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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,498 books — 3,505 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Memoirs by Women
2,976 books — 3,005 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
You Read a Book about What?
4,023 books — 2,073 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonStiff by Mary RoachOutliers by Malcolm GladwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
3,990 books — 2,004 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime
1,339 books — 1,886 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,980 books — 1,277 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth SchmittInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
favorite non-fiction
2,780 books — 1,132 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,198 books — 951 voters

Night by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Memoirs by Men
1,694 books — 664 voters
Broken Bonds by J. BreePestilence by Laura ThalassaSavage Bonds by J. BreeThe V Girl by Mya RobartsGild by Raven Kennedy
Under the Radar Page-Turners
2,685 books — 579 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Martian by Andy WeirGone Girl by Gillian FlynnStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelYes Please by Amy Poehler
2015: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2015
1,908 books — 523 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergThe Mayor of Castro Street by Randy ShiltsOdd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian Faderman
Best Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Non-Fiction
815 books — 474 voters

Maus I by Art SpiegelmanPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison BechdelStitches by David SmallThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Memoir Graphic Novels
387 books — 432 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books about Books and Libraries
818 books — 385 voters

Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Martian by Andy Weir
2016: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2016
2,132 books — 366 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloA Land Remembered by Patrick D. SmithThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsSwamplandia! by Karen Russell
Best Books Set in or About Florida
805 books — 332 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian MortimerThe Plantagenets by Dan JonesEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir1453 by Roger Crowley
Best Medieval History Books
809 books — 328 voters
The Happiness Project by Gretchen RubinThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. JacobsAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertJulie and Julia by Julie Powell
A Year in the Life
198 books — 318 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerWhite Fang by Jack LondonThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahThe Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Alaska Tales
360 books — 301 voters
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonThe Hourglass Throne by K.D. EdwardsAll That's Left in the World by Erik J. BrownDelilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring BlakeA Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy
2022 LGBTQ Book Releases
197 books — 244 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahEducated by Tara Westover
2018: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2018
1,674 books — 239 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanScrappy Little Nobody by Anna KendrickHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
2017: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2017
1,633 books — 234 voters

And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsTell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka BruntBorrowed Time by Paul MonetteThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiMillennium Approaches by Tony Kushner
Best Books about HIV/AIDS (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
334 books — 226 voters
Clara Bow by David StennMy Autobiography by Charlie ChaplinMe by Katharine HepburnFalling Waters by Gary D. HenryLulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks
Best of Old Hollywood
475 books — 224 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumDeath's Acre by William M. BassDead Men Do Tell Tales by William R. MaplesBeyond the Body Farm by William M. Bass
Forensics: If It Doesn't Walk, We Bring Out the Chalk
150 books — 220 voters
Her Little Flowers by Shannon MorganThe Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher by E.M. AndersonThe Light of Eternal Spring by Angel Di ZhangThe Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed by Noreen MugheesConsumed by Greg Buchanan
Most Anticipated Reads of 2023
396 books — 210 voters

Do Hard Things by Alex HarrisBefore You Meet Prince Charming by Sarah MallyMaking Brothers and Sisters Best Friends by Sarah MallyI Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua HarrisAlone Yet Not Alone by Tracy Michele Leininger
Books by Homeschoolers
349 books — 206 voters
The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo AndrićThe Trigger by Tim ButcherBlack Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca WestBalkan Ghosts by Robert D. KaplanPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
The Balkans
272 books — 201 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterRebecca by Daphne du MaurierJamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierThe Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Hotels, Motels, Inns, B'n'Bs and Guesthouses
444 books — 187 voters
Educated by Tara Westover12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. PetersonI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraBad Blood by John CarreyrouBecoming by Michelle Obama
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2018
397 books — 187 voters

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