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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
3,946 books — 4,176 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
278 books — 961 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 — 608 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
177 books — 194 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
176 books — 169 voters
Truly, Devious by Maureen JohnsonPeople Like Us by Dana MelePrep School Confidential by Kara TaylorPrivate by Kate BrianThe Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Boarding School Mysteries
142 books — 91 voters

A Patient's Point of View by Matthew BlakeKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreThe Road to Jonestown by Jeff GuinnIt's All Relative by A.J. Jacobs
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2017
194 books — 51 voters
Crip Theory by Robert McRuerDon't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot by John CallahanTwirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed by Jeannie Davide-RiveraFeminist, Queer, Crip by Alison KaferIllness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag
disability studies
200 books — 48 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootCracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonOut of the Cage by Matthew Lightfoot
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 2000s
280 books — 38 voters
Wild Things by Bruce HandyThe Oxford Companion to Children's Literature by Humphrey CarpenterChildren's Literature by Seth LererBookworm by Lucy ManganBeyond Babar by Sandra L. Beckett
Nonfiction Books on Children's Literature
417 books — 36 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioBlack Chalk by Christopher J. YatesThe Maidens by Alex MichaelidesNinth House by Leigh Bardugo
University Mysteries
54 books — 33 voters
Yes Please by Amy PoehlerAs You Wish by Cary ElwesCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz ChastCracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonJust Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2014
203 books — 26 voters

Rosemary by Kate Clifford LarsonCracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonHow To Be a Tudor by Ruth GoodmanSPQR by Mary BeardThe Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2015
184 books — 25 voters
The Death of Santini by Pat ConroyRelish by Lucy KnisleyCracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonDr Daniel Siegel Collection 3 Books Set by Dr Daniel SiegelThe World According to Bob by James Bowen
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2013
183 books — 23 voters

Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneTo the Survivors by Robert UttaroMad Love by Lynessa LayneHard Times by Charles Dickens
For college students
29 books — 22 voters
I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiQuiet by Susan CainCracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonBrain on Fire by Susannah CahalanTrick or Treat by Lisa Morton
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2012
186 books — 22 voters

Faith & Funnies by Robert D. DeanThe Last Syllable by Valeriano DiviacchiKnowledge and Christian Belief by Alvin PlantingaThe Existence of God by Richard SwinburneThe Heart of the Gospel by George Townshend
Christian Theism: Explored, Evaluated & Explained
110 books — 20 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Skloot RebeccaCracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderHow I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2010
59 books — 19 voters

American Freethought by David HoffmanJane Austen by Laura DabundoThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Five by Hallie Rubenhold
History Written by Women (Non-Fiction)
131 books — 19 voters
The Lady in the Tower by Alison WeirCracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonDr Daniel Siegel Collection 3 Books Set by Dr Daniel SiegelGeorge, Nicholas and Wilhelm by M.J. CarterShadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2009
72 books — 18 voters

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. AnthonyCracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonDr Daniel Siegel Collection 3 Books Set by Dr Daniel SiegelShakespeare by Bill BrysonBorn Standing Up by Steve Martin
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2007
56 books — 17 voters
Cracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonBad Science by Ben GoldacreDr Daniel Siegel Collection 3 Books Set by Dr Daniel SiegelAn Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCrackenThe Fires of Vesuvius by Mary Beard
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2008
75 books — 15 voters

Touching Feeling by Eve Kosofsky SedgwickCruel Optimism by Lauren BerlantAn Archive of Feelings by Ann CvetkovichThe Cultural Politics of Emotion by Sara AhmedOrdinary Affects by Kathleen Stewart
Affect Theory
22 books — 14 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

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonAcid by Emma PassCoyote's Daughter by Corie J. WeaverGenetically Altered by Tracie MoltonCompany Town by Madeline Ashby
YA sci fi books for book reports
22 books — 5 voters
99 Ways to Die by Ashely AlkerThe Corona Diaries by Debra NaylorPandemic Pickup Lines by John Charles HlinkoOn Call by Anthony FauciAlone Together by Garth Stein
Essential COVID-19 Books for the Classroom
30 books — 4 voters

Speaking of Monsters by Caroline Joan S. PicartAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldDear Debbie by Freida McFaddenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Speaking of Monsters: A Teratological Anthology
13 books — 2 voters
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

Reign & Ruin by J.D. EvansThe Serpent and the Wolf by Rebecca RobinsonEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettSix Scorched Roses by Carissa BroadbentAmid Clouds and Bones by Ella Fields
Intelligent Female Leads in Fantasy Romance
6 books — 1 voter
Heroines of Film and Television by Norma JonesCultural Depictions of the Stepmother by Jo ParnellCultural Representations of the Second Wife by Jo ParnellThe Bride in the Cultural Imagination by Jo ParnellRepresentations of the Mother-in-Law in Literature, Film, Dra... by Jo Parnell
Exploring Diverse Fictional Characters in Literature, Stage and Screen (Academic Nonfiction on Tropes, Stereotypes and Archetypes)
13 books — 1 voter

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