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A Test of Wills by Charles ToddWelcome to Hard Times by E.L. DoctorowLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,044 books — 121,699 voters
Hell on Church Street by Jake HinksonThe One from the Other by Philip KerrThe Cartel by Don WinslowThe Adjustment by Scott Phillips
Best Noir of the 21st Century
243 books — 378 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of 2007
1,115 books — 992 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,469 books — 3,003 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Wanderlust
1,072 books — 1,161 voters
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,783 books — 1,659 voters

Welcome to Hard Times by E.L. DoctorowThe Road to Wellville by T. Coraghessan BoyleOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
The Great American Read - What They Missed
547 books — 573 voters
Dissolution by C.J. SansomSovereign by C.J. SansomRevelation by C.J. SansomA Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,365 books — 1,598 voters

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithA Simple Plan by Scott SmithPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,901 books — 6,885 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,377 voters

Blood River by Tim Butcher
I would have never read this book....until I joined Goodreads
58 books — 14 voters
Welcome to Hard Times by E.L. DoctorowThe Road to Wellville by T. Coraghessan BoyleLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellUnder the Skin by Michel Faber
Best Books Ever
77,126 books — 287,274 voters

Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneDestiny of the Republic by Candice MillardThe Last Lion by William ManchesterThe Last Lion by William ManchesterBlood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
Best History Books
3,795 books — 3,817 voters
Adolf Hitler by John TolandThe Last Lion by William ManchesterThe Last Lion by William ManchesterThe Last Lion by William ManchesterWalking with the Wind by John Lewis
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,935 books — 6,469 voters

The Complaints by Ian RankinLethal Injection by Jim NisbetHell on Church Street by Jake Hinkson
New School of Noir
201 books — 269 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
Thought-Provoking Nonfiction
33 books — 20 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Great Non-Fiction to Read
129 books — 6 voters
Blood River by Tim Butcher
Books That Made - Or Still Make - You Think, I Mean Really Think
34 books — 40 voters

Berlin Noir by Philip KerrThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Grifters by Jim ThompsonHell on Church Street by Jake HinksonThe Best American Noir of the Century by James Ellroy
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
737 books — 996 voters
Shantaram by Gregory David RobertsAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Foreign Lands
2,366 books — 2,199 voters

Killers of the Flower Moon by David GrannManson by Jeff GuinnGo Down Together by Jeff Guinn
Best True Crime
1,382 books — 2,009 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe Corner by David SimonAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,254 books — 8,071 voters

Shantaram by Gregory David RobertsOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 22,160 voters
Rise and Kill First by Ronen BergmanVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,290 books — 4,509 voters