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Beyond the Last Time by Noah TuyaThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Library Book by Susan OrleanThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Books-about-Books
114 books — 49 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony SnicketThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
It Happened at the Fair
243 books — 38 voters

By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls WilderLittle Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThese Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderThe First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Books Set in South Dakota
183 books — 35 voters
Orphan Train by Christina Baker KlineGirl in Translation by Jean KwokOliver Twist by Charles DickensA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettLyddie by Katherine Paterson
Sweatshops & Child Labor
219 books — 27 voters

The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganTrack of the Cat by Nevada BarrPanther! by Roger A. CarasCougar by Alan RabinowitzDesert Puma by Kenneth A. Logan
Books about Mountain Lions
53 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

The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganThe Light Through the Leaves by Glendy VanderahThe Secret Stealers by Jane HealeyA Deadly Influence by Mike OmerAdulting by Liz Talley
Amazon First Reads March 2021
9 books — 24 voters
The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganTake What You Can Carry by Gian SardarThe Next Wife by Kaira RoudaI Thought You Said This Would Work by Ann GarvinThe Watcher Girl by Minka Kent
Amazon First Reads April 2021
11 books — 24 voters

NeuroTribes by Steve SilbermanThinking In Pictures by Temple GrandinThe Autistic Brain by Temple GrandinAspergirls by Rudy SimoneOdd Girl Out by Laura James
Autism Non-Fiction
108 books — 22 voters
Navigate Your Emotions by Exploring Them Like Games by Victoria Ichizli-BartelsEndgame by Omid ScobieThe Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the... by Joshua HammerThe Kennedys by Richard AvedonTarry Awhile by Selina Stone
Non-Fiction Read in 2024
215 books — 22 voters

The Citizen Kane book by Pauline KaelAs You Wish by Cary ElwesThe Making of Some Like It Hot by Tony CurtisClose-up on Sunset Boulevard by Sam StaggsAll About All About Eve by Sam Staggs
Movies So Good There Are Books About Them
317 books — 19 voters
Culture Warrior by Bill O'ReillyGoing Rogue by Sarah PalinThe Way Things Ought to Be by Rush LimbaughMy Life by Bill ClintonGuilty by Ann Coulter
Most annoying political books of all time
160 books — 18 voters

Naked by Stacey TrombleySold by Patricia McCormickTricks by Ellen HopkinsDime by E.R. FrankThe Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
Child Prostitution
100 books — 18 voters
Montgomery Clift by Patricia BosworthMy Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol FlynnAs You Wish by Cary ElwesJOHN WAYNE by James Stuart OlsonHe Ran All The Way by Robert Nott
Best Books By or About Actors
96 books — 18 voters

TWAS The Year 2020 by Karl WigginsAccounting for Slavery by Caitlin RosenthalSlavery by Another Name by Douglas A. BlackmonRacial Innocence by Robin BernsteinCaptives and Cousins by James F. Brooks
Slavery in the US: Systems and Ideology (nonfiction)
158 books — 18 voters
Maar je ziet er helemaal niet autistisch uit by Bianca ToepsHet Achterhuis by Anne FrankDat zou jij nooit toelaten by Tessel ten ZweegeDe bananengeneratie by Pete WuHallo witte mensen by Anousha Nzume
Nederlandstalige non-fictie - Dutch non-fiction
191 books — 18 voters

The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksFuzz by Mary RoachSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
If you like Mary Roach...
56 books — 17 voters
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily HenryDeep End by Ali HazelwoodThe Wedding People by Alison EspachSay You'll Remember Me by Abby JimenezSunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
2025: What Women Born in the 1980's are Reading in 2025
582 books — 17 voters

The Comfort of Crows by Margaret RenklThe Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy TanProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenBhutan Travelog by Joni Herison
Books Actually About Nature
111 books — 16 voters
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerToward Beauty by Dennis GarnhumBhutan Travelog by Joni HerisonA Pilgrimage to Eternity by Timothy EganThe Art of Pilgrimage by Phil Cousineau
Pilgrimage - history and culture
139 books — 15 voters

Aspergirls by Rudy SimoneNeuroTribes by Steve SilbermanWomen and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Sarah HendrickxPromising Young Man by Elias AxelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Neurodiversity, Autism, Aspergers, ADHD and AuDHD
72 books — 15 voters
Gator Country by Rebecca RennerThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraDeath of Innocence by Mamie Till-Mobley
Best True Crime by Women
128 books — 15 voters

Glock by Paul M. BarrettThe Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment by Thom HartmannThe NRA by Frank SmythBlood Gun Money by Ioan GrilloGunfight by Ryan Busse
About Guns and America (nonfiction)
152 books — 14 voters
Dogfight, A Love Story by Matt BurgessNative Speaker by Chang-rae LeeA Good Fall by Ha JinThe Ecstatic by Victor LaValleGood Neighbors by Ryan David Jahn
Books Set in Queens, NY
100 books — 13 voters

La Cucina by The Italian Academy of CuisineEssentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella HazanBeyond the Pasta; Recipes, Language and Life with an Italian ... by Mark LeslieWhy Italians Love to Talk About Food by Yelena KostyukovichPasta, Pane, Vino by Matt Goulding
Top Books About Italian Food
111 books — 13 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

The House of Mirth by Edith WhartonRed at the Bone by Jacqueline WoodsonSize 12 Is Not Fat by Meg CabotLove on Lexington Avenue by Lauren LayneThe Brownstone by Paula Scher
NYC Brownstones
83 books — 13 voters
Making Peace by George J. MitchellMichael Collins by Tim Pat CooganMaking Sense of the Troubles by David McKittrickA history of Northern Ireland, 1920-1996 by Thomas Hennessy1916 by Tim Pat Coogan
Northern Ireland
95 books — 12 voters

The Speed of Light by Elissa Grossell DickeyThe Wedding Game by Meghan QuinnAfter Alice Fell by Kim Taylor BlakemoreThe Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds by T.E. KinseyInfinite by Brian Freeman
Amazon First Reads February 2021
10 books — 12 voters
The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganThe Gathas of Zarathushtra by Piloo NanvuttyTextual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism by Mary BoyceZoroastrianism by Jenny RoseIn Search of Zarathustra by Paul Kriwaczek
Zoroastrianism/Zoroastrian - Non-Fiction
35 books — 10 voters

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