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The Vegetarian by Han KangA Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan PamukMan Tiger by Eka KurniawanA Whole Life by Robert SeethalerThe Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante
Man Booker International Prize 2016 Longlist
13 books — 30 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Foxhunter by Dr Andrew J RynneThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. Massie
Best Russian History Books
566 books — 466 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
Cut & Run by Madeleine UrbanPromises by Marie SextonHot Head by Damon SuedeZero at the Bone by Jane SevilleFish & Chips by Abigail Roux
Best Gay Romances That Are Also Very Popular (1000 ratings or more)
635 books — 261 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertOld Man's War by John ScalziLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinPandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Excellent Space Opera
1,088 books — 3,823 voters
Lone Survivor by Marcus LuttrellBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseGeneration Kill by Evan WrightThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
446 books — 598 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanOn Basilisk Station by David Weber
Military Science Fiction
845 books — 1,140 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
True Crime--Well Written
397 books — 412 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanWolf Hall by Hilary MantelWorld Without End by Ken FollettKatherine by Anya Seton
History through Novels: 1000-1899 Western Europe
435 books — 181 voters
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynMany Thousands Gone by Ira BerlinA Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher UlrichThe Origins of the Urban Crisis by Thomas J. SugrueW.E.B. Du Bois by David Levering Lewis
The Bancroft Prize
68 books — 14 voters