Editors' Top Picks
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
30th out of 3,867 books — 3,915 voters
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Biographies
64th out of 1,709 books — 3,078 voters

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultCloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonDead to the World by Charlaine HarrisJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Books of 2004
14th out of 685 books — 249 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)
448th out of 6,260 books — 8,073 voters

Wild Swans by Jung ChangThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Best Books About China
63rd out of 747 books — 587 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerWorld Without End by Ken FollettBeowulf by Unknown
Best Middle Ages Books
188th out of 1,247 books — 1,737 voters

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordThe Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack WeatherfordGenghis Khan by John ManGenghis Khan and the Quest for God by Jack WeatherfordGenghis Khan and the Mongol Empire by Jean-Paul Roux
The Mongols for Beginners
1st out of 19 books — 13 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Learn About History
17th out of 459 books — 186 voters

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond1491 by Charles C. MannCollapse by Jared DiamondA Primate's Memoir by Robert M. SapolskyKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Popular Anthropology Books
36th out of 359 books — 271 voters
The Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonEmpress Dowager Cixi by Jung ChangThe World of the Shining Prince by Ivan MorrisGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordEmperor of China by Kangxi
Monarchs and Royals of Asia, Nonfiction
4th out of 148 books — 27 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliKing Lear by William Shakespeare
Masculine Titles
32nd out of 1,102 books — 32 voters
Genghis Khan by Alauddin Ata Malik al-JuvainiThe Perilous Frontier by Thomas J. BarfieldGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordEmpires of the Silk Road by Christopher I. BeckwithTurkestan Down to the Mongol Invasion by Vasilii Vladimirovich Bartold
The Mongols In-Depth
3rd out of 34 books — 9 voters

Genghis by Conn IgguldenGenghis by Conn IgguldenGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordGenghis by Conn IgguldenAgainst Walls by Bryn Hammond
Genghis Khan Novels
3rd out of 25 books — 24 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
1744th out of 9,858 books — 22,284 voters

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisDune by Frank Patrick HerbertThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Geofiction: World building for the love of it
34th out of 171 books — 53 voters
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Inevitable by Kevin KellyOutliers by Malcolm GladwellThe Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker
Best Books Suggested on the Tim Ferriss Show Podcast
7th out of 46 books — 8 voters

Moron to Moron by Tom DoigGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordThe Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack WeatherfordThe Tiger Queens by Stephanie Marie ThorntonKhubilai Khan by Morris Rossabi
Mongolia
2nd out of 26 books — 11 voters
1491 by Charles C. MannMotel of the Mysteries by David MacaulayThe Bog Man and the Archaeology of People by Don BrothwellThe Tutankhamun Deception by Gerald O'FarrellIn Small Things Forgotten by James Deetz
Anthropology and Archaeology
17th out of 38 books — 13 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLord of the Flies by William GoldingSir Gawain and the Green Knight by Burton RaffelLittle Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lords, Dukes, Earls and Sirs in the Title
82nd out of 898 books — 57 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Art of War by Sun TzuThe Color of Jadeite by Eric D. GoodmanThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangThe Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. Boroson
China for the non-Chinese
16th out of 139 books — 79 voters

On Liberty by John Stuart MillHealthcare From The Trenches by Alejandro BadiaButchered by "Healthcare" by Robert A. YohoGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordThe Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Perspective Changers
4th out of 21 books — 12 voters
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack WeatherfordThe Tiger Queens by Stephanie Marie ThorntonSky Shamans of Mongolia by Kevin TurnerGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordUntil the Sun Falls by Cecelia Holland
All Things Mongolian
4th out of 41 books — 9 voters

The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsThe Magic of Reality by Richard DawkinsThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
How To Help a Christian 'Out'
27th out of 96 books — 54 voters
Monopoly X by Philip E. OrbanesStiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Niche Non-Fiction
58th out of 317 books — 58 voters

Paper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanMs. Marvel, Vol. 1 by G. Willow WilsonThe Cookbook Collector by Allegra GoodmanGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordThe Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
Books That Ought to be on More Best Of Lists
4th out of 100 books — 4 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
398th out of 1,089 books — 981 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
A Name As Part Of The Title
114th out of 331 books — 8 voters
The Norseman by Jason BornThe Heart of Touqar - THT - Epic - Vol 1 by Dr.Sara AhmadIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordA Brief History of Khubilai Khan by Jonathan Clements
Historical/ Explorers
4th out of 6 books — 9 voters

Half the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofLittle Princes by Conor GrennanInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Powerful International Non-Fiction
261st out of 295 books — 318 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassieThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirLove and Louis XIV by Antonia Fraser
Royal Biographies
185th out of 319 books — 53 voters

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