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The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroPeter the Great by Robert K. MassieBarbarian Days by William Finnegan
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
121 books — 202 voters
Master of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonStilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best American History Books
2,105 books — 2,464 voters

Europe's Last Summer by David Fromkin
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,856 books — 2,215 voters
The Trigger by Tim Butcher
Best True Crime Books
52 books — 31 voters

The Fall of the Ottomans by Eugene Rogan
Understanding the First World War
17 books — 18 voters
The Lost City of Z by David GrannThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
3,938 books — 1,936 voters

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
WWI Good Reads
72 books — 55 voters
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge1776 by David McCulloughAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,098 books — 2,328 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,106 books — 1,831 voters
Blood River by Tim Butcher
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,746 books — 1,608 voters

Blood River by Tim Butcher
If you like CLANCY.
971 books — 1,964 voters
Blood River by Tim Butcher
Favorite Travel Books
2,014 books — 3,938 voters

The Trigger by Tim Butcher
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1,864 books — 1,787 voters
The Trigger by Tim Butcher
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,851 books — 21,781 voters

The Trigger by Tim Butcher
Best History Books
3,639 books — 3,670 voters
The Trigger by Tim ButcherBlood River by Tim Butcher
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,062 voters

An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson
Best Books About Twentieth Century History
283 books — 22 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerBlood River by Tim Butcher
Best Books Ever
74,929 books — 277,945 voters


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