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1	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.20 avg rating — 4,117,000 ratings score: 34,994, and 358 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Night by Elie Wiesel 4.38 avg rating — 1,344,560 ratings score: 28,413, and 292 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 557,294 ratings score: 16,460, and 171 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 1,175,820 ratings score: 14,171, and 148 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt 4.01 avg rating — 890,247 ratings score: 14,006, and 145 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 4.22 avg rating — 416,331 ratings score: 13,611, and 143 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,339,543 ratings score: 13,513, and 141 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 4.09 avg rating — 717,226 ratings score: 13,408, and 143 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 222,328 ratings score: 12,829, and 131 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) by Frank McCourt 4.15 avg rating — 653,790 ratings score: 11,983, and 126 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 747,024 ratings score: 11,733, and 124 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 4.04 avg rating — 449,738 ratings score: 11,692, and 125 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell 4.19 avg rating — 853,463 ratings score: 11,329, and 119 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell 4.01 avg rating — 848,249 ratings score: 10,191, and 107 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau 3.77 avg rating — 202,231 ratings score: 9,704, and 105 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich 3.65 avg rating — 194,892 ratings score: 9,560, and 101 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie ten Boom 4.48 avg rating — 351,416 ratings score: 9,494, and 103 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 209,479 ratings score: 9,476, and 99 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient by Ammar Habib (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 7,950 ratings score: 9,381, and 94 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand 4.39 avg rating — 995,181 ratings score: 9,367, and 100 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 1,828,931 ratings score: 9,335, and 97 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 793,810 ratings score: 9,320, and 100 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss 3.87 avg rating — 106,189 ratings score: 9,048, and 94 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson 4.07 avg rating — 439,918 ratings score: 8,667, and 93 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression by Kathryn Krick 4.30 avg rating — 9,701 ratings score: 8,582, and 93 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis 4.36 avg rating — 450,565 ratings score: 8,338, and 86 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown 4.26 avg rating — 100,641 ratings score: 8,192, and 88 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 358,380 ratings score: 8,171, and 84 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell 3.96 avg rating — 617,584 ratings score: 8,015, and 88 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman 4.58 avg rating — 248,886 ratings score: 7,990, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond by Vernon Davis 4.29 avg rating — 10,414 ratings score: 7,900, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx 3.68 avg rating — 192,412 ratings score: 7,760, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 1,171,335 ratings score: 7,655, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X 4.37 avg rating — 287,598 ratings score: 7,373, and 79 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Hiroshima by John Hersey 4.05 avg rating — 87,752 ratings score: 7,359, and 78 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser 3.75 avg rating — 206,373 ratings score: 6,980, and 77 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 313,192 ratings score: 6,953, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for? by Rick Warren 3.98 avg rating — 289,755 ratings score: 6,901, and 75 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.30 avg rating — 573,742 ratings score: 6,878, and 76 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Wild at Heart Expanded Edition: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge 3.95 avg rating — 88,075 ratings score: 6,731, and 73 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Relaxed: Walking with the One Who Is Not Worried about a Thing by Megan Fate Marshman (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 2,528 ratings score: 6,715, and 73 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Mark Comer (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 88,331 ratings score: 6,652, and 71 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God by Jamie Winship 4.44 avg rating — 3,598 ratings score: 6,607, and 71 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 4.40 avg rating — 201,977 ratings score: 6,566, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein 4.29 avg rating — 52,646 ratings score: 6,557, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel 4.23 avg rating — 151,192 ratings score: 6,553, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah 4.16 avg rating — 193,103 ratings score: 6,482, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional by Paul David Tripp 4.55 avg rating — 9,294 ratings score: 6,453, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Lost in Yaba: Down and Out in Laos by Walt Gleeson (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 1,650 ratings score: 6,400, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 4.20 avg rating — 92,260 ratings score: 6,308, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible by Tara-Leigh Cobble 4.79 avg rating — 4,575 ratings score: 6,249, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage by Richard Rohr 4.34 avg rating — 1,839 ratings score: 6,224, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are by Lysa TerKeurst (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 15,176 ratings score: 6,213, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Becoming by Michelle Obama (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 