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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,827 books — 6,353 voters
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 — 3,739 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,519 books — 3,524 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Memoirs by Women
3,015 books — 3,031 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Biographies
1,661 books — 2,944 voters
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
2,124 books — 2,495 voters

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,126 books — 2,363 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovOutliers by Malcolm GladwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,046 books — 2,045 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtNight by Elie WieselEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,105 books — 1,951 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,759 books — 1,638 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,307 books — 1,560 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,129 books — 1,536 voters

Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilJust Kids by Patti SmithChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanLife by Keith RichardsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,442 books — 1,344 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,991 books — 1,284 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisBossypants by Tina FeyDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonNaked by David Sedaris
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
943 books — 1,247 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tales of New York City
1,510 books — 1,221 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
704 books — 1,055 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Notable Atheist Books
547 books — 942 voters

Playing Ball by Vernon DavisThe Last Folk Hero by Jeff PearlmanThrough My Eyes by Tim TebowThe League by John EisenbergAmerica's Game by Jerry Rice
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,307 books — 912 voters
Naked by David SedarisFuriously Happy by Jenny LawsonThe Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany HaddishDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisComedian Gone Wrong by Jimmy Tudeski
Funny Memoir/Autobiography
456 books — 742 voters

Night by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Memoirs by Men
1,703 books — 670 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Martian by Andy WeirGone Girl by Gillian FlynnStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelYes Please by Amy Poehler
2015: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2015
1,914 books — 528 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
682 books — 497 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerHiroshima by John HerseyThe Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
664 books — 455 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankJourney to the West by Biao WangEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Life in a Foreign Country
800 books — 396 voters
Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
532 books — 378 voters

Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Martian by Andy Weir
2016: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2016
2,139 books — 373 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Big Bad by Brad HuestisJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books I think are great
914 books — 358 voters

Natasha by Suzanne FinstadStories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob LoweMe by Katharine HepburnBossypants by Tina FeyDiana by Andrew Morton
Celebrity Biography
945 books — 330 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
My Favourite Non Fiction Books
1,381 books — 263 voters

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