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Aurora by G.M.J.Journey to the West by Biao WangTithing and Giving by J.A. CoxThe Real Book of the Dead by Collette SinclaireInterviews With the Dead, Part 1 by Collette Sinclaire
Great Inspirational Reads
163 books — 171 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniLooking for Alaska by John GreenA Walk Between Raindrops by Amalie Jahn
Best Mental Illness and Self-Harm Books
102 books — 142 voters

Journey to the West by Biao WangDark Skies by David HaldaneI Must Have Wandered by Mary Ellen GambuttiDouble Happiness by Tony BrasunasPrivate Battles and The Khaki Cage by Jennie Laine Rylan
Brilliant Memoirs
127 books — 138 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainYes, Chef by Marcus SamuelssonBlood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle HamiltonMy Life in France by Julia ChildHeat by Bill Buford
Yummy Memoirs!
346 books — 133 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
Lessons Learned by Laurie KossSpare by Prince HarryAll the Memories That Remain by E.M. LiddickBeing Henry by Henry WinklerStrip Tees by Kate Flannery
Memoirs Published in Year: 2023
446 books — 115 voters

Cult Girls by Natalie GrandFun Home by Alison BechdelPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiTomboy by Liz PrinceThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Graphic Memoirs And Biographies About Women
143 books — 79 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

Yoga Bitch by Suzanne MorrisonPoser by Claire DedererHoly Cow by Sarah MacdonaldMisadventures of a Garden State Yogi by Brian LeafYoga School Dropout by Lucy Edge
Best yoga memoirs
35 books — 72 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCulloughTruman by David McCulloughWashington by Ron ChernowTheodore Rex by Edmund Morris
Positively Presidential (nonfiction)
366 books — 67 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughAlexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow1776 by David McCulloughThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Books on the American Founding (nonfiction)
123 books — 63 voters
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 by Gordon S. WoodThe Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. WoodAmerican Scripture by Pauline MaierAmerican Colonies by Alan Taylor
Historiography of the American Revolution, 1607-1800 (nonfiction)
127 books — 61 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
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBuck by M.K. AsanteThe Wounded World by Chad L. WilliamsThe Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James
Black biography
235 books — 59 voters

Born Free by Joy AdamsonForever Free by Joy AdamsonLiving Free by Joy AdamsonTrancing the Tiger by Rachael SlateThe Wilderness Family by Kobie Krüger
Books about Big Cats
255 books — 59 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerOut of Africa by Isak DinesenMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Unusual women in history
335 books — 54 voters

Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Voyage Long and Strange by Tony HorwitzJohn Adams by David McCulloughAlbion's Seed by David Hackett FischerAmerican Colonies by Alan Taylor
Colonial North America (nonfiction)
142 books — 52 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

Links by Nuruddin FarahBlack Mamba Boy by Nadifa MohamedInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliDesert Dawn by Waris DirieCrossbones by Nuruddin Farah
Books Set in Somalia or Written by Somalis
74 books — 47 voters
Mortality by Christopher HitchensStitches by David SmallEverything Happens for a Reason by Kate BowlerCancer Made Me a Shallower Person by Miriam EngelbergOur Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar
Memoirs by people with cancer
99 books — 45 voters

The Whale Rider by Witi IhimaeraFrangipani by Célestine Hitiura VaiteThe Bone People by Keri HulmeTales of the Tikongs by Epeli HauʻofaIep Jāltok by Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner
Pacific Islander Authors
196 books — 45 voters
The Immigrant by Nery McMahonLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaJimi Hendrix by Corey A. WashingtonI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiShahabnama / شہاب نامہ by Qudratullah Shahab
Best Inspirational Biographies
105 books — 44 voters

Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny LawsonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThis Childhood of Mine by Laura Meer BarkleyKids We Were by Bernie MorrisKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Best Personal Memoirs
76 books — 43 voters
Everyday Italian by Giada De LaurentiisMastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia ChildGiada's Kitchen by Giada De LaurentiisJulie and Julia by Julie PowellBarefoot in Paris by Ina Garten
Cookbooks as Seen on Television
207 books — 42 voters

The Immigrant by Nery McMahonThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiMy Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria HoustonAdventure, romance and war in the Far East by Iris Hay-Edie
True Stories of Great Women
175 books — 41 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

The Immigrant by Nery McMahonDark Skies by David HaldaneWild by Cheryl StrayedMY DAUGHTER NATASHA by Artie DimancheThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Memoirs I've Loved
200 books — 38 voters
Truman by David McCulloughThe Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. WhiteThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Best and the Brightest by David HalberstamMaster of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
The Washington Post's Best Political Nonfiction 2010
41 books — 36 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
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanBarefoot Gen, Volume One by Keiji NakazawaOnward Towards Our Noble Deaths by Shigeru MizukiIt Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques TardiGoddamn This War! by Jacques Tardi
War Comics & Graphic Novels
247 books — 33 voters

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