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John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinWashington by Ron ChernowTruman by David McCulloughThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
465 books — 518 voters
Lean In by Sheryl SandbergWords That Change Minds by Shelle Rose CharvetThe Magic of Thinking Big by David J. SchwartzEnough by Sharon JaynesShe Who Wins by Renée C. Bauer
Best Books for Working Women
169 books — 223 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreRejected Princesses by Jason PorathGood Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena FavilliHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Overlooked Women of History
934 books — 216 voters
The Brave Art of Motherhood by Rachel Marie MartinStrong As a Mother by Kate RopeBelly Laughs by Jenny McCarthyThe Second Nine Months by Vicki GlembockiOperating Instructions by Anne Lamott
Motherhood
245 books — 205 voters

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeCatch and Kill by Ronan FarrowKnow My Name by Chanel MillerShe Said by Jodi KantorShortest Way Home by Pete Buttigieg
Best Non-Fiction of 2019
333 books — 189 voters
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric IvesThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Lady in the Tower by Alison WeirThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser
Best Books about Anne Boleyn
74 books — 183 voters

Dragon Ride by Grace JacobGod's Smuggler by Brother AndrewThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomBruchko by Bruce OlsonThrough Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot
Great Missionary Stories
146 books — 181 voters
COOPER by Elizabeth JacobsThe Three Privileges by A.V. DavinaThe Cavalier by Israh AziziDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa Layne
So good I've read it multiple times
302 books — 177 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
African American Books That Changed Our Lives
125 books — 175 voters
Life by Keith RichardsJust Kids by Patti SmithSlash by SlashHeavier Than Heaven by Charles R. CrossThe Dirt by Tommy Lee
Best Biographies/Memoirs of Popular Musicians
293 books — 171 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassieCleopatra by Stacy SchiffMarie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
Biographies of Significant Historical Women
538 books — 170 voters
Me... Jane by Patrick McDonnellThe Librarian of Basra by Jeanette WinterBrave Girl by Michelle MarkelWhat to Do About Alice? by Barbara KerleyI Dissent by Debbie Levy
Picture Books About Outstanding Women
701 books — 169 voters

Will in the World by Stephen GreenblattShakespeare by Bill BrysonA Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James ShapiroShakespeare by Harold BloomShakespeare After All by Marjorie Garber
Best Books About Shakespeare
261 books — 164 voters
Indian Horse by Richard WagameseThe Inconvenient Indian by Thomas KingMonkey Beach by Eden RobinsonThree Day Road by Joseph BoydenGreen Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
Best Canadian Indigenous Literature
182 books — 163 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyBoot by Charles L. TempletonThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Counter-Culture of the 1960s (fiction and nonfiction)
414 books — 163 voters
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan PappéMornings in Jenin by Susan AbulhawaPalestinian Dissident by Sam ShomanPalestine by Jimmy CarterMen in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani
Best Books about Palestine (fiction and nonfiction)
246 books — 161 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidCirce by Madeline Miller
2019: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2019
1,402 books — 159 voters
1776 by David McCulloughJohn Adams by David McCulloughBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best Books Concerning American History (fiction and nonfiction)
345 books — 149 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThis Childhood of Mine by Laura Meer BarkleyRunning with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Coming-of-Age Memoirs
231 books — 146 voters
Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia LevensellerCinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli BrownPirates! by Celia ReesDaughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia LevensellerSea Queens by Jane Yolen
Lady Pirates
278 books — 144 voters

The Wars of the Roses by Dan JonesIsabella by Kirstin DowneyEveryday Life in Medieval London by Toni MountNapoleon by Andrew RobertsBlood Royal by Eric Jager
History Books 2014
127 books — 139 voters
The Cross of Christ by John R.W. StottTithing and Giving by J.A. CoxSeeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John PiperThe Challenge of Jesus by N.T. WrightThe Passion of Jesus Christ by John Piper
Books About Jesus
258 books — 133 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidEducated by Tara Westover
2020: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2020
1,384 books — 128 voters
All the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroTruman by David McCullough
American Politics
478 books — 125 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XWolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Best Books on African American Studies (nonfiction)
240 books — 125 voters
Impossible Saints by Clarissa HarwoodA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftA Time For Courage by Kathryn LaskyFalling Angels by Tracy ChevalierThe Woman's Hour by Elaine F. Weiss
Women's Suffrage
414 books — 123 voters

Fun Home by Alison BechdelWhy Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette WintersonTwo or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy AllisonZami by Audre LordeLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough
Lesbian Memoirs
278 books — 116 voters
Becoming by Michelle ObamaLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEducated by Tara WestoverEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
What Women Born in the 80's are Reading in 2019
913 books — 115 voters

Homage to Catalonia by George OrwellFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Battle for Spain by Antony BeevorThe Assassin's Mark by David EbsworthWinter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom
The Spanish Civil War (fiction and nonfiction)
163 books — 112 voters
The Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLooking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back by Janet SternburgThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonA Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Most Interesting Books About Real People, Real Places & Real Events
202 books — 99 voters

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