Freedom from Fear by David M. KennedyGotham by Edwin G. BurrowsPolio by David M. OshinskyAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonWhat Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe
Pulitzer Winners: History
106 books — 110 voters
Doomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainKindred by Octavia E. ButlerHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Time Travel
335 books — 287 voters

In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,985 voters
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality by John BoswellA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Centaur by John UpdikeJames Joyce by Richard EllmannAmerican Sphinx by Joseph J. Ellis
National Book Award Winners
241 books — 204 voters

The Prize by Daniel Yergin
Commoditgraphs
101 books — 29 voters

Doomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Anubis Gates by Tim PowersFallen Dragon by Peter F. HamiltonHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters

Bossism in Cincinnati by Henry Collier WrightMachine Made by Terry GolwayBoss Rule in South Texas by Evan AndersCapital, Coercion, and Crime by John T. SidelBoss Tweed by Kenneth D. Ackerman
Bossism and political machines
10 books — 3 voters
The Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiFrom Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman
Best Middle East Nonfiction
534 books — 373 voters

The Tangled Web by Michal ZalewskiThe Code Book by Simon SinghCrypto by Steven LevyThe Codebreakers by David Kahn
Information Security
80 books — 84 voters
Master of the Senate by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonReconstruction by Eric FonerAmerican Caesar by William Manchester
Best American History Books
2,121 books — 2,491 voters

And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
History of Science
485 books — 289 voters

A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,664 voters
The Last Lion by William ManchesterMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroHitler by Alan Bullock
Best Biographies
1,660 books — 2,941 voters

A Woman in Berlin by AnonymousThe Day of Battle by Rick AtkinsonThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
681 books — 496 voters
The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabeLong Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'NeillThe Gun by C.J. ChiversA Separate Peace by John Knowles
The darkest books I have ever read.
64 books — 14 voters

We by Yevgeny ZamyatinAnthem by Ayn Rand1984 by George OrwellA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,748 books — 25,989 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Apocalypses and Dystopias
895 books — 652 voters

The Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Kim Deitch
500 Essential Graphic Novels
939 books — 863 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Kim DeitchThe Book of Genesis by Robert CrumbJimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,765 voters

The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
Best Dark Humor
729 books — 1,631 voters
Dream Palace of the Arabs by Fouad AjamiThe Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
General Middle East/Islam
58 books — 19 voters


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