1,173,850 ratings score: 6,197, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer by Priscilla Shirer 4.46 avg rating — 20,054 ratings score: 6,183, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Experience Jesus. Really: Finding Refuge, Strength, and Wonder through Everyday Encounters with God by John Eldredge 4.27 avg rating — 1,184 ratings score: 6,127, and 66 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 43,057 ratings score: 6,056, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Body of Proof: The 7 Best Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus--and Why It Matters Today by Jeremiah J. Johnston (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 936 ratings score: 6,046, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era by Andy Martino 4.24 avg rating — 952 ratings score: 6,039, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Awe of God: The Astounding Way a Healthy Fear of God Transforms Your Life by John Bevere 4.50 avg rating — 4,397 ratings score: 6,002, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 280,863 ratings score: 5,986, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane C. Ortlund 4.50 avg rating — 59,032 ratings score: 5,973, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang 4.30 avg rating — 121,586 ratings score: 5,848, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	CSB She Reads Truth Bible by Raechel Myers 4.72 avg rating — 1,769 ratings score: 5,835, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television by Al Michaels 3.97 avg rating — 3,720 ratings score: 5,816, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 4.37 avg rating — 848,637 ratings score: 5,811, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow 3.95 avg rating — 13,025 ratings score: 5,808, and 62 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership by Bill Walsh 4.21 avg rating — 6,284 ratings score: 5,764, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 190,440 ratings score: 5,751, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Browns Town 1964: The Cleveland Browns and the 1964 Championship by Terry Pluto 4.18 avg rating — 516 ratings score: 5,749, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 469,350 ratings score: 5,733, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Seeing the Supernatural: Investigating Angels, Demons, Mystical Dreams, Near-Death Encounters, and Other Mysteries of the Unseen World by Lee Strobel 4.29 avg rating — 1,431 ratings score: 5,712, and 62 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did by John Mark Comer (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 26,681 ratings score: 5,693, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Columbine by Dave Cullen (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 100,876 ratings score: 5,644, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman 4.18 avg rating — 3,621 ratings score: 5,610, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) by Dave Pelzer (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 457,312 ratings score: 5,584, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Bait Of Satan: Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense by John Bevere 4.40 avg rating — 13,403 ratings score: 5,555, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Talking to GOATs: The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard by Jim Gray 3.98 avg rating — 1,955 ratings score: 5,529, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi 3.66 avg rating — 139,328 ratings score: 5,508, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read 4.14 avg rating — 81,293 ratings score: 5,463, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face: by Todor Bombov (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 7,990 ratings score: 5,454, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Truth About Aaron: My Journey to Understand My Brother by Jonathan Hernández 4.01 avg rating — 1,791 ratings score: 5,449, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	SUGAR BEAR: Life Lessons, Leadership, and the Legacy of a High School Coach by Chris Heeb (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 451 ratings score: 5,429, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen 3.97 avg rating — 73,235 ratings score: 5,398, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	America's Game: The NFL at 100 by Jerry Rice 4.03 avg rating — 564 ratings score: 5,355, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	QB: My Life Behind the Spiral by Steve Young 4.26 avg rating — 3,565 ratings score: 5,316, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time by Ian O'Connor 4.11 avg rating — 2,160 ratings score: 5,305, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 4.01 avg rating — 120,906 ratings score: 5,273, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin 4.28 avg rating — 197,818 ratings score: 5,121, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Montana: The Biography of Football's Joe Cool by Keith Dunnavant 4.05 avg rating — 703 ratings score: 5,109, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch 4.26 avg rating — 361,001 ratings score: 4,998, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire by John Eisenberg (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 2,018 ratings score: 4,993, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman 4.20 avg rating — 88,151 ratings score: 4,990, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 4.14 avg rating — 340,172 ratings score: 4,983, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 4.34 avg rating — 1,224,345 ratings score: 4,854, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Heaven - Bible Study for Women with Video Access: When Faith Becomes Sight by Jennifer Rothschild (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 622 ratings score: 4,725, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond 3.93 avg rating — 74,176 ratings score: 4,659, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer 4.22 avg rating — 146,050 ratings score: 4,578, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3.84 avg rating — 121,097 ratings score: 4,432, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.05 avg rating — 43,616 ratings score: 4,410, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Lud (new)

