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Frank and Al by Terry GolwayOnce Upon a Time in New York by Herbert Mitgang
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Reading List (nonfiction)
134 books — 28 voters
Frank and Al by Terry Golway
American Presidential Politics
25 books — 15 voters

When the World Broke in Two by Erica J RyanThe Bobbed Haired Bandit by Stephen DuncombeThe Second Coming of the KKK by Linda GordonBookleggers and Smuthounds by Jay A. GertzmanAnything Goes by Lucy Moore
The Roaring Twenties in America (nonfiction)
143 books — 17 voters
The Original Black Elite by Elizabeth Dowling TaylorThe Elite of Our People by Julie WinchReconstruction by Brooks D. SimpsonReconstruction by Eric FonerThe Wars of Reconstruction by Douglas R. Egerton
America's Most Progressive Era: Reconstruction and The African-American
120 books — 12 voters

Forgotten by Linda Hervieux
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
674 books — 492 voters
Taking on Theodore Roosevelt by Harry LembeckThe True Flag by Stephen KinzerThe President and the Assassin by Scott MillerEmpire by Default by Ivan MusicantAll the Great Prizes by John Taliaferro
Theodore Roosevelt Books (nonfiction)
60 books — 30 voters

Taking on Theodore Roosevelt by Harry LembeckFrank and Al by Terry Golway
American Politics
478 books — 125 voters
Fault Lines by Meena Alexander
Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color
353 books — 68 voters

Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat
Black biography
235 books — 59 voters
Soldier by June JordanThe Indomitable Spirit of Edmonia Lewis by Harry HendersonMy Soul Looks Back by Jessica B. HarrisBone Black by Bell HooksAmerican Cocktail by Anita Reynolds
Black Women: Biography, Autobiography, Personal Essays, and Memoir (nonfiction)
371 books — 40 voters

Kennedy and King by Steven Levingston
Books About the Kennedy Family (Non-Fiction)
194 books — 150 voters
My Soul Looks Back by Jessica B. HarrisFrederick Douglass in Brooklyn by Frederick DouglassMiss Anne in Harlem by Carla KaplanSlavery in New York by Ira BerlinThe Hellfighters of Harlem by Bill Harris
Black New York City (nonfiction)
45 books — 4 voters

Rising Star by David J. Garrow
President Obama (fiction and nonfiction)
84 books — 29 voters
Brooklyn in Love by Amy ThomasHoneybee Hotel by Leslie DayBanquet at Delmonico's by Barry WerthDelmonico's by Peter AndrewsThomas Jefferson's Creme Brulee by Thomas J. Craughwell
Food & Drink Histories (nonfiction)
193 books — 41 voters

Honeybee Hotel by Leslie DayBrooklyn in Love by Amy Thomas
Books about Food
557 books — 174 voters
The Immortal Irishman by Timothy EganFive Points by Tyler Anbinder97 Orchard by Jane ZiegelmanAll Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonaldMachine Made by Terry Golway
Irish in America (nonfiction)
113 books — 9 voters

Eliza Hamilton by Tilar J. MazzeoFirst Family by Joseph J. EllisThe Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-ReedA President in the Family by Byron W. Woodson Sr.The Loyal Son by Daniel Mark Epstein
US Founding Families (nonfiction)
45 books — 4 voters
The Women of the House by Jean ZimmermanAccount of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor ... by H.M. RanneyA Description of New Netherland by Adriaen van der DonckWhite Savage by Fintan O'TooleFrom Homeland to New Land by William A. Starna
New York State History (nonfiction)
203 books — 34 voters

City of Ambition by Mason B. WilliamsGrand Central by Sam RobertsThe Finest Building in America by Edwin G. BurrowsThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroConquering Gotham by Jill Jonnes
New York City - The Built Environment (nonfiction)
117 books — 11 voters
Under Fire by April RyanFear by Bob WoodwardHouse of Trump, House of Putin by Craig UngerThe Shadow President by Michael D'AntonioThe Apprentice by Greg Miller
Trump: His Political Rise and Presidency (nonfiction)
194 books — 21 voters

A Season of Splendor by Greg KingPrince of Darkness by Shane WhiteEmpty Mansions by Bill DedmanThe First Tycoon by T.J. StilesBanquet at Delmonico's by Barry Werth
Gilded Gotham: New York City in the Gilded Age (nonfiction)
109 books — 7 voters
Revolutionary Characters by Gordon S. WoodFounding Martyr by Christian Di SpignaFounding Brothers by Joseph J. EllisUnlikely Allies by Joel Richard PaulThomas Jefferson's Qur'an by Denise A. Spellberg
US Founding Fathers (nonfiction)
240 books — 31 voters

The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Great Mortality by John KellyThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Scourges, Plagues and Epidemics (nonfiction)
144 books — 18 voters
Blood Runs Green by Gillian O'BrienThe Murder of the Century by Paul CollinsThe Inventor and the Tycoon by Edward BallBringing Down the Colonel by Patricia MillerThe Notorious Mrs. Clem by Wendy Gamber
True Crime and Scandal in the Gilded Age (nonfiction)
140 books — 10 voters

Cattle Kingdom by Christopher KnowltonCowboys, Indians, and Gunfighters by Albert MarrinThe Big Rich by Bryan Burrough
Best Westerns
1,363 books — 1,489 voters
The Business of Spirits by Noah RothbaumWhen the Rivers Ran Red by Vivienne SosnowskiBarrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out by Josh NoelCraze by Jessica WarnerBacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba by Tom Gjelten
All Liquored Up - The History of Alcohol and Drinking (nonfiction)
142 books — 21 voters

Nathaniel Bowditch and the Power of Numbers by Tamara Plakins ThorntonDark Genius of Wall Street by Edward J. Renehan Jr.The Wizard of Menlo Park by Randall E. StrossThe Tycoons by Charles R. MorrisAn Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Best American History Books
2,104 books — 2,464 voters
Bridge of Spies by Giles WhittellThe Devil's Diary by Robert K. WittmanCode Warriors by Stephen BudianskySleeping with the Enemy by Hal VaughanOperation Snow by John Koster
Great Books on Espionage (nonfiction)
175 books — 35 voters