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
2,141 books — 2,403 voters
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. HayekGeneral Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard KeynesDas Kapital by Karl MarxDebt by David Graeber
Best Economics Books
451 books — 520 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Biographies
1,672 books — 2,947 voters

Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan BurroughThe Big Short by Michael   LewisLiar's Poker by Michael   LewisWhen Genius Failed by Roger LowensteinToo Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Business History
442 books — 191 voters
I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingLean In by Sheryl SandbergThe Reason I Jump by Naoki HigashidaDrift by Rachel Maddow
Books Rec'd By The Daily Show
339 books — 276 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Giver by Lois LowryTenth of December by George SaundersWhat If? by Randall MunroeCapital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas Piketty
Books Rec'd By The Colbert Report
246 books — 135 voters