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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
6,433 books — 7,404 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,274 books — 1,120 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,345 books — 1,522 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandOutliers by Malcolm GladwellA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan Cain
Best Nonfiction Audio Books
448 books — 283 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThere There by Tommy OrangeAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
The 2019 Tournament of Books Longlist
76 books — 431 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
2018: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2018
6,938 books — 978 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
735 books — 1,114 voters
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry PratchettCritical Failures by Robert BevanGuards! Guards! by Terry PratchettLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
Best Comic Fantasy
132 books — 205 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The Must-Have Series for Children Ages 6 to 12
907 books — 1,323 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
2,235 books — 2,730 voters

The Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceBartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
Best Short Stories of All Time
613 books — 383 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.1984 by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph HellerDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Bibles for the Revolution
404 books — 181 voters


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