Reconstruction by Eric FonerThe Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann WoodwardBlack Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du BoisReconstruction after the Civil War by John Hope FranklinRace and Reunion by David W. Blight
Civil War Reconstruction (nonfiction)
90 books — 22 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaChicago Poems by Carl SandburgButkus by Dick ButkusSayers by Gale Sayers
Books Set in Chicago
590 books — 327 voters

The Long Ships by Frans G. BengtssonFlashman by George MacDonald FraserMajic Man by Max Allan CollinsOnce an Eagle by Anton MyrerThe Spider King by Lawrence Schoonover
Historical Fiction that GUYS like, too!
544 books — 241 voters
The Longest Day by Cornelius RyanThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganThe Best of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. LovecraftThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Coldest Winter by David Halberstam
The [Superlative] [Noun]
459 books — 36 voters

1491 by Charles C. MannGuns, Germs and Steel by Jared DiamondKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlMotel of the Mysteries by David MacaulayGods, Graves and Scholars by C.W. Ceram
Best Popular Anthropology Books
358 books — 268 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerRed Harvest by Dashiell HammettThe Continental Op by Dashiell HammettThe Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. HowardThe Chinatown Death Cloud Peril by Paul Malmont
Pulps Past and Present
403 books — 118 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Godfather by Mario PuzoA Man for All Seasons by Robert BoltSix Days of the Condor by James Grady
Corruption in High Places
418 books — 283 voters

The Second World War by Antony BeevorThe Greater Journey by David McCullough
What Should I Read in 2012?
453 books — 481 voters
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Writers Who Write About Writers
378 books — 106 voters

The City and the Stars by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryRagtime by E.L. DoctorowStrip Tease by Carl Hiaasen
Stars and Stripes
212 books — 38 voters

Conquering Horse by Frederick ManfredScarlet Plume by Frederick ManfredThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman AlexieIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellI Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven
Native American Fiction
837 books — 638 voters
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules VernePlanet of the Apes by Pierre BoulleWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinR.U.R. by Karel ČapekHeart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best European Science Fiction Books
253 books — 204 voters

The Time Machine and The Man Who Could Work Miracles by H.G. Wells
All Humans Fled
20 books — 16 voters
The Story of My Life by Helen KellerOut of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Unusual women in history
335 books — 54 voters

The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan PoeThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Necklace by Guy de MaupassantThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Single Short Story
790 books — 310 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best boy hates girl then loves her books
775 books — 3,796 voters

10 Books That Screwed Up the World by Benjamin WikerLeft Behind by Tim LaHayeTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
What was I thinking?
206 books — 55 voters
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerBeowulf by Unknown
Favorite Poorly Rated Books
1,483 books — 259 voters

Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenRebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Younger Woman/Older Man
578 books — 671 voters
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareEmma by Jane AustenRunaway by Meg CabotElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineYoung Blood by Meg Cabot
Dressed in black
282 books — 53 voters

Logan's Run by William F. NolanInferno by Larry Niven
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,019 books — 2,065 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Fantasy and Sci-Fi Books for Teens
1,091 books — 1,111 voters

Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseGoing Postal by Terry PratchettCold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsThe Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseMen at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Best Lighthearted Literature
614 books — 472 voters