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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,481 books — 3,470 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Memoirs by Women
2,943 books — 2,991 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
4,045 books — 2,069 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonStiff by Mary RoachGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
3,934 books — 1,932 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime
1,319 books — 1,860 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,953 books — 1,188 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth SchmittInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
favorite non-fiction
2,759 books — 1,116 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,176 books — 934 voters

Night by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Memoirs by Men
1,674 books — 645 voters
Broken Bonds by J. BreePestilence by Laura ThalassaSavage Bonds by J. BreeThe V Girl by Mya RobartsGild by Raven Kennedy
Under the Radar Page-Turners
2,663 books — 570 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Martian by Andy WeirGone Girl by Gillian FlynnStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelYes Please by Amy Poehler
2015: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2015
1,901 books — 517 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergThe Mayor of Castro Street by Randy ShiltsOdd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian Faderman
Best Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Non-Fiction
803 books — 447 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books about Books and Libraries
813 books — 380 voters
Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Martian by Andy Weir
2016: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2016
2,125 books — 360 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloA Land Remembered by Patrick D. SmithThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsSwamplandia! by Karen Russell
Best Books Set in or About Florida
800 books — 325 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian MortimerThe Plantagenets by Dan JonesEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir1453 by Roger Crowley
Best Medieval History Books
804 books — 315 voters

The Happiness Project by Gretchen RubinThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. JacobsAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertJulie and Julia by Julie Powell
A Year in the Life
193 books — 313 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerWhite Fang by Jack LondonThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Alaska Tales
358 books — 300 voters

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonThe Hourglass Throne by K.D. EdwardsAll That's Left in the World by Erik J. BrownDelilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring BlakeA Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy
2022 LGBTQ Book Releases
194 books — 241 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahEducated by Tara Westover
2018: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2018
1,669 books — 233 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanScrappy Little Nobody by Anna KendrickHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
2017: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2017
1,629 books — 232 voters
Clara Bow by David StennMy Autobiography by Charles ChaplinMe by Katharine HepburnFalling Waters by Gary D. HenryLulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks
Best of Old Hollywood
467 books — 220 voters

The Cider House Rules by John IrvingCarrie by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingEmpire Falls by Richard RussoThe Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
Books Set in Maine
680 books — 219 voters
And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsBorrowed Time by Paul MonetteTell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka BruntThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiMillennium Approaches by Tony Kushner
Best Books about HIV/AIDS (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
311 books — 218 voters

Her Little Flowers by Shannon MorganThe Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher by E.M. AndersonThe Light of Eternal Spring by Angel Di ZhangThe Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed by Noreen MugheesConsumed by Greg Buchanan
Most Anticipated Reads of 2023
392 books — 208 voters
Do Hard Things by Alex HarrisBefore You Meet Prince Charming by Sarah MallyMaking Brothers and Sisters Best Friends by Sarah MallyI Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua HarrisAlone Yet Not Alone by Tracy Michele Leininger
Books by Homeschoolers
343 books — 205 voters

The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo AndrićThe Trigger by Tim ButcherBlack Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca WestBalkan Ghosts by Robert D. KaplanPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
The Balkans
271 books — 199 voters
Educated by Tara WestoverDo You QuantumThink? by Dianne Collins12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. PetersonI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraBad Blood by John Carreyrou
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2018
392 books — 189 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterRebecca by Daphne du MaurierJamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierThe Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Hotels, Motels, Inns, B'n'Bs and Guesthouses
441 books — 186 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
1,400 books — 158 voters

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