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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,741 books — 8,403 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
4,097 books — 4,757 voters

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
3,019 books — 4,396 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
3,460 books — 3,934 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittBorn To Rise by Lorna BlakeA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonLean In by Sheryl SandbergFirst Time Dad by James Macdonald
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,660 books — 3,511 voters
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Biographies
1,828 books — 3,313 voters

John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
2,308 books — 3,120 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankGreenhorn by Alex KriegerAn Accidental Philanthropist by Winsome Dunn McIntoshAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,300 books — 2,644 voters

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,271 books — 2,626 voters
An Accidental Philanthropist by Winsome Dunn McIntoshSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonNew Space Capitalism by Rainer ZitelmannQuiet by Susan Cain
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,342 books — 2,133 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,490 books — 1,913 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,900 books — 1,800 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,242 books — 1,772 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisBossypants by Tina FeyFirst Time Dad by James MacdonaldBorn To Rise by Lorna BlakeDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
948 books — 1,692 voters

Greenhorn by Alex KriegerBorn To Rise by Lorna BlakeAn Accidental Philanthropist by Winsome Dunn McIntoshPlaying Ball by Vernon DavisLights in Cold Rooms by Joan Cusack Handler
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,437 books — 1,652 voters
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilJust Kids by Patti SmithChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanLife by Keith RichardsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,519 books — 1,450 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tales of New York City
1,757 books — 1,347 voters
Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
776 books — 1,234 voters

The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Notable Atheist Books
598 books — 1,000 voters
Furiously Happy by Jenny LawsonNaked by David SedarisThe Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany HaddishDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisComedian Gone Wrong by Jimmy Tudeski
Funny Memoir/Autobiography
488 books — 800 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
1,825 books — 772 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
1,956 books — 618 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
696 books — 535 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseHiroshima by John HerseyThe Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
699 books — 495 voters

EXISTENTIAL RUMINATIONS by Gentry ThomasonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Big Bad by Brad HuestisJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books I think are great
982 books — 493 voters
It Wasn't Supposed to Last by L. Dawn MasonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsBorn To Rise by Lorna Blake12 Darling Dogs by Joni KeimThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
My Favorite Memoirs
553 books — 469 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughThe Drama of Job by Stephen Finlan
A Day in the Life: Work Memoirs
846 books — 459 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertJourney to the West by Biao Wang
Life in a Foreign Country
835 books — 449 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
World War II Fiction & Non-fiction
827 books — 444 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
2,175 books — 419 voters

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