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The Library Book by Susan OrleanThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketFirestarter by Stephen KingBurn Marks by Sara ParetskyBuses Are a Comin' by Charles Person
That Fire Was No Accident!
193 books — 27 voters
The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganAustin Blues by Gary A. KeithThe Art of an Enlightened Woman by Sarah VoldengEvery Last Secret by A.R. TorreThe Last Resort by Susi Holliday
Amazon First Reads November 2020
11 books — 26 voters

Hairless by Bel OlidLet Me Be Frank by Tracy DawsonIn Defense of Witches by Mona CholletWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWild Imperfections by Natalia Molebatsi
Feminist Interest 2022
201 books — 25 voters
Beyond the Fountain of Youth by Julian Robert Gershon Jr.Our Kind of People by Lawrence Otis GrahamHaving Our Say by Sarah L. DelanyNegroland by Margo JeffersonRising from the Rails by Larry Tye
Non-Fiction Books on the African-American Middle, Upper, and Elite Class
94 books — 24 voters

The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganWest With Giraffes by Lynda RutledgeThe Shadow Box by Luanne RiceThe Ardent Swarm by Yamen ManaiWater Memory by Daniel Pyne
Amazon First Reads January 2021
10 books — 24 voters
The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganRed by Jacky Colliss HarveyThe Redhead Handbook by Cort CassThe Ginger Survival Guide by Tim CollinsThe Big Redhead Book by Erin La Rosa
Redheads: Nonfiction
28 books — 22 voters

The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganTranscendence by Gaia VinceFossil Men by Kermit PattisonKindred by Rebecca Wragg SykesThe Sediments of Time by Meave Leakey
Paleoanthropology - or - the Process of Hominization
76 books — 21 voters
The Ravenmaster by Christopher SkaifeMudlark by Lara MaiklemLondon Under by Peter AckroydThe Five by Hallie RubenholdA Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
London: History, culture, people and buildings (nonfiction)
290 books — 19 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanPoecabulary by Francis DiClementeThe Right Stuff by Tom WolfeThe Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1970s
215 books — 18 voters
De Rerum Natura by David HillstromMillionaire Janitor by Lorn BergstresserThe Hyena Scientist by Sy MontgomeryCrow Smarts by Pamela S. TurnerThe Octopus Scientists by Sy Montgomery
Scientists In The Field
61 books — 18 voters

Our Tribal Future by David R. SamsonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariStumbling on Happiness by Daniel Todd GilbertSophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
Becoming Human: What to Do, Who to Be
112 books — 15 voters
The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganI'll Fly Away by Rudy FranciscoHow to Carry Water by Lucille CliftonMake Me Rain by Nikki GiovanniAfrican American Poetry by Kevin Young
2020 Poetry by African-Americans
37 books — 14 voters

Sunny Days by David KampSupernatural by Insight EditionsSlimed! by Mathew Klickstein1001 TV Series You Must Watch Before You Die by Paul CondonWhat Is the Story of Captain Kirk? by M.D. Payne
Books about TV series
344 books — 14 voters
Vestal Virgins, Sibyls, and Matrons by Sarolta A. TakácsThe Unwilling Vestal by Edward Lucas WhiteRome's Vestal Virgins by Robin Lorsch WildfangVestal Virgin by Suzanne TyrpakLives of the Romans by Joanne Berry
Vestal Virgins
21 books — 13 voters

Speaking for Myself by Sarah Huckabee SandersA Promised Land by Barack ObamaBlackout by Candace OwensVoter Suppression in U.S. Elections by Stacey AbramsJoe Biden by Evan Osnos
Politics Published in Year: 2020
185 books — 13 voters
Nowhere Else I Want to Be by Carol D. MarshThe Kaleidoscope by Adrian MendozaMi Voz, Mi Vida by Andrew GarrodThe Latino Student's Guide to College Success by Leonard A. ValverdeThe Latina/o Pathway to the Ph.D. by Jeanett Castellanos
Latino Educators
10 books — 12 voters

Predictably Irrational by Dan ArielyDrive by Daniel H. PinkOutliers by Malcolm GladwellThe Art of Choosing by Sheena IyengarThe Element by Ken Robinson
Human engagement
79 books — 12 voters
Rooted by Tammy CranstonMoonshot by Brian FlocaCounting on Katherine by Helaine BeckerSmithsonian Reader by Courtney AcamporaDaring Dozen by Suzanne Slade
Lunar Landing: the Apollo Missions for Children
86 books — 12 voters

A Familiar Sight by Brianna LabuskesNowhere Else I Want to Be by Carol D. MarshThe Receptionist by Kate MylesThe Magic of Found Objects by Maddie DawsonMrs. Rochester's Ghost by Lindsay Marcott
Amazon First Reads July 2021
12 books — 12 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudEx Libris by Anne FadimanLongitude by Dava Sobel
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1990s
216 books — 11 voters

P.S. I Hate It Here! by Diane FalangaTheater Geek by Mickey RapkinHello Muddah, Hello Faddah by Andy SweetHappy Campers by Emily BazelonCamp Camp by Roger Bennett
Non-Fiction About Summer Camp
107 books — 11 voters
Collapse by Jared DiamondWill in the World by Stephen GreenblattHome-Alone America by Mary EberstadtThe Tarantula Scientist by Sy MontgomeryTerry Jones' Medieval Lives by Terry Jones
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2004
39 books — 10 voters

Blink by Malcolm GladwellThe City of Falling Angels by John Berendt102 Minutes by Jim DwyerAnd Tango Makes Three by Justin RichardsonA Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2005
46 books — 10 voters
The Fatal Shore by Robert HughesBoy by Roald DahlEleni by Nicholas GageJack by George SayerLessons from a Sheep Dog by W. Phillip Keller
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1980s
174 books — 10 voters

The Runaway Species by David EaglemanBig Magic by Elizabeth GilbertCreativity by Mihály CsíkszentmihályiLittle Bets by Peter SimsOverride by Caroline Williams
Creativity Research
181 books — 10 voters
In Sheep's Clothing by George K. Simon Jr.The Nice Girl Syndrome by Beverly EngelThe Sociopath Next Door by Martha StoutWhy Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controllin... by Lundy BancroftCultish by Amanda Montell
Relational Aggression
111 books — 10 voters

All About All About Eve by Sam StaggsLast Night at the Viper Room by Gavin EdwardsAngelina by Andrew MortonGrace by Robert LaceyHollywood Insanity by Roman Lillie
Behind the Glamorous Façade
20 books — 9 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonStiff by Mary RoachThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonDeath of Innocence by Mamie Till-MobleySailing the Wine-Dark Sea by Thomas Cahill
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2003
34 books — 9 voters

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellHollywood Babylon by Kenneth AngerNight by Elie WieselA Night to Remember by Walter LordCider with Rosie by Laurie Lee
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1950s
90 books — 9 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouA Thousand Days by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1960s
122 books — 8 voters

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