Feb 25, 2009 06:07AM

If this is a best non-fiction list, why is "Killer Angels: A NOVEL of the Civil War," winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for FICTION, included??? Just curious.

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message 2: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 25, 2009 11:16AM

Yeah, I was wondering that as well.

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message 3: by booklady (new)

Apr 25, 2009 06:25PM

It shouldn't be.

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message 4: by Sarah (new)

Jun 12, 2010 05:31PM

Atlas Shrugged and Confederacy of Dunces are definitely not non-fiction.

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message 5: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jun 13, 2010 07:26AM

I'm going to remove those, for not being non-fiction.

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message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

Jun 13, 2010 09:17PM

I can't figure out how to remove books from the list, could you enlighten me?

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message 7: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Jun 14, 2010 10:23AM) (new)

Jun 14, 2010 10:22AM

You have to be a librarian to remove books, though anyone can remove their own vote for one.

Any other fiction lurking in there I didn't spot?

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message 8: by Richard (new)

Jul 21, 2010 04:44PM

New Dawn tells a story you will never forget -

New Dawn The Battles for Fallujah by Richard S. Lowry

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message 9: by Thom (new)

Aug 11, 2010 03:02PM

Susanna wrote: "You have to be a librarian to remove books, though anyone can remove their own vote for one.

Any other fiction lurking in there I didn't spot?"

IN COLD BLOOD is what its author called a "non-fiction" novel. Similarly, Jeff Shaara's Rise to Rebellion, although told in narrative form is as close to non-fiction as he could make it while maintaining the narrative thread. Maybe we should have a separate list ?

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message 10: by Thom (new)

Aug 11, 2010 03:06PM

THE DAY OF THE LOCUST !!!!??

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message 11: by Jerome (new)

Jul 17, 2012 02:46PM

"American Conspiracies?"
Please.

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message 12: by Jack (new)

Feb 17, 2013 05:20AM

Hi everyone,

I have created a new group called Goodreads All Sorts and I'd love for people to join it or just even just give it a look. It's a group that discusses anything and everything. There will be monthly group reads, movies, and music. There is a folder for everything you could think of. I'd really like if people could spread the word because I'd love for the group to be a success. Here is the link to the group:

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/9...

Thanks very much,
Jack :-)

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message 13: by Zumba (new)

Jun 30, 2013 05:50PM

Why is Mortenson still on this list? Fiction, pure fiction.

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message 14: by [deleted user] (new)

Jan 02, 2014 05:08AM

To Kill a Mockingbird and Animal Farm both removed as they are fiction.

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message 15: by [deleted user] (new)

Jan 06, 2014 11:14AM

Fifty Shades of Grey, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Jessica: The Little Girl Who Loves Jesus, and Sophie's World all removed as they are all fiction.

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message 16: by Elanna (last edited Apr 09, 2014 03:33PM) (new)

Apr 09, 2014 03:32PM

What about the two books of Khaled Hosseini? "The kite runner" and "One thousand splendid suns" are novels!
And where are the interesting books? I don't think that self-help best-sellers can be a canon of human thought, do you?
Not a single historian worth of the name... no philosophers... only a book ABOUT Chomsky... ???

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message 17: by Neva (new)

Jun 29, 2014 07:57PM

"The Help" is fiction. :)

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message 18: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 02, 2015 10:55AM) (new)

Jan 31, 2015 01:25AM

Snowdrops (currently #636) is not a work of non-fiction, as far as I'm aware... Anyone?

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message 19: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 02, 2015 11:10AM) (new)

Feb 02, 2015 11:02AM

Elanna wrote: " no philosophers..."

I voted for Bertrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy... Must have been added then after you added your message.

Someone must have deleted the two novels by Khaled Hosseini, as they don't seem to be there anymore.

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message 20: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 02, 2015 11:10AM) (new)

Feb 02, 2015 11:09AM

Neva wrote: ""The Help" is fiction. :)"

I checked the list, but it seems to have been deleted already.

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message 21: by Elyse✨ (last edited Nov 09, 2017 01:51PM) (new)

Nov 09, 2017 01:50PM

I deleted Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone #544, The Incredible Journey #559, and The Hunger Games #1322. All are fiction.

