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The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
Of Kings and Queens
448 books — 196 voters
Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint HillRobert Kennedy by Evan ThomasFive Days in November by Clint HillBrothers by David TalbotJackie, Ethel, Joan by J. Randy Taraborrelli
Books About the Kennedy Family (Non-Fiction)
194 books — 150 voters

SPQR by Mary BeardRubicon by Tom HollandThe Histories by HerodotusGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGhost on the Throne by James Romm
Best Books About Ancient History
448 books — 132 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCirce by Madeline MillerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Silence of the Girls by Pat BarkerThe Iliad by Homer
Best Trojan War Retellings
93 books — 132 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Fiction/Non-fiction Books About India That Don't Focus On the British Raj
225 books — 107 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonRosalind Franklin by Brenda MaddoxLab Girl by Hope JahrenIn the Shadow of Man by Jane GoodallNobel Prize Women in Science by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Female Scientists
170 books — 105 voters

The 231 Club by J. BartellThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacintyreA Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreAgent Zigzag by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson Morley
Best Espionage Books (nonfiction)
153 books — 104 voters
Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt
Best Books on the Renaissance
187 books — 102 voters

Rocket Boys by Homer HickamThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsStorming Heaven by Denise GiardinaCrum by Lee MaynardThe Unquiet Earth by Denise Giardina
West Virginia
210 books — 90 voters
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik LarsonCaste by Isabel WilkersonChildren of Ash and Elm by Neil PriceWhen Time Stopped by Ariana NeumannOlympic Pride, American Prejudice by Deborah Riley Draper
History Published in Year: 2020
436 books — 90 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanJohn Adams by David McCulloughNicholas And Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Histories by HerodotusBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
The Big Non-fiction
192 books — 87 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Medical Microhistories
94 books — 87 voters

The War on Normal People by Andrew YangShortest Way Home by Pete ButtigiegOur Revolution by Bernie SandersThe Truths We Hold by Kamala HarrisThis Fight Is Our Fight by Elizabeth Warren
2020 Election Candidates - U.S.A
61 books — 86 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiRoots of To-Be Templars by Widad Akreyi
Best books on history and culture.
132 books — 82 voters

Blackout by Connie WillisThe Raiders and the Cross by Patrick LarsimontLetters to the Lost by Iona GreyAll Clear by Connie WillisThe English Agent by Clare Harvey
The Blitz: Fiction & Non-Fiction
189 books — 82 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Great Depression
201 books — 79 voters

Black Hawk Down by Mark BowdenA Higher Call by Adam MakosMasters of the Air by Donald L. MillerStuka Pilot by Hans-Ulrich RudelChickenhawk by Robert Mason
Nonfiction Military Aviation
216 books — 78 voters
The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads by Eric RosswoodJourney to Same-Sex Parenthood by Eric RosswoodThe Kid by Dan SavageFun Home by Alison BechdelDoes This Baby Make Me Look Straight? by Dan Bucatinsky
Nonfiction: Gay & Lesbian Parenting
161 books — 78 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinLincoln by David Herbert DonaldManhunt by James L. SwansonA. Lincoln by Ronald C. White Jr.Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills
Best Books on Abraham Lincoln
119 books — 77 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklAnimal Farm by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson's Book List
131 books — 77 voters

The Rest Is Noise by Alex RossThe Classical Style by Charles RosenThe Romantic Generation by Charles RosenWhat to Listen for in Music by Aaron CoplandJohannes Brahms by Jan Swafford
Classical Music: Nonfiction
300 books — 72 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieFacing the Son by M.L. RudolphBuck by M.K. AsanteNightmare Along the River Nile by S.E. Nelson
Africa and the Diaspora
150 books — 70 voters

Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck by HamkaThe Merchant of Stories by Dipa SanataniFloating on a Malayan Breeze by Sudhir Thomas VadakethThis Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta ToerAngkor and the Khmer Civilization by Michael D. Coe
Best Southeast Asia Nonfiction
158 books — 70 voters
The Immigrant by Nery McMahonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiBlack Indian by Shonda BuchananThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color
353 books — 68 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsWhy Buddhism Is True by Robert WrightMeditations by Marcus AureliusDarwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C. Dennett
Sam Harris' Recommended Reading
185 books — 63 voters
Wicca by Scott CunninghamLiving Wicca by Scott CunninghamThrough the Mists of Faerie by The Silver ElvesDrawing Down the Moon by Margot AdlerBuckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland
Best Wicca 101 Books for the Well-Read Witch
145 books — 60 voters

Girl at War by Sara NovićThe Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven GallowayAs Long As Sarajevo Exists by Kemal KurspahićZlata's Diary by Zlata FilipovićSarajevo by Zlatko Dizdarević
Books on the Bosnian War of the 1990s
77 books — 58 voters
Sky in the Deep by Adrienne YoungBeyond a Darkened Shore by Jessica LeakeThe Sea of Trolls by Nancy FarmerHush by Donna Jo NapoliWarrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller
YA Vikings
88 books — 49 voters

Salem Possessed by Paul S. BoyerThe Triumph of the Moon by Ronald HuttonThe Devil in Massachusetts by Marion L. StarkeyThe Salem Witch Trials Reader by Frances HillThe Spanish Inquisition by Joseph Pérez
Witchcraft and Witch-hunts in History (nonfiction)
114 books — 42 voters
Strega Nona by Tomie dePaolaOlivia Goes to Venice by Ian FalconerAsterix the Gladiator by René GoscinnyVacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope OsbornePinocchio by Carlo Collodi
KIDS Italy : Bambini Italy : Juvenile Italy
265 books — 39 voters

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