The Color Purple by Alice WalkerChristy by Catherine MarshallBeard in Mind by Penny ReidBefore We Were Yours by Lisa WingateBatter of Wits by Karla Sorensen
Books Set in Tennessee
32nd out of 491 books — 128 voters
The Fifties by David HalberstamThe Best and the Brightest by David HalberstamThe Children by David HalberstamOctober 1964 by David HalberstamFirehouse by David Halberstam
Best of David Halberstam
3rd out of 22 books — 4 voters

Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonMarch by John             LewisThrough My Eyes by Ruby BridgesMarch by John             LewisMarch by John             Lewis
Great Reads About the Civil Rights Movement
52nd out of 212 books — 21 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootNicholas And Alexandra by Robert K. MassieOn Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
Best Books About Twentieth Century History
267th out of 283 books — 22 voters

Educated by Tara WestoverThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonUntamed by Glennon DoyleThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
52 Book Club: Non-Fiction
235th out of 299 books — 26 voters

The Histories by HerodotusA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
History as Literature
584th out of 732 books — 536 voters
Sister Outsider by Audre LordeSocialism by Friedrich EngelsWe Will Shoot Back by Akinyele Omowale UmojaState and Revolution by Vladimir Ilich LeninThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels
Required reading for realistic radicals.
93rd out of 117 books — 7 voters

Heart of Fire by Senait G. MehariA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahThe Lost Boy by Ayik Chut DengSoldier Boy by Anthony HillGirl at War by Sara Nović
Child Soldiers
18th out of 27 books — 5 voters
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
31st out of 165 books — 16 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.3 and Above
1117th out of 3,131 books — 478 voters
Under Water by Owen GrimensteinWhat Momma Left Behind by Cindy K. SprolesBatter of Wits by Karla SorensenChristy by Catherine MarshallChristmas at Carnton by Tamera Alexander
Tennessee
48th out of 290 books — 49 voters

The Railway Children by E. NesbitFive Children and It by E. NesbitThe Children of Odin by Padraic ColumThe Children of Men by P.D. JamesAvengers by Allan Heinberg
Books with 'Children' in the title
141st out of 754 books — 49 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
61588th out of 76,972 books — 286,472 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
4219th out of 5,284 books — 4,503 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBuses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonThe Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray HintonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XRisking Everything by Michael Edmonds
Civil Rights Reading List
142nd out of 143 books — 44 voters

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesBefore We Were Yours by Lisa WingateEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Dry by Jane HarperLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Born in the 1960s - What We've Read in 2018
395th out of 753 books — 52 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike  DavisA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaThe Lost Promise by Ellen SchreckerMarch by John             LewisNational Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook by P.J. O'Rourke
Best Books on Sixties History (Non-Fiction)
116th out of 189 books — 42 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
3708th out of 4,066 books — 2,130 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
1504th out of 3,140 books — 3,678 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
1586th out of 2,145 books — 1,547 voters
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber by Julian RubinsteinGang Leader for a Day by Sudhir VenkateshRed Hot Lies by Christopher C. HornerThe Weather Makers by Tim FlanneryLast Call by Daniel Okrent
WEGO AP Non Fiction 2
37th out of 65 books — 2 voters