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message 22: by Barbara (new)

Mar 14, 2018 09:55AM

The Fault in Our Stars should be deleted

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message 23: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Mar 14, 2018 11:11AM

Barbara wrote: "The Fault in Our Stars should be deleted"

Which number is it at?

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message 24: by Barbara (new)

Mar 14, 2018 11:23AM

365 I believe

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message 25: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Mar 15, 2018 11:31PM) (new)

Mar 15, 2018 11:30PM

"Barbara wrote: The Fault in Our Stars should be deleted.
Booklovinglady wrote: Which number is it at?
Barbara wrote: 365 I believe"

Book has been deleted.

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message 26: by Barbara (new)

Mar 18, 2018 07:32AM

More fiction to delete: The Night Circus (1434), The Princess Bride (1463); The Fifth Wave (1415); Twilight (1490); A Visit from the Goon Squad (1582); Eleanor & Park (1283); All the Bright Places (1242); The World of Tomorrow (1132); Fangirl (1322); Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants (1194); and last but not least To Kill a Mockingbird! (1926).

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message 27: by Sally (new)

Sep 23, 2018 06:55PM

I deleted The Princess Bride. It looks like the other books listed above have been removed.

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message 28: by Abby (last edited Sep 24, 2018 11:47PM) (new)

Sep 24, 2018 11:47PM

this book is listed at least three times on the list... and probably shouldn't be included at all:
The Complete What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
by Barry Maz

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message 29: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Sep 25, 2018 07:58AM

Is it still on three times? I combined duplicates, but none were removed.

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message 30: by Abby (new)

Oct 04, 2018 11:57AM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Is it still on three times? I combined duplicates, but none were removed."

so far i've seen it twice...

and if you can delete Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand... that is definitely fiction.

thanks!

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message 31: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 04, 2018 04:19PM

Where on the list is it?

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message 32: by Sally (new)

Oct 04, 2018 05:43PM

Atlas Shrugged removed. (It was 422).

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message 33: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 04, 2018 06:03PM

Thanks, Sally.

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message 34: by Sean (new)

Jun 26, 2019 10:00AM

The Giving Tree, 1984 and Twilight can be removed.

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message 35: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jun 26, 2019 11:04AM) (new)

Jun 26, 2019 11:00AM

Sean wrote: "The Giving Tree, 1984 and Twilight can be removed."

Which numbers were they on? (25 pages is an awful lot to go through, for what might turn out to be a wild goose chase... See my previous comment)

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message 36: by Sally (last edited Jun 28, 2019 07:30AM) (new)

Jun 28, 2019 07:28AM

Removed The Giving Tree
and
The Lightning Thief

I don't see 1984 or Twilight.

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message 37: by Sean (last edited Aug 03, 2019 04:48PM) (new)

Aug 03, 2019 04:41PM

Twilight is currently #1806, page 19

1984 is currently #1491, page 16

Thanks!

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message 38: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Aug 03, 2019 05:07PM

Both removed.

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message 39: by John (new)

Jan 10, 2020 09:44AM

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is fiction.

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message 40: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jan 10, 2020 10:42AM) (new)

Jan 10, 2020 10:40AM

John wrote: "Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is fiction."

There are 27 pages at the moment; which number is it on?

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message 41: by John (new)

Jan 10, 2020 11:32AM

Booklovinglady wrote: "John wrote: "Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is fiction."

There are 27 pages at the moment; which number is it on?"

Sorry! Number 137 (page 2).

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message 42: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Jan 10, 2020 11:37PM

John wrote: "Sorry! Number 137 (page 2)."

Thanks 🙂 The book has been removed.

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message 43: by ♥ Marlene♥ (new)

Jan 24, 2020 02:19AM

I have removed The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas which was on 425 or something and is most definitely not nonfiction and 3 people had voted for.

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message 44: by Saturday's (new)

Apr 28, 2020 06:50PM

Wow, Chaos and Grime: A Year in the Life of a Chinese City is all over lots and lots of Goodreads lists - so much for people not spamming. What a shame these lists are spammed, those that do it really should take a look and themselves and feel ashamed.

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message 45: by Stephen (new)

Jul 17, 2020 10:19AM