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Shōgun by James ClavellRoots by Alex HaleyThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Historical Fiction
7,261 books — 25,409 voters
Exodus by Leon Uris
Jewish journey
53 books — 19 voters

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeThings That Matter by Charles KrauthammerThe Tempting of America by Robert H. BorkSlouching Towards Gomorrah by Robert H. BorkWitness by Whittaker Chambers
Best Conservative Books
522 books — 319 voters
Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman
Stalin's Purges of the 1930s
53 books — 19 voters

The Boys of Summer by Roger KahnHow Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer
Top reads for sports fans
954 books — 767 voters
Life and Fate by Vasily GrossmanThe Harvest of Sorrow by Robert ConquestBloodlands by Timothy SnyderGulag by Anne ApplebaumRed Famine by Anne Applebaum
Best Eastern European History Books
232 books — 50 voters

Life and Fate by Vasily GrossmanNiki by Tibor Déry
New York Review Books - Classics
532 books — 881 voters
The Caine Mutiny by Herman WoukThe Winds of War by Herman WoukLife and Fate by Vasily GrossmanSophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Young Lions by Irwin Shaw
World War II Fiction
1,274 books — 1,974 voters

The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward
Civil War Reconstruction (nonfiction)
90 books — 22 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerNight by Elie WieselMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklSophie’s Choice by William Styron
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
941 books — 728 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerBloodlands by Timothy Snyder
Hitler, Nazism
78 books — 26 voters
The Case for Israel by Alan M. DershowitzFrom Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. FriedmanThe Siege by Conor Cruise O'BrienArab and Jew by David K. ShiplerMy Promised Land by Ari Shavit
Books on the Israel Palestine Conflict (fiction and nonfiction)
452 books — 702 voters

The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward
Best American History Books
2,104 books — 2,464 voters
Short Stories by Irwin ShawFrozen in Time by Joseph EpsteinCathedral by Raymond CarverCollected Stories by Willa Cather
Collections of Short Stories
2,882 books — 2,036 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangHiroshima by John HerseyA Rumor of War by Philip Caputo
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,098 books — 2,328 voters
Last Waltz in Vienna by George ClareToo Deep Were Our Roots by Sonia WachsteinNight Falls on the City by Sarah GainhamThe Exiles Return by Elisabeth de WaalThe World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
Vienna/Wien
255 books — 113 voters

Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn
Best Baseball Books
747 books — 652 voters
Battle for Justice by Ethan BronnerGideon's Trumpet by Anthony Lewis
Supreme Court (History & Fiction)
117 books — 113 voters

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Ou... by Philip Gourevitch"A Problem from Hell" by Samantha PowerKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Powerful International Non-Fiction
295 books — 318 voters
The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright"A Problem from Hell" by Samantha PowerGulag by Anne ApplebaumArab and Jew by David K. ShiplerIs There No Place on Earth for Me? by Susan Sheehan
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 342 voters

The Peculiar Institution by Kenneth M. StamppThe Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward
Black History Month
551 books — 491 voters
Bloodlands by Timothy SnyderThe Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann WoodwardA Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best History Books
3,639 books — 3,670 voters

The Tempting of America by Robert H. BorkSlouching Towards Gomorrah by Robert H. Bork
A Conservative Reading List
51 books — 31 voters
Uncle Tom's Children by Richard Wright
Best African American Books
991 books — 1,136 voters

Blind Faith by Joe McGinnissIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best True Crime
1,320 books — 1,862 voters
A Civil Action by Jonathan HarrOne L by Scott TurowGideon's Trumpet by Anthony LewisMake No Law by Anthony LewisThe Tempting of America by Robert H. Bork
BEST BOOKS FOR LAW STUDENTS
252 books — 179 voters

Ajax, the Dutch, the War by Simon Kuper
Best Sports History Books
223 books — 111 voters
Words Fail Me by Patricia T. O'Conner
Best Books on Writing
791 books — 1,323 voters

Exodus by Leon Uris
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,281 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeNight by Elie WieselThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro1984 by George OrwellExodus by Leon Uris
Books That Have Made An Impression
3,869 books — 1,975 voters