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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
1,305 books — 1,560 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,008 books — 1,447 voters

1984 by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenAnimal Farm by George Orwell
The Best Social Studies Library List
235 books — 174 voters
A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterHamlet, Prince of Denmark by William ShakespeareMurder in Mesopotamia by Agatha ChristieJamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierCongo by Michael Crichton
Countries
565 books — 157 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLab Girl by Hope JahrenStiff by Mary RoachSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Science Writing By People of Marginalized Genders
255 books — 89 voters
Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin PulverThe Grapes of Math by Greg TangSir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy NeuschwanderZero the Hero by Joan HolubWho Pooped in Central Park? Scat and Tracks for Kids by Gary D. Robson
Educational Children's Fiction Books
318 books — 87 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainForty-Ninth by Boris PronskyThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Americana Fiction
62 books — 52 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootThe Princess Guide to Rome by Belinda DarceyGlam Italia! How to Travel Italy by Corinna Cooke
travel essentials
58 books — 48 voters

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna AardemaMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeAnansi the Spider by Gerald McDermottBringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna AardemaSleep Well, Siba and Saba by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
Picture Books on Africa
361 books — 48 voters
California by Edan LepuckiLucifer's Hammer by Larry NivenEarth Abides by George R. StewartThe Wild Shore by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Set in California
81 books — 29 voters

The Blood Telegram by Gary J. BassIndia After Gandhi by Ramachandra GuhaAwakening Bharat Mata by Swapan DasguptaInvading the Sacred by Krishnan RamaswamyThe Battle for Sanskrit by Rajiv Malhotra
Understanding India and South Asia
324 books — 29 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Lost City of Z by David GrannHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradDeath on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Row Your Boat
121 books — 28 voters

The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrieKrakatoa by Simon WinchesterThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonFoundation by Peter AckroydNathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton
Histories of Countries
85 books — 24 voters
Prisoners of Geography by Tim MarshallGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondLongitude by Dava SobelThe World Is Flat by Thomas L. FriedmanAtlas of Remote Islands by Judith Schalansky
Best Popular Geography Books on Goodreads
137 books — 21 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThe Fate of Africa by Martin MeredithThe Looting Machine by Tom BurgisThe State of Africa by Martin Meredith
Understanding Africa
43 books — 19 voters
Grace and Dignity by Laura GrodyWatership Down by Richard AdamsCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Fox and the Hound by Daniel P. Mannix
FANT-SCI: Best Fantasy Based on Science
15 books — 14 voters

Monarchs and Milkweed by Anurag AgrawalWild Migrations by Matthew J. KauffmanThe Homing Instinct by Bernd HeinrichFour Wings and a Prayer by Sue HalpernA World on the Wing by Scott Weidensaul
Animal Migration
35 books — 7 voters
Jack Bilbo by Jack BilboHalloween by Jim HeimannWalking Backwards by Greg HumphriesErnst Fuchs by Helmut WeisRed-Blooded American Male by Robert Trachtenberg
Passing Out Deep Inside The "Graph" Enclosure*
156 books — 6 voters

Mishi and Mashi go to Croatia by Mary GeorgeMishi and Mashi go to Portugal by Mary GeorgeMishi and Mashi go to Germany by Mary GeorgeMishi and Mashi go to Spain by Mary GeorgeMishi and Mashi go to Bulgaria by Mary George
Geography For Kids (Exploring the World)
37 books — 3 voters
A Child's History of the World by V.M. HillyerGeorge Muller by Janet BengeThe Great Wall Of China by Leonard Everett FisherMissionary Stories with the Millers by Mildred A. MartinPeoples of the World by Roma Trundle
1st Grade History & Geography
13 books — 2 voters

Slave Catching In The Indian Ocean by Philip Howard ColombA Maverick Traveller by Mary Jane WalkerThe Land That Never Was by Vasily PasetskyThe Rise and Fall of Nader Shah by Willem M. FloorWorld-Building and the Early Modern Imagination by Allison B. Kavey
Speaking In Foams
101 books — 2 voters
Corações Sujos by Fernando MoraisOrientalism by Edward W. SaidNihonjin by Oscar Nakasato
Ser amarelo no Brasil
3 books — 2 voters

The Glorious Adventure by Richard HalliburtonBubba and Squirt's Mayan Adventure by Sherry EllisAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules VerneBubba and Squirt’s Legend of the Lost Pearls by Sherry EllisPaddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling
Books that Teach Geography
8 books — 2 voters
The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Edward Bulwer-LyttonLeila or The Siege of Granada and Calderon the Courtier by Edward Bulwer-LyttonBajazet by Jean RacineDialogues Concerning Natural Religion / The Natural History o... by David HumeThe Life of Robert, Lord Clive by John Malcolm
Books Read by Queen Victoria
17 books — 1 voter

Bangladesh by Jane HincheyTurkey by Golriz GolkarHonduras by Golriz GolkarMadagascar by Golriz GolkarHéroes del DePorte (Sports Heroes) by J.P. Miller
New Children's Non-Fiction Books in 2021
5 books — 1 voter
Landmarks On The Move by K.P. GeorgeThe Most Famous Landmarks in the World by Samuel JohnNational Monuments of the U.S.A. by Cameron WalkerAmazing Landmarks by Rekha S. RajanWhere Were the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? by Yona Z. McDonough
Children's Guides and Picture Books About International Monuments and Landmarks
21 books — 1 voter

111 Places in Tokyo That You Shouldn't Miss by Christine Izeki111 Places in Singapore That You Shouldn't Miss by Christoph Hein111 Places in Hong Kong That You Shouldn't Miss by Kathrin Bielfeldt111 Places in New Delhi That You Must Not Miss by Sharon Fernandes111 Places in Tel Aviv That You Shouldn't Miss by Andrea Livnat
Best 111 Places That You Must Not Miss Tour Guides Asia
6 books — 1 voter
Why Nations Fail by Daron AcemoğluThe Nagorno-Karabakh deadlock by Azer BabayevThe First Political Order by Valerie M. HudsonThe World for Sale by Javier BlasSolved! by Andrew Wear
Political Perspective Shifters
15 books — 1 voter

Ülke Ülke Dünya Atlası by KolektifAtlas des langues du monde by Roland BretonATLAS DES RELIGIONS by Brigitte Dumortierdtv-Atlas Weltgeschichte by Hermann Kinderdtv-Atlas Weltgeschichte Band 2 by Hermann Kinder
Non-Fiction Atlases on Every Subject
10 books — 1 voter
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusBeach Hut 512 by Dorothy KoomsonThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionThe Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
Authologie's Promptastic Book Club Challenge - YEAR ONE - Prompt 7 - A School Subject Story
4 books — 1 voter

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