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A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsMina and the Undead by Amy McCawThe Awakening by Kate ChopinZeitoun by Dave Eggers
Best New Orleans Books
421 books — 346 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanLongitude by Dava Sobel
History of Science
484 books — 289 voters

A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyKim by Rudyard Kipling
Excellent Books about India and England
279 books — 268 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate SummerscaleKillers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Best True Crime History Books (nonfiction)
366 books — 232 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 Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomGod's Smuggler by Brother AndrewThe Heavenly Man by Brother YunThrough Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth ElliotTortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand
Best Christian Biography/Autobiography
504 books — 210 voters

My Name Is Red by Orhan PamukSnow by Orhan PamukIstanbul by Orhan PamukThe Bastard of Istanbul by Elif ShafakBirds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières
Mediterranean Melting Pot (III): Byzantium and Turkey
162 books — 208 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 Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrBeneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. SullivanThe Alice Network by Kate QuinnCode Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
WW2: The Resistance - Fiction & Non-Fiction
302 books — 187 voters
Voyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson WhiteThe Girl Who Came Home by Hazel GaynorOn the Edge of Daylight by Giselle BeaumontThe Second Mrs. Astor by Shana AbeFateful by Claudia Gray
Fiction about the Titanic
134 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
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanSalt by Mark KurlanskyFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserAn Edible History of Humanity by Tom StandageIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Books about Food
557 books — 174 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

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 Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesDispatches by Michael Herr
Cambodia and Vietnam
214 books — 161 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
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Ultimate Human Secrets - The Hidden Power in our Mysterio... by Ramzi NajjarThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe You Beyond You by Ramzi Najjar
Unique Nonfiction Books
294 books — 158 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerIron Kingdom by Christopher ClarkThe Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. EvansThe German Genius by Peter Watson
German History
591 books — 154 voters
Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle MoranCleopatra VII by Kristiana GregoryLily of the Nile by Stephanie DrayThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret GeorgeCleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter
Books about Cleopatra (fiction and nonfiction)
60 books — 152 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
القرآن الكريم by AnonymousHow to invite people to Allah by Muhammad Abd Al-Rahman Al-A...200 Golden Hadith by Abdul Malik MujahidScientific Miracles in Ocean and Animals by Yusuf Al-Hajj AhmadThe End of the World by محمد عبدالرحمن العريفي
A Muslim Reading List (nonfiction)
267 books — 143 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienOutlander by Diana Gabaldon1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
I Really Can't Believe You Haven't Read This Yet
385 books — 141 voters
The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan WolfFateful by Claudia GrayPromise Me This by Cathy GohlkeBy the Light of the Silvery Moon by Tricia GoyerThe Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor
Titanic's 100th Anniversary
82 books — 135 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
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
The Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Price of Glory by Alistair HorneThe War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillanThe First World War by John KeeganStorm of Steel by Ernst Jünger
Military History of the First World War
304 books — 117 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
11/22/63 by Stephen KingPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
ATY 2020 - Books Based on "We Didn't Start the Fire"
309 books — 113 voters

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