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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
3,871 books — 3,918 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
253 books — 931 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 — 605 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
175 books — 191 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
172 books — 163 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
139 books — 91 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
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
418 books — 37 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
190 books — 34 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
51 books — 30 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
271 books — 27 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
28 books — 20 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
200 books — 20 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 TownshendConnecting the Dots by Lia Russ
Christian Theism: Explored, Evaluated & Explained
110 books — 20 voters

Rosemary by Kate Clifford LarsonHow To Be a Tudor by Ruth GoodmanSPQR by Mary BeardThe Silk Roads by Peter FrankopanThe Witches by Stacy Schiff
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2015
181 books — 19 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
180 books — 17 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
183 books — 16 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

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
56 books — 13 voters
The Lady in the Tower by Alison WeirGeorge, Nicholas and Wilhelm by M.J. CarterShadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer WorthBluets by Maggie NelsonFarewell to the East End by Jennifer Worth
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2009
69 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
53 books — 11 voters
Bad Science by Ben GoldacreAn Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCrackenThe Fires of Vesuvius by Mary BeardTraffic by Tom VanderbiltAudition by Barbara Walters
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2008
72 books — 9 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
23 books — 6 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 Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Five by Hallie RubenholdHoly Shit by Melissa MohrThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
History Written by Women (Non-Fiction)
126 books — 5 voters
99 Ways to Die by Ashely AlkerThe Corona Diaries by Debra NaylorCruise Ship Doctor by Ivan CoxPandemic Pickup Lines by John Charles HlinkoOn Call by Anthony Fauci
Essential COVID-19 Books for the Classroom
31 books — 4 voters

Speaking of Monsters by Caroline Joan S. PicartAnimal Farm by George OrwellFinding the Valuable Person by Chris SteedThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldDear Debbie by Freida McFadden
Speaking of Monsters: A Teratological Anthology
14 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

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

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