All the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroTruman by David McCullough
American Politics
480 books — 126 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinLincoln by David Herbert DonaldManhunt by James L. SwansonLincoln by Gore VidalAbraham Lincoln by Seth Grahame-Smith
Best Books About Abraham Lincoln
108 books — 115 voters

The Celtic Myths by Miranda Aldhouse-GreenEgyptian Mythology by Geraldine PinchThespis by Theodor Herzl GasterThe Odyssey by HomerGods, Heroes, and Monsters by Carolina López-Ruiz
Textbooks about Mythology
98 books — 3 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia PlathA Writer's Diary by Virginia WoolfA Writer's Diary 1873-1881 by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 6 by Anaïs Nin
Writers Journals and Diaries
75 books — 13 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia PlathA Writer's Diary by Virginia WoolfDiaries, 1910-1923 by Franz KafkaA Legacy of Madness by Tom   Davis
Best Diaries and Autobiographies
53 books — 48 voters
The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Civil War by Shelby FooteCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best American Civil War Books
1,002 books — 977 voters

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanCosmos by Carl Sagan1984 by George OrwellA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
A Nerd's Guide to Reading
254 books — 74 voters
Cleopatra VII by Kristiana GregoryMarie Antoinette by Kathryn LaskyAnastasia by Carolyn MeyerElizabeth I by Kathryn LaskyEleanor by Kristiana Gregory
The Royal Diaries
20 books — 266 voters