The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Children's Lit Before 1923
243 books — 111 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
1,336 books — 1,584 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
History of Medicine
351 books — 158 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Night to Remember by Walter LordAlive by Piers Paul Read
Non-fiction Disaster Books
325 books — 327 voters

From the Erzgebirge to Potosi by Sean   DalyMonopoly X by Philip E. OrbanesWhat Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel PoolVictorian London by Liza PicardSexuality and Its Impact on History by Hunter S. Jones
Victorian Britain (nonfiction)
145 books — 83 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
2,114 books — 4,565 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónOutlander by Diana GabaldonMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Historical Fiction With a Dash of Magic
430 books — 715 voters
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake AdelsteinConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataUnderground by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Understanding Modern Japan
104 books — 40 voters

On Writing by Stephen  KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Bird by Bird by Anne LamottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Best Books on Writing
799 books — 1,328 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerThe Mortal Instruments Boxed Set by Cassandra ClareVampire Academy Collection by Richelle Mead
Series Reading List
1,432 books — 2,975 voters


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