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 830 books — 418 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
134th out of 2,153 books — 2,513 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 — 1,883 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)
281st out of 6,241 books — 8,068 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
715th out of 5,279 books — 4,501 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 BourdillonUprooted by Peter J. BoniHard Times by Studs TerkelAin't No Grave by Macel Ely IIWorking by Studs Terkel
Oral Biographies
5th out of 76 books — 46 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
164th out of 1,297 books — 1,422 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 — 369 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 116 books — 16 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

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 205 books — 111 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
Much Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrTurtles All the Way Down by John GreenAll Systems Red by Martha Wells
All or Nothing
46th out of 267 books — 18 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
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
39th out of 100 books — 26 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 699 books — 40 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 SendakWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Titles that start with U, V, or W
543rd out of 1,724 books — 148 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 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 695 books — 334 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 243 books — 20 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
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezStiff by Mary RoachWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals ... by Caitlin DoughtyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte
[ATY 2021] - Nonfiction That's Not A Memoir or Biography
432nd out of 934 books — 118 voters

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienIn Search of Hobart by Peter TimmsThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "T"
226th out of 236 books — 9 voters
Everything Is Tuberculosis by John GreenThe Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFedeDead Wake by Erik LarsonThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownEducated by Tara Westover
[ATY 2026] Nonfiction
372nd out of 653 books — 49 voters

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