The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Well-Written Holocaust Books
87th out of 908 books — 2,924 voters
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
181st out of 2,197 books — 2,516 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
4660th out of 32,399 books — 123,418 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
430th out of 3,891 books — 3,935 voters

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl1984 by George OrwellThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAnimal Farm by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson's Book List
20th out of 131 books — 80 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
10154th out of 77,841 books — 290,452 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerHiroshima by John HerseyThe Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
105th out of 673 books — 465 voters
1984 by George OrwellBottled Goods by Sophie van LlewynAnimal Farm by George OrwellGulag by Anne ApplebaumOrdinary Men by Christopher R. Browning
Best Books About Totalitarianism
5th out of 188 books — 39 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienHuế  1968 by Mark BowdenWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreThe Full Circle for Mick by Michael G. KramerThe Sorrow of War by Bảo Ninh
Military History
160th out of 927 books — 395 voters
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas MurrayThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtFactfulness by Hans RoslingThe Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan HaidtSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The Intellectual Dark Web
44th out of 257 books — 55 voters

God's Playground by Norman DaviesWhite Eagle, Red Star by Norman DaviesGod's Playground by Norman DaviesThe Polish Way by Adam ZamoyskiForgotten Holocaust by Richard C. Lukas
Best of Polish History
22nd out of 205 books — 48 voters
The Histories by HerodotusA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanTHE AMERICAN TRANSLATOR by Ahmed AlshuwaikhatJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
History as Literature
206th out of 740 books — 613 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
World War II Fiction & Non-fiction
216th out of 796 books — 410 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
3507th out of 10,582 books — 5,941 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth Schmitt
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
1170th out of 4,120 books — 1,540 voters
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
JbP Book List
11th out of 43 books — 5 voters

The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherLiving Fearless by Jamie Winship
Inspiring Books
1983rd out of 4,841 books — 3,666 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
6268th out of 12,987 books — 8,444 voters

Quiet by Susan CainOutliers by Malcolm GladwellHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Best Nonfiction Psychology Books on Goodreads
307th out of 399 books — 73 voters
Ordinary Men by Christopher R. BrowningThe Painted Bird by Jerzy KosińskiMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George Orwell
Jordan Peterson's Essential Book List
1st out of 19 books — 3 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienHuế  1968 by Mark BowdenThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreThe Full Circle for Mick by Michael G. Kramer
Military Books
447th out of 1,129 books — 469 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best War Novels
766th out of 1,702 books — 1,451 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerThe Full Circle for Mick by Michael G. KramerWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Veteran Recommendations
305th out of 902 books — 478 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
487th out of 935 books — 1,100 voters

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah ArendtThe Language of the Third Reich by Victor KlempererThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Timothy Snyder's Suggested Reading
9th out of 20 books — 4 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhHuế  1968 by Mark BowdenWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreThe Full Circle for Mick by Michael G. Kramer
History Books - Fact and Fiction
293rd out of 1,294 books — 442 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhThe Full Circle for Mick by Michael G. KramerHuế  1968 by Mark BowdenWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Plight of a Nation
484th out of 1,153 books — 453 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Essential Books on the Holocaust
69th out of 208 books — 211 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonPostwar by Tony JudtUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Popular History Books on Goodreads
211th out of 299 books — 61 voters
Catastrophe 1914 by Max HastingsThe Price of Glory by Alistair HorneThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerForgotten Victory - The First World War by Gary D. Sheffield
Total War Collection
6th out of 130 books — 7 voters

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