Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl StrayedHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas CahillThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanOutliers by Malcolm GladwellGod Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
Books Every Human Being Should Read
3,054 books — 2,101 voters
Julie and Julia by Julie PowellThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThe Color of Water by James   McBride
You Read a Book about What?
4,115 books — 2,294 voters

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleSh*t My Dad Says by Justin HalpernGulp by Mary RoachYou're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia DayThe Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
Most inspiring Nonfiction
2,666 books — 1,359 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanWhy We Sleep by Matthew WalkerHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Inspiring Books For All Ages
2,706 books — 1,515 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderFuriously Happy by Jenny  LawsonThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Inspiring Books
4,844 books — 3,671 voters
The Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonShrill by Lindy WestThe Disaster Artist by Greg SesteroThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Thought Provoking
2,957 books — 1,631 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsYou're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia DayThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneThe Color of Water by James   McBride
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,348 books — 4,729 voters