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Paper Targets by Steve S. SaroffThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneJohnny Tremain by Esther ForbesDeath of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Best Books Set in the "M" States.
134 books — 84 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainMy Life in France by Julia ChildJulie and Julia by Julie PowellRelish by Lucy KnisleyGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
Cooking Memoirs
404 books — 62 voters

Bhutan Travelog Edition 2 by Joni HerisonLamb by Christopher MooreQueen of Scots by John GuyHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshFuriously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Subtitle
531 books — 39 voters
1776 by David McCulloughAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Ride by Kostya Kennedy
Best Books about the American Founding Fathers (fiction and nonfiction)
130 books — 36 voters

Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth AngerElvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu PresleyThe Princess Diarist by Carrie FisherWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherAll About All About Eve by Sam Staggs
Hooray for Hollywood (non-fiction)
220 books — 35 voters
Emma by Jane AustenDune by Frank HerbertKate by Tate JamesFake by Tate JamesLiar by Tate James
It is a four letter word......
339 books — 35 voters

Lost Boy by Jacob BlosserThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldMatilda by Roald DahlHowards End Is on the Landing by Susan HillHidden Truth by Dawn Cook
Books on the Cover
90 books — 28 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottAnxiety by Danny WinterWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny WinterThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Great books I have borrowed
200 books — 27 voters

The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganAustin Blues by Gary A. KeithThe Art of an Enlightened Woman by Sarah VoldengEvery Last Secret by A.R. TorreThe Last Resort by Susi Holliday
Amazon First Reads November 2020
11 books — 26 voters
1776 by David McCulloughAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowJohn Adams by David McCulloughWashington by Ron ChernowThe Ride by Kostya Kennedy
Best non-fiction about the American Revolution
37 books — 25 voters

Beyond the Fountain of Youth by Julian Robert Gershon Jr.Our Kind of People by Lawrence Otis GrahamHaving Our Say by Sarah L. DelanyNegroland by Margo JeffersonRising from the Rails by Larry Tye
Non-Fiction Books on the African-American Middle, Upper, and Elite Class
94 books — 24 voters
The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganWest With Giraffes by Lynda RutledgeThe Shadow Box by Luanne RiceThe Ardent Swarm by Yamen ManaiWater Memory by Daniel Pyne
Amazon First Reads January 2021
10 books — 24 voters

Upstairs at the White House by J.B. WestThe Residence by Kate Andersen BrowerSpeaking for Myself by Sarah Huckabee SandersAll the Presidents' Pastries by Roland MesnierInside the White House by Ronald Kessler
The Executive Mansion: Life and Work Inside the White House (nonfiction)
87 books — 22 voters
Teacher Man by Frank McCourtThe Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell'Tis by Frank McCourtClose Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind by Phillip DoneTo Sir, With Love by E.R. Braithwaite
Teacher Memoirs
47 books — 21 voters

Behind the Badge by Michael CoverWhat I Couldn't Leave Behind by Neil LoeweAbbeylara by Regina HennellyThe Job by Charlie BezzinaTurning Blue by Lawrence Hoffman
A Day in the Life of a Police Officer
62 books — 20 voters
Dark Skies by David HaldaneThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeThe Muses Are Heard by Truman CapoteMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtLesbian Travels by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Queer Travel Writing
24 books — 17 voters

A Night to Remember by Walter LordTitanic Survivor by Violet JessopThomas Andrews by Shan F. BullockThe Night Lives On by Walter LordTitanic by Alan Hustak
Titanic People
36 books — 17 voters
Nureyev by Julie KavanaghMargot Fonteyn by Meredith DanemanNureyev by Diane SolwayOlga Spessivtzeva by Anton DolinRussian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
Leaping Beauty
209 books — 17 voters

The Decline of African American Theology by Thabiti M. AnyabwileMorning Fuel by Rebecca Faye Smith GalliIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Linda BrentSlave Religion by Albert J. RaboteauAfrican-American Religion by Albert J. Raboteau
Heroes of Black Church History (nonfiction)
58 books — 16 voters
The Mutt by Rodney MullenImpossible by Cole LouisonHosoi by Christian HosoiHawk by Tony HawkJapan Is Not Flat Like Its Girls by Elliott Burley
skateboarding nonfiction
28 books — 16 voters

Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonCivil War by Shelby FooteThe American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War by Bruce CattonThe American Heritage New History of the Civil War by Bruce CattonCo. Aytch by Sam R. Watkins
Civil War Essentials
114 books — 16 voters
Turkish Embassy Letters by Mary Wortley MontaguDoktorka z domu Trubačů by Ilona BorskáLetters Written During A Short Residence In Sweden, Norway An... by Mary WollstonecraftDomestic Manners of the Americans by Frances Milton TrollopeLand of Enchantment by Marion Sloan Russell
Female Historical Travel Writing
43 books — 14 voters

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtWhile the World Watched by Carolyn Maull McKinstryDeath of Innocence by Mamie Till-MobleyIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Murder Memoirs
94 books — 14 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneThe Heart of Everything That Is by Bob DruryKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Earth Is Weeping by Peter Cozzens
"The American Indian Wars" (nonfiction)
169 books — 14 voters

Grunt by Mary RoachSpy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebHamilton by Lin-Manuel MirandaThe Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth
Non-Fiction Listed on LitHub's Bookmarks --Part III
102 books — 13 voters
Are You My Mother? by Alison BechdelThe Manticore by Robertson DaviesOrigami Bridges by Diane AckermanLo scrutatore d'anime. Un romanzo psicoanalitico by Georg GroddeckGateway by Frederik Pohl
Psychoanalysis in non-technical books (memoirs, novels, short stories, etc.)
18 books — 12 voters

Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du BoisReconstruction by Eric FonerThe Wars of Reconstruction by Douglas R. EgertonForever Free by Eric FonerStony the Road by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
America's Most Progressive Era: Reconstruction and The African-American
120 books — 12 voters
A Familiar Sight by Brianna LabuskesNowhere Else I Want to Be by Carol D. MarshThe Receptionist by Kate MylesThe Magic of Found Objects by Maddie DawsonMrs. Rochester's Ghost by Lindsay Marcott
Amazon First Reads July 2021
12 books — 12 voters

The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasFront Desk by Kelly YangGhost by Jason ReynoldsSolo by Kwame AlexanderThe Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Project LIT Book Club
69 books — 11 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettOur Time To Dance, A Mother's Journey To Joy by Eva Doherty GremmertBecoming Human by Jean VanierA Disability History of the United States by Kim E. NielsenAn Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
Ability and Disability Introduction - Monthly List #1
26 books — 10 voters

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