To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Twentieth Century American Novels
299 books — 227 voters
1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
Must Read Books- Different Genres
13,867 books — 10,002 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinLincoln by David Herbert DonaldManhunt by James L. SwansonLincoln by Gore VidalBloody Crimes by James L. Swanson
Best Books About Abraham Lincoln
109 books — 117 voters

Retreat from Gettysburg by Kent Masterson BrownGettysburg by Allen C. GuelzoOne Continuous Fight by Eric J. Wittenberg
Books about the Gettysburg Campaign
18 books — 4 voters
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by E.B. LongSouthern Storm by Noah Andre TrudeauThe Passing of Armies by Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainThis Terrible Sound by Peter CozzensThe Shipwreck of Their Hopes by Peter Cozzens
Best Books on the Union War Effort
111 books — 6 voters

Terrible Swift Sword by Bruce CattonThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara1861 by Adam GoodheartBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Civil War, Vol. 1 by Shelby Foote
Best Civil War Books
64 books — 7 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraGods and Generals by Jeff ShaaraNorth and South by John JakesThe Black Flower by Howard Bahr
Civil War Era Historical Fiction
99 books — 64 voters
Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonA Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce CattonLee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southall FreemanTerrible Swift Sword by Bruce CattonLandscape Turned Red by Stephen W. Sears
U.S. Civil War
207 books — 26 voters

Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Civil War, Vol. 1 by Shelby FooteTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara1861 by Adam Goodheart
Civil War Bookshelf
195 books — 33 voters
The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Last Full Measure by Jeff ShaaraGods and Generals by Jeff ShaaraNorth and South by John Jakes
Great Fiction for Civil War Buffs
38 books — 43 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraCold Mountain by Charles FrazierGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen CraneThe Black Flower by Howard Bahr
Civil War Novels
147 books — 74 voters

Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Civil War by Shelby FooteConfederates by Thomas KeneallyA Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,126 books — 2,363 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowThomas Jefferson by Jon MeachamRebel Yell by S.C. Gwynne
Best Biographies
1,661 books — 2,944 voters
A Time to Kill by John GrishamGorky Park by Martin Cruz SmithThe Charm School by Demille NelsonThe Key to Rebecca by Ken FollettPresumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Best Mysteries from the 1980s
202 books — 92 voters

The Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythFlowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
Best Mysteries from the 1970s
252 books — 86 voters
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson BraunThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson BraunThe Cat Who Turned On and Off by Lilian Jackson Braun
Best Mysteries from the 1960s
30 books — 17 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichHot Six by Janet EvanovichThree to Get Deadly by Janet EvanovichHigh Five by Janet Evanovich
Best Humorous Books
4,328 books — 7,903 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellAnimal Farm / 1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,983 voters

One for the Money by Janet EvanovichThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithTrack of the Cat by Nevada BarrA is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
Modern Women Sleuths for Mystery Lovers
317 books — 96 voters
One for the Money by Janet EvanovichTwo for the Dough by Janet EvanovichThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonThree to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
Kick ass female sleuths!
403 books — 194 voters

One for the Money by Janet EvanovichThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith1st to Die by James  PattersonA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonPostmortem by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Women Sleuths
226 books — 122 voters
Murder, She Barked by Krista DavisWish You Were Here by Rita Mae BrownThe Ghost and Mrs. Mewer by Krista DavisThe Cat Who Knew a Cardinal by Lilian Jackson BraunDog on It by Spencer Quinn
Best Pet Mystery Series
151 books — 112 voters


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