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Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonMaking A Difference by James L. HechtBorn Free by Joy AdamsonThe Spotted Sphinx by Joy AdamsonZami by Audre Lorde
Activist memoirs
180 books — 36 voters
Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaAnd a Voice to Sing With by Joan BaezOutlaw Woman by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizAssata by Assata Shakur
Sixties Memoirs & Biographies (nonfiction)
170 books — 34 voters

The Disclosure Paradox by Paul G. VecchietWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Darkest Touch by Gena ShowalterThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Books that are just OK.
89 books — 23 voters
Spy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannSpy... for Nobody! by Basel SaneebSpy for nobody by Basel Saneeb
Best FBI Nonfiction
51 books — 16 voters

The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngWhen Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Hayslip
Biographies about women from the east
36 books — 15 voters
Jamestown by Joyce CrawfordOnly Yesterday by Frederick Lewis AllenBelow Stairs by Margaret PowellWoodsmoke and Pigeon Pie by Joan KentKing's Cross Kid by Victor Gregg
Everyday Lives in History: 1920s
65 books — 15 voters

Immodest Acts by Judith C. BrownThe Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio by Hubert WolfKicking the Habit by Jeanne CordovaSisters of the Vast Black by Lina RatherLesbian Nuns by Nancy Manahan
Lesbian nuns in fiction and memoir
28 books — 13 voters
Dr. Mütter's Marvels by Cristin O'Keefe AptowiczThe Philadelphia Negro by W.E.B. Du BoisCity Of Sisterly And Brotherly Loves by Marc SteinThe Buried Past by John L. CotterThe Fearless Benjamin Lay by Marcus Rediker
Philadelphia History (nonfiction)
78 books — 13 voters

Blowback by Chalmers JohnsonConfronting Imperialism by Jim ZwickEmpire of Illusion by Chris HedgesThe True Flag by Stephen KinzerTo the Person Sitting in Darkness by Mark Twain
American Empire: Imperialist vs Anti-Imperialist
86 books — 13 voters
My Family & Other Animals by Gerald DurrellCider With Rosie by Laurie LeeMoab Is My Washpot by Stephen FryThis is Going to Hurt by Adam KayTestament of Youth by Vera Brittain
The Best British Memoirs
128 books — 12 voters

Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger by Lisa DonovanMake It Messy by Marcus SamuelssonPicnic in Provence by Elizabeth BardMastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya von BremzenYes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson
Food Books for Readers to Devour (nonfiction)
37 books — 12 voters
Under the Lights and in the Dark by Gwendolyn OxenhamGo for the Goal by Mia HammForward by Abby WambachWhen Nobody Was Watching by Carli LloydSolo by Hope Solo
She Writes the Beautiful Game: Women's Soccer Memoirs
47 books — 11 voters

The Ride by Kostya KennedyAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Shoemaker and the Tea Party by Alfred F. YoungThe British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson
Massachusetts - Revolution (nonfiction)
15 books — 11 voters
Twopence to Cross the Mersey by Helen ForresterAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtGrowing Up by Russell BakerA Girl from Yamhill by Beverly ClearyThe Dream by Harry Bernstein
Great Depression Memoirs
43 books — 11 voters

Washington's Spies by Alexander RoseGeorge Washington's Secret Six by Brian KilmeadeGeorge Washington's Secret Spy War by John A. NagyGeorge Washington, Spymaster by Thomas B. AllenThe Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer
Culper Spy Ring - Fiction & Non-Fiction
18 books — 9 voters
Jamestown by Joyce CrawfordMiles Davis and American Culture by Gerald EarlyMissouri's Black Heritage by Lorenzo Johnston GreeneThe Dred Scott Decision by Brendan January"Ain't But a Place" by Gerald Early
African American History in Missouri (nonfiction)
42 books — 8 voters

A Devil of a Whipping by Lawrence E. BabitsThe Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign by Burke DavisThe Road to Guilford Courthouse by John BuchananWashington's General by Terry GolwayRabble in Arms by Kenneth Roberts
The Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution (nonfiction)
53 books — 8 voters
My Family & Other Animals by Gerald DurrellLady Sings the Blues by Billie HolidaySurprised by Joy by C.S. LewisCider With Rosie by Laurie LeeCripple Creek Days by Mabel Barbee Lee
Best Memoirs Published in the 1950s
18 books — 8 voters

The Midnight Watch by David DyerSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysForget Me Not by Sue LawsonThe Lifeboat Clique by Kathy ParksThe Light In The Darkness by Carla Robinson
Life Ring - ship ahoy
12 books — 6 voters
Lost in Shangri-la by Mitchell ZuckoffThe Art of War by Sun TzuWomen Heroes of World War II―the Pacific Theater by Kathryn J. AtwoodSwift Sword by Doyle D. GlassThrive by Juan Pablo Quiñonez
The Modern Art of War and Survival
192 books — 6 voters

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFind Where The Wind Goes by Mae C. JemisonDavid Blackwell and the Deadliest Duel by Robert A. BlackGroundwork by Genna Rae McNeil
Hidden Figures: African-Americans
19 books — 5 voters
Lake of Urine by Guillermo StitchThe National Road by Tom ZoellnerEleanor by David MichaelisThe Best of Me by David SedarisThe Shadow Drawing by Francesca Fiorani
NYT Editors’ Choice 202012
50 books — 5 voters

Unfu*k Yourself by Gary John BishopThrow Out Fifty Things by Gail BlankeDepression Hates a Moving Target by Nita SweeneyTake Time for Paradise by A. Bartlett GiamattiI Was a Foster Carer by Adrian Hawkes
#52 -A Book With Direct Advice in The Title
27 books — 5 voters
Unsinkable by Debbie ReynoldsSwanson on Swanson by Gloria SwansonMyrna Loy by James Kotsilibas-DavisThe Million Dollar Mermaid by Esther WilliamsThe Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with ... by Katharine Hepburn
Classic Hollywood Memoirs/Autobiographies/Letters/Diaries
100 books — 4 voters

Hokkaido Highway Blues by Will FergusonThe Accidental Office Lady by Laura KriskaSurviving in Japan by Hidemi WoodsNeon Pilgrim by Lisa DempsterThe Girl in Kyoto by Hidemi Woods
Best Books About Life in Japan
19 books — 3 voters
Wildwood Flowers by Julia WattsHypnotizing Chickens by Julia WattsThe Wilding of Em's Path by Ana K. WrennFinding H.F. by Julia WattsPhases of the Moon by Watts J.
Lesbian Appalachia
7 books — 3 voters

Honeysuckle Season by Mary Ellen TaylorInterference by Brad ParksSolstice by Bryan W. DullGirl Gone Mad by Avery BishopDeadly Waters by Dot Hutchison
Amazon First Reads August 2020
9 books — 3 voters
The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy ParkerThe Best of Robert Benchley by Robert BenchleyHarpo Speaks! by Harpo MarxHow to Be a Hermit, or a Bachelor Keeps House by Will CuppyMythic Adventures by Ayn Cates Sullivan
Algonquin Round Table
25 books — 3 voters

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