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Journey to the West by Biao WangMina and the Undead by Amy McCawCompetitive Grieving by Nora ZelevanskyBridge of Souls by Victoria SchwabLast One to Die by Cynthia Murphy
Anticipated Books of 2021
228 books — 174 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyYes Please by Amy PoehlerLean In by Sheryl Sandberg#Girlboss by Sophia AmorusoIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Best Career Advice by Women for Women
116 books — 167 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
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThis Childhood of Mine by Laura Meer BarkleyRunning with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Coming-of-Age Memoirs
231 books — 146 voters

The Botany of Desire by Michael PollanThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererLab Girl by Hope JahrenThe Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart
Nonfiction Books about Plants
415 books — 140 voters
Dear Teddy by J.D. StockholmGoodbye Teddy by J.D. StockholmTelling Teddy by J.D. StockholmA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerStupid Boy by J.D. Stockholm
trauma biographies
100 books — 123 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBlack Elk Speaks by John G. NeihardtEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneLakota Woman by Mary Crow DogWhere White Men Fear to Tread by Russell Means
Native American Biography (nonfiction)
429 books — 121 voters
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichEvicted by Matthew DesmondJourney to the West by Biao WangMaid by Stephanie LandThe Working Poor by David K. Shipler
Books on Poverty and Inequality
215 books — 113 voters

The Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettAnxious People by Fredrik BackmanThe Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
2021: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2021
1,296 books — 108 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 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainThe Prince and the Pauper by Mark TwainLife on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
Best of Mark Twain
44 books — 104 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

Number the Stars by Lois LowryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best Young Adult Holocaust/WWII Books
86 books — 104 voters
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori GottliebDon't Worry About The Mule Going Blind by Betty TuckerOur Symphony with Animals by Aysha AkhtarLong Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira MaddenMaid by Stephanie Land
Memoir Published in Year: 2019
109 books — 102 voters

Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieTrain to Pakistan by Khushwant SinghCracking India by Bapsi Sidhwaतमस by Bhisham SahniWhat the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin
Books about the Indian Subcontinental Partition (fiction and nonfiction)
89 books — 97 voters
A Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayWill in the World by Stephen GreenblattI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellOut of Africa / Shadows on the Grass by Isak Dinesen
Literary biographies
475 books — 94 voters

Educated by Tara WestoverBecoming by Michelle ObamaThe Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray HintonA Higher Loyalty by James B. ComeyEloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
Memoir Published in Year: 2018
153 books — 92 voters
Redefining Realness by Janet MockWhipping Girl by Julia SeranoShe's Not There by Jennifer Finney BoylanLion Song by Judy BurrBecoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green
Transgender Memoirs and Biographies
119 books — 91 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidCirce by Madeline MillerLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
What Women Born in the 80's are Reading in 2020
871 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

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithCandide and Philosophical Letters by VoltaireCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Enlightenment, Volume 1 by Peter Gay
The Enlightenment and its Impact
260 books — 85 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

Maus I by Art SpiegelmanMaus II by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiBlankets by Craig ThompsonAA Liberators by Alex Letner
Best Graphic Literature
74 books — 77 voters
Big Little Lies by Liane MoriartyLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgEducated by Tara WestoverThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
What Women Born in the 80's are Reading in 2018
892 books — 75 voters

A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonRV There Yet? by Travis CaseyImmersed in West Africa by Terry Lister
Unique Travel Memoirs
225 books — 73 voters
Snow Falls by Gerri HillWhitewater Rendezvous by Kim BaldwinGulf Breeze by Gerri HillIn the Company of Crocodiles by Maggie BrownThe Target by Gerri Hill
A Lesbian Wilderness
88 books — 68 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
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayOscar and Lucinda by Peter CareyMr Wigg by Inga SimpsonCloudstreet by Tim WintonRemembering Babylon by David Malouf
Best Australian Literary Fiction and Poetry
183 books — 63 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
Shōgun by James ClavellThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasRoots by Alex HaleyWolf Hall by Hilary MantelWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
Truly Massive Biography, Real or Imagined
263 books — 39 voters

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