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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
3,707 books — 3,738 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Most influential books under 100 pages
252 books — 924 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttPossession by A.S. ByattStoner by John WilliamsLucky Jim by Kingsley AmisBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
498 books — 606 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioNinth House by Leigh BardugoFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
52 Book Club 2024: #13 An Academic Thriller
172 books — 187 voters

How to Hack Back Your Mind by Ramzi NajjarHow to Hack Back Your Mind by Ramzi NajjarLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Ultimate Human Secrets by Ramzi Najjar
Informative Inspiring and Inimitable
166 books — 156 voters
People Like Us by Dana MeleTruly, Devious by Maureen JohnsonPrep School Confidential by Kara TaylorPrivate by Kate BrianSeton Girls by Charlene Thomas
Boarding School Mysteries
134 books — 87 voters

Hey Hue-Man Where Is Our Food by Toni CroweWild Things by Bruce HandyThe Oxford Companion to Children's Literature by Humphrey CarpenterChildren's Literature by Seth LererBookworm by Lucy Mangan
Nonfiction Books on Children's Literature
419 books — 55 voters
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot by John CallahanTwirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed by Jeannie Davide-RiveraCrip Theory by Robert McRuerIllness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan SontagExile and Pride by Eli Clare
disability studies
192 books — 46 voters

Killers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreThe Road to Jonestown by Jeff GuinnIt's All Relative by A.J. JacobsOn Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2017
188 books — 32 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Holocaust Industry by Norman G. FinkelsteinColumbine by Dave CullenA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 2000s
274 books — 28 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioThe Maidens by Alex MichaelidesBlack Chalk by Christopher J. YatesNinth House by Leigh Bardugo
University Mysteries
50 books — 26 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanPoecabulary by Francis DiClementeAlive by Piers Paul ReadThe Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1970s
249 books — 19 voters

Rosemary by Kate Clifford LarsonHow To Be a Tudor by Ruth GoodmanSPQR by Mary BeardThe Witches by Stacy SchiffThe Arab of the Future 2 by Riad Sattouf
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2015
179 books — 17 voters
Yes Please by Amy PoehlerAs You Wish by Cary ElwesCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz ChastJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonThe Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2014
198 books — 17 voters

Faith & Funnies by Robert D DeanKnowledge and Christian Belief by Alvin PlantingaThe Existence of God by Richard SwinburneThe Heart of the Gospel by George TownshendPLANTINGA by Alvin Plantinga
Christian Theism: Explored, Evaluated & Explained
103 books — 17 voters
Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneMad Love by Lynessa LayneTo the Survivors by Robert UttaroHard Times by Charles Dickens
For college students
24 books — 16 voters

The Death of Santini by Pat ConroyRelish by Lucy KnisleyThe World According to Bob by James BowenThe Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan BordoFive Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2013
178 books — 15 voters
I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiQuiet by Susan CainBrain on Fire by Susannah CahalanTrick or Treat by Lisa MortonWild by Cheryl Strayed
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2012
181 books — 14 voters

Touching Feeling by Eve Kosofsky SedgwickAn Archive of Feelings by Ann CvetkovichCruel Optimism by Lauren BerlantThe Cultural Politics of Emotion by Sara AhmedOrdinary Affects by Kathleen Stewart
Affect Theory
22 books — 13 voters
A Week at the Airport by Alain de BottonGeorge, Nicholas and Wilhelm by M.J. CarterThe Lady in the Tower by Alison WeirWe Two by Gillian GillChanging My Mind by Zadie Smith
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2009
68 books — 12 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Skloot RebeccaThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderHow I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike BrownThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2010
55 books — 12 voters
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. AnthonyShakespeare by Bill BrysonBorn Standing Up by Steve MartinMusicophilia by Oliver SacksWhat Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2007
52 books — 10 voters

Books by Larry McMurtryAudition by Barbara WaltersThe Age of Wonder by Richard HolmesThe Fires of Vesuvius by Mary BeardA Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2008
71 books — 8 voters
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersDissolution by C.J. SansomEssex Dogs by Dan JonesMurder Knocks Twice by Susanna CalkinsThe New Mrs Clifton by Elizabeth Buchan
Historical Fiction Written by Historians
9 books — 6 voters

The Fractal Geometry of Nature by Benoît B. MandelbrotThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnMolecular Cloning by Joseph SambrookDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-... by American Psychiatric Publis...
Heavily Cited
100 books — 3 voters
Punk, Fanzines and DIY Cultures in a Global World by Paula Guerra3-D Cinema and Trauma by Dor FadlonWeird Fiction and Science at the Fin de Siecle by Emily AlderAmerican Women's Regionalist Fiction by Monika ElbertPoe, “The House of Usher,” and the American Gothic by Dennis R. Perry
Palgrave MacMillan
79 books — 2 voters

Beyond the Frame by Angela Y. DavisWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisSight Unseen by Martin A. BergerWoman's Legacy by Bettina ApthekerMexicans in California by Ramón A. Gutiérrez
Race, Women, Culture - UCSC
18 books — 1 voter
Ace by Angela ChenBisexual and Pansexual Identities by Nikki HayfieldBisexual Politics by Naomi TuckerPansexuality by Karen MorgaineBi by Shiri Eisner
Queer Relationships and Sexuality
12 books — 1 voter

Nonverbal Reactions to Wound Malodor by Gloria BakerTHE IMPLICATION OF USING USING TALISMAN AMONG MUSLIM YOUTH IN... by MUSAH AHMED TIJANIThe Theory of Special Connectivity by Prashant ChauhanThe Hunter and the Hunted by Maria Francisca RebochoViolent Computer Games by Richard Sagasag
OmniScriptum
85 books — 1 voter
The Corona Diaries by Debra NaylorPandemic Pickup Lines by John Charles HlinkoOn Call by Anthony FauciAlone Together by Garth SteinI Have to Stay Home by Colleen Lemaire
Essential COVID-19 Books for the Classroom
19 books — 1 voter

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