Legacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerThe Triple Agent by Joby WarrickFair Game by Valerie Plame WilsonThe Ghost by Jefferson MorleyGhost Wars by Steve Coll
The Real CIA
180 books — 52 voters

Moneyball by Michael   LewisFriday Night Lights by H.G. BissingerSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandOpen by Andre AgassiThe Blind Side by Michael   Lewis
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965 books — 808 voters
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1,404 books — 1,671 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
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940 books — 3,184 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Most Difficult Novels
601 books — 2,064 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
4,077 books — 4,570 voters


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