — 4,684 voters
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Best Non-Fiction Books
51st out of 100 books — 180 voters

Hope in the Valley by Penelope BourdillonOdin's Shadow by Erin S. RileyUprooted by Peter J. BoniHard Times by Studs TerkelAin't No Grave by Macel Ely II
Oral Biographies
6th out of 80 books — 59 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books To Frame Thinking
165th out of 1,308 books — 1,440 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
Blue Collar Books
29th out of 192 books — 59 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Book Bucket "Top 10 Books" Challenge Compilation
206th out of 1,081 books — 370 voters

Live from New York by Tom ShalesPlease Kill Me by Legs McNeilAlright, Alright, Alright by Melissa MaerzI Want My MTV by Craig MarksWelcome to Dunder Mifflin by Brian Baumgartner
Best Oral Histories
8th out of 118 books — 17 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Radical Thoughts for the 21st Century
26th out of 206 books — 112 voters

The Civil War by Shelby FooteHomage to Catalonia by George OrwellThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanUp from Slavery by Booker T. WashingtonThe Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books
4th out of 83 books — 6 voters
Carrie by Stephen KingWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréJaws by Peter BenchleyCentennial by James A. Michener
Best Books 1974
43rd out of 194 books — 56 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Contact by Carl SaganCosmos by Carl SaganPortnoy’s Complaint by Philip RothHerzog by Saul Bellow
Books by University of Chicago Alumni
14th out of 139 books — 16 voters
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareAll Systems Red by Martha WellsAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
All or Nothing
47th out of 283 books — 19 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.2 and Above
292nd out of 908 books — 450 voters
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis CarrollWhat Happened In Vienna, Jack? by Daniel KempBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.What Katy Did by Susan CoolidgeIf Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck
"What" in Titles
52nd out of 700 books — 40 voters

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanWest with the Night by Beryl Markham
Modern Library 100 Best Non-fiction
37th out of 100 books — 25 voters
Waiter to the Rich and Shameless by Paul HartfordMinding the Manor by Mollie MoranNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckCall the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
Interesting Jobs Nonfiction
40th out of 426 books — 44 voters

Quiet by Susan CainMadam, Will You Talk? by Mary StewartMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz ChastWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Don't "Talk" Over Split Splat
38th out of 340 books — 17 voters
Work Is Hell by Matt GroeningThe Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de BottonThe Miracle Worker by William GibsonWorking by Studs TerkelWorking Stiff by Judy Melinek
Work and Play
4th out of 209 books — 10 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëVampire Academy by Richelle MeadUglies by Scott WesterfeldWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Titles that start with U, V, or W
551st out of 1,732 books — 150 voters
In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeSteal Like an Artist by Austin KleonOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
ISU Options for High School- Please don't change
10th out of 70 books — 5 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Jungle by Upton SinclairDivergent by Veronica RothBinding Arbitration by Elizabeth Marx
Books Set in Chicago
158th out of 696 books — 333 voters
The Confessions of Nat Turner by Nat TurnerRacial Innocence by Robin BernsteinWithout Sanctuary by James AllenAll God's Dangers by Theodore RosengartenWorking by Studs Terkel
Primary sources and oral histories for the history of racism and discrimination in the United States
5th out of 68 books — 8 voters

Black Folk by Blair L.M. KelleyFreeman's Challenge by Robin BernsteinNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichSlavery by Another Name by Douglas A. BlackmonMother Jones by Elliott J. Gorn
Proletariat: US Labor History (nonfiction)
24th out of 244 books — 21 voters
Becoming by Michelle ObamaWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRed Rising by Pierce BrownThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
ATY 2020 - A book with an “ing” word in the title
171st out of 1,123 books — 81 voters

The Information by James GleickReinventing Knowledge by Ian F. McNeelyThe Origins of Reasonable Doubt by James Q. WhitmanDoubt by Jennifer Michael HechtA Body Worth Defending by Ed Cohen
The critical histories
79th out of 100 books — 1 voter
Everything Is Tuberculosis by John GreenDead Wake by Erik LarsonThe Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFedeThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownEducated by Tara Westover
[ATY 2026] Nonfiction
380th out of 656 books — 54 voters

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