The Big Books of Fall

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The Wager by David GrannDead in the Water by Matthew CampbellThe Outlaw Ocean by Ian UrbinaDead Wake by Erik LarsonThunderstruck by Erik Larson
Maritime true crime
87 books — 8 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Vicarious Thrills
426 books — 455 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,657 books — 3,655 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingYes Please by Amy PoehlerLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny LawsonAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Funny Women Memoirs
518 books — 1,659 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanAn Accidental Philanthropist by Winsome Dunn McIntoshThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,257 books — 2,644 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinWe Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. TaylorThe Dark Forest by Liu CixinProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Best Hard Science Fiction of the 21st Century
255 books — 1,549 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyHow to Build a Girl by Caitlin MoranThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Audrey's Best Books of All Time
30 books — 3 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
4,159 books — 2,582 voters

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanShakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. EliotAriel by Sylvia Plath
Best Poetry Books
3,074 books — 2,682 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSingle at Heart by Bella DePauloThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,324 books — 1,509 voters

It by Stephen KingBoy's Life by Robert McCammonSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburySummer of Night by Dan SimmonsThe Talisman by Stephen King
Best Coming-of-Age Horror Novels
138 books — 106 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
1,507 books — 2,143 voters


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