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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
6,488 books — 7,650 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,817 books — 6,178 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
3,988 books — 4,289 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,854 books — 4,031 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,595 books — 3,475 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Memoirs by Women
3,292 books — 3,462 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Biographies
1,756 books — 3,269 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFirst Time Dad by James MacdonaldLean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,495 books — 2,967 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
2,244 books — 2,918 voters
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
2,225 books — 2,667 voters

Lover Awakened by J.R. WardDark Lover by J.R. WardLover Unbound by J.R. WardLover Avenged by J.R. WardLover Eternal by J.R. Ward
SCARS ARE SEXY- Books with imperfect/disfigured/disabled heroes
2,030 books — 2,610 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,236 books — 2,499 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtNight by Elie WieselEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,226 books — 2,237 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1,950 books — 2,012 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,193 books — 1,931 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsViciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Three Witches and The Master by Max NowazBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara Pascoe
Favourite young adult books
1,754 books — 1,759 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,872 books — 1,743 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherAn Accidental Philanthropist by Winsome Dunn McIntoshQuiet by Susan Cain
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,160 books — 1,726 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,425 books — 1,704 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,197 books — 1,637 voters

Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingYes Please by Amy PoehlerLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny LawsonAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Funny Women Memoirs
490 books — 1,631 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisBossypants by Tina FeyFirst Time Dad by James MacdonaldDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
999 books — 1,557 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth Schmitt
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
4,143 books — 1,538 voters
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilJust Kids by Patti SmithChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanLife by Keith RichardsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,488 books — 1,408 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tales of New York City
1,735 books — 1,334 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanSingle at Heart by Bella DePaulo
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,290 books — 1,294 voters

An Accidental Philanthropist by Winsome Dunn McIntoshPlaying Ball by Vernon DavisLearn, Labor, Love, Laugh - Live by Paul MacVittieLearn, Labor, Love, Laugh - Live by Dr Paul F MacvittieLearn, Labor, Love, Laugh by Dr Paul F Macvittie
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,419 books — 1,292 voters
No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry HopkinsThe Dirt by Tommy LeeThe Heroin Diaries by Nikki SixxLife by Keith RichardsSlash by Slash
Best Books on Rock and Roll
907 books — 1,287 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
747 books — 1,131 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Notable Atheist Books
589 books — 1,003 voters

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