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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankDaughter's War Understanding the History Better by Manjunath MullangiThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakCatch-22 by Joseph HellerAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
WW2: Many Perspectives
518 books — 230 voters
Wild Life by Keena RobertsMaid by Stephanie LandWhat You Have Heard Is True by Carolyn ForchéThe Five by Hallie RubenholdThe Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara
Women's biographies 2019
269 books — 123 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Moon Gate by Amanda GeardThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
[ATY 2024] History or Historical Fiction
778 books — 114 voters
Escape to the Maroons by Mike WeedallAnti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard HofstadterThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 by Gordon S. WoodThe Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand
US Intellectual History
255 books — 107 voters

Fire from Heaven by Mary RenaultThe Persian Boy by Mary RenaultAlexander the Great by Robin Lane FoxThe Campaigns of Alexander by ArrianThe Life of Alexander the Great by Plutarch
Alexander the Great
143 books — 95 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Color of Jadeite by Eric D. GoodmanGeisha, a Life by Mineko Iwasaki
Best Orientalist Literature
114 books — 82 voters

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryThe Horse by Wendy WilliamsInside of a Dog by Alexandra HorowitzHow to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog) by Lee Alan DugatkinThe Birds of Pandemonium by Michele Raffin
Animal Science for Adults
269 books — 78 voters
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'NeilEverybody Lies by Seth Stephens-DavidowitzThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana ZuboffData and Goliath by Bruce SchneierIrresistible by Adam Alter
Scary Tech?: Big Data, Surveillance, Information Overload, Tech Addiction, Propaganda, Dark Money...
187 books — 72 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
History of the Universe and Earth
148 books — 71 voters
Detroit by Charlie LeDuffMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesDetroit by Dan GeorgakasDetroit City Is the Place to Be by Mark BinelliOnce In A Great City by David Maraniss
Detroit (fiction and nonfiction)
165 books — 69 voters

I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteEducated by Tara WestoverThe Road to Unfreedom by Timothy SnyderBarracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
History Published in Year: 2018
408 books — 65 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangOpen by David PriceFive Practices for Equity-Focused School Leadership by Sharon I RaddHow Children Fail by John C. HoltStuck Improving by Decoteau J. Irby
Important Books About Education
63 books — 61 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Bitter Past by Bruce BorgosHeidi by Johanna SpyriMan Hunt by Vanessa ValeInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Mountains on the Cover
405 books — 60 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris11/22/63 by Stephen KingKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
ATY 2020 - Historical Fiction or History
280 books — 59 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonBorn Free by Joy AdamsonA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedNever Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Best Essays about Plants, Animals and Nature
253 books — 56 voters
The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Non-Fiction for Intelligent Readers
83 books — 55 voters

Devil in Winter by Lisa KleypasThe Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia QuinnNine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLeanThe Bride by Julie GarwoodThe Secret by Julie Garwood
my favorite historical romance
204 books — 50 voters
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel PoolVictorian London by Liza PicardSexuality and Its Impact on History by Hunter S. JonesThe Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate SummerscaleThe Victorians by A.N. Wilson
Victorian Britain (nonfiction)
140 books — 48 voters

Joseph Smith by Richard L. BushmanThe Mormon Experience by Leonard J. ArringtonDavid O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism by Gregory A. PrinceNo Man Knows My History by Fawn M. BrodieBrigham Young by Leonard J. Arrington
Best Mormon History Books
45 books — 45 voters
The Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisSexual Politics by Kate MillettThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Second Wave Feminism
141 books — 45 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSexuality and Its Impact on History by Hunter S. JonesThe Heretic Queen by Michelle MoranRebel Queen by Michelle MoranLiar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott
Unsung Women in History
171 books — 43 voters
Becoming by Michelle ObamaLove, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson by Tara T. GreenSee Me Naked by Tara T. Green#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawThe Mother of Black Hollywood by Jenifer Lewis
Black Women: Biography, Autobiography, Personal Essays, and Memoir (nonfiction)
371 books — 40 voters

1421 by Gavin Menzies1434 by Gavin MenziesThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Holy Bible by AnonymousMein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Worst historical non-fiction
39 books — 38 voters
Goodnight, and Thanks for the Vodka [2002] by Harpie2003 - Thanks for the Vodka by Harpie2004 - Thanks for the Vodka by HarpieShit my History Teacher DID NOT tell me! by Karl WigginsAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Alternate Anglophilia, Or, Brit Non-Lit
88 books — 38 voters

The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian"They Can Live in the Desert But Nowhere Else" by Ronald Grigor SunyThe Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz WerfelA Shameful Act by Taner AkçamOrhan's Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian
Armenian Genocide
155 books — 38 voters
Wishful Drinking by Carrie FisherI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyBossypants by Tina FeyI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiAs You Wish by Cary Elwes
I am a celebrity let me write.
260 books — 36 voters

Huey Long by T. Harry WilliamsThe World That Made New Orleans by Ned SubletteKingfish by Richard D. White Jr.The Earl of Louisiana by A.J. LieblingA Great and Noble Scheme by John Mack Faragher
Best Louisiana History Books (Nonfiction)
228 books — 35 voters
The Immigrant by Nery McMahonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Romanov Sisters by Helen RappaportPretty In Ink by Trina RobbinsWrapped in Rainbows by Valerie Boyd
Biographies of Women, by Women
308 books — 35 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonSteve Jobs by J.T. OwensiWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon by Steve WozniakThe Pixar Touch by David A. PriceDelivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
Top Business Biographies
95 books — 32 voters
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneBlood and Thunder by Hampton SidesBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Last Gunfight by Jeff GuinnLasso the Wind by Timothy Egan
Great books about the Old West
280 books — 31 voters

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