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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

Crying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerI Was a Foster Carer by Adrian HawkesLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughWait for God to Notice by Sari FordhamSomebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
Memoir Published in Year: 2021
353 books — 198 voters
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

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirWomen's Work by Elizabeth Wayland BarberCleopatra by Stacy SchiffSex with Kings by Eleanor HermanShe-Wolves by Helen Castor
Women's History Written By Women
974 books — 191 voters
Wolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Best Fiction and Memoirs by Authors of Color
427 books — 187 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
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

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

Traveling Mercies by Anne LamottThe Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas MertonAutobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa YoganandaConfessions by Augustine of HippoSurprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
The Best Spiritual Autobiographies
152 books — 160 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

Death at SeaWorld by David KirbyBorn Free by Joy AdamsonThe Spotted Sphinx by Joy AdamsonAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotMarley and Me by John Grogan
Adult Nonfiction Animal Books
606 books — 150 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

Wild by Cheryl StrayedThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionFeeling Left Behind by Kim MurdockA Grief Observed by C.S. LewisAn Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
Memoirs About Grief
176 books — 147 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

Journey to the West by Biao WangPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyThe Merchant of Stories by Dipa SanataniLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskySteve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Best Entrepreneurship Inspiring books
105 books — 138 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowWashington by Ron ChernowTruman by David McCullough
The Best American Historical Biographies of All Time
231 books — 135 voters

Wild by Cheryl StrayedThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsJust Kids by Patti SmithEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThis Childhood of Mine by Laura Meer Barkley
Memoirs: Beautiful, Weird, Experimental, But Not Celebrity (An Education)
341 books — 134 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
Entrenched by Linda Lee BlakemoreLoving Lindsey by Linda AtwellPrisoners Without Bars by Donna O'Donnell FigurskiUnwifeable by Mandy StadtmillerRaising Jess by Vickie Rubin
Beautiful and Brutally Honest Memoirs
155 books — 112 voters

In This House of Brede by Rumer GoddenSacred Hearts by Sarah DunantThe Nun's Story by Kathryn HulmeStory of a Soul by Thérèse of LisieuxThe Midwife by Jennifer Worth
GET THEE TO A NUNNERY
177 books — 111 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyOut of Africa by Isak DinesenHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Rainforests and Jungles of the World
383 books — 107 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
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanCold Victory by Helena P. SchraderA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayGoodbye to All That by Robert Graves
The Great War in Fiction and Non-Fiction
131 books — 98 voters

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