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Poet of Revolution by Nicholas McDowellGrowing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack by Austin ClarkeOne Native Life by Richard WagameseThe Bohemians by Ben TarnoffIf by Christopher E.G. Benfey
Writers' Lives (nonfiction)
365 books — 19 voters
Democracy’s Capital by Lauren Elizabeth PearlmanPolicing Los Angeles by Max Felker-Kantor
Best Books on Sixties History (Non-Fiction)
189 books — 42 voters

Louis Bamberger by Linda B. ForgoshThe War Lovers by Evan ThomasTheodore Rex by Edmund MorrisWhen the Astors Owned New York by Justin KaplanAmerican Eve by Paula Uruburu
Gilded Age Biographies (nonfiction)
132 books — 5 voters
Root Shock by Mindy Thompson FulliloveStraphanger by Taras Grescoe
Urban Planning Histories (nonfiction)
117 books — 6 voters

Women of the Republic by Linda K. Kerber
U.S Revolution (nonfiction)
24 books — 10 voters
The Idea of Europe and the Origins of the American Revolution by D.H. RobinsonWomen of the Republic by Linda K. Kerber
Best non-fiction about the American Revolution
37 books — 25 voters

The Idea of Europe and the Origins of the American Revolution by D.H. RobinsonWomen of the Republic by Linda K. Kerber
USA History Books to read (nonfiction)
123 books — 60 voters
The Idea of Europe and the Origins of the American Revolution by D.H. Robinson
Historiography of the American Revolution, 1607-1800 (nonfiction)
127 books — 61 voters

Women, Gender and Enlightenment by Sarah KnottThe Anatomy of Blackness by Andrew S. CurranCatholic Germany from the Reformation to the Enlightenment by Marc R. ForsterPioneers Of The Black Atlantic by Henry Louis Gates Jr.The Scottish Enlightenment by Arthur Herman
The Enlightenment and its Impact
260 books — 85 voters
Onramps and Overpasses by Dianne PerrierLondon Under by Peter Ackroyd
Underpinnings
140 books — 44 voters

Vegetarian America by Karen IacobboThe Social Life of Coffee by Brian CowanThe Devil's Cup by Stewart Lee AllenCurry by Lizzie CollinghamRum by Charles A. Coulombe
History through Food and Cooking (nonfiction)
243 books — 64 voters
Sistah Vegan by A. Breeze HarperVegan Soul Kitchen by Bryant TerryVegetable Kingdom by Bryant TerryAfro-Vegan by Bryant TerryThe Inspired Vegan by Terry Bryant
Books for Vegans, Vegetarians, and those interested in Animal Rights
483 books — 530 voters

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya von BremzenTender at the Bone by Ruth ReichlMemories of Philippine Kitchens by Amy BesaGrowing up in a Korean Kitchen by Hi Sooshin HepinstallSalt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
Food Books for Readers to Devour (nonfiction)
37 books — 12 voters
American Extremism by D.J. MulloyProud Boys and the White Ethnostate by Alexandra Minna SternSearching for a Demon by Steven M. ChermakRage on the Right by Lane CrothersOn the Fault Line by Carolyn Gallaher
US Militia Movements (nonfiction)
33 books — 5 voters

Queenie by Candice Carty-WilliamsSmall Island by Andrea LevyLove, Anger, Madness by Marie Vieux-ChauvetThe Belle Créole by Maryse CondéThis Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Black International Fiction
79 books — 8 voters
Being Catholic Now by Kerry KennedyThe Other Catholics by Julie ByrneThe Catholic Hipster Handbook by Tommy TigheThe Catholic Labyrinth by Peter McDonoughAmerican Heretics by Peter Gottschalk
About American Catholicism (nonfiction)
166 books — 4 voters

The Mass by Guy OuryMother of God by Miri RubinLinking Your Beads by Patricia KastenSisters by John J. FialkaMany Tongues, One Faith by David J. Endres
Catholic Microhistories (nonfiction)
36 books — 2 voters
Clerical Sexual Abuse by Jo-Renee FormicolaAbuse and Cover-Up by Gerald A ArbuckleBeyond Betrayal by Patricia EwickMortal Sins by Michael D'AntonioAgony in the Garden by John van der Zee
Books About the Sex Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church (nonfiction)
42 books — 4 voters

The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryFlu by Gina KolataPox Americana by Elizabeth A. FennAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Pandemics and Epidemics (nonfiction)
122 books — 11 voters
Panties by Sarah TomczakCrying by Tom LutzCathedrals of the Flesh by Alexia BrueInner Hygiene by James C. WhortonAnatomies by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Histories of the Personal and Intimate (nonfiction)
95 books — 7 voters

New Orleans Rum by Mikko Macchione
New Orleans (nonfiction)
93 books — 25 voters
The Wars of Reconstruction by Douglas R. EgertonThe White House by William SealeAn Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizWhite Trash by Nancy IsenbergSundown Towns by James W. Loewen
U.S. History Reading List
436 books — 134 voters

American Gun by Chris KyleThe Gunning of America by Pamela HaagGlock by Paul M. BarrettThunder in the Mountains by Craig K. CollinsAmerica and its Guns by James E. Atwood
About Guns and America (nonfiction)
152 books — 14 voters
Red Brethren by David J. SilvermanAn Infinity of Nations by Michael WitgenThis Land Is Their Land by David J. SilvermanTraders and Raiders by Natale A. ZappiaPeoples of the River Valleys by Amy C. Schutt
Colonial North America (nonfiction)
142 books — 52 voters

The Heart of Everything That Is by Bob DruryThe Earth Is Weeping by Peter CozzensBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown"I Am a Man" by Joe StaritaOnce They Moved Like The Wind by David Roberts
"The American Indian Wars" (nonfiction)
169 books — 14 voters
The Montreal Shtetl by Zelda AbramsonBaron Byng to Bagels by Joe KingMontreal of Yesterday by Isreal MedresJewish Roots, Canadian Soil by Rebecca MargolisSeeking the Fabled City by Allan Levine
Jewish Montreal (nonfiction)
12 books — 1 voter

Understanding Terrorism in America by Christopher HewittTourists of History by Marita SturkenGrace Will Lead Us Home by Jennifer Berry HawesThree Lives for Mississippi by William Bradford HuieAt the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire
U.S. Domestic Terrorism (nonfiction)
124 books — 10 voters
The Great Bridge by David McCulloughThe Bridge by Peter J. TomasiBridges by Judith DupreThe Bridge by Gay TaleseTom Paine's Iron Bridge by Edward G. Gray
Histories of Bridges (nonfiction)
30 books — 4 voters

London by Jon E. LewisThe Best Are Leaving by Clair WillsSoho by Judith SummersLondon from Punk to Blair by Joe KerrA Traveller's History of London by Richard L. Tames
London: History, culture, people and buildings (nonfiction)
290 books — 19 voters
Look Me in the Eye by John Elder RobisonOdd Girl Out by Laura JamesBittersweet on the Autism Spectrum by Luke BeardonPretending to be Normal by Liane Holliday WilleySongs of the Gorilla Nation by Dawn Prince-Hughes
Aspie/Autistic Autobiography and Memoir (nonfiction)
96 books — 9 voters