Boy by Roald DahlSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanThe Color of Water by James   McBride
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,101 books — 1,950 voters
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonSelected Poems by Langston Hughes
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,138 voters

Land by Simon WinchesterSensational by Kim ToddThe Light of Days by Judy BatalionWomen in White Coats by Olivia CampbellThe Barbizon by Paulina Bren
History Published in Year: 2021
581 books — 111 voters

Consequences of Capitalism by Noam ChomskyA People’s Green New Deal by Max AjlSpeechless by Michael J. KnowlesLessons from the Edge by Marie YovanovitchThe Reckoning by Mary L. Trump
Politics Published in Year: 2021
287 books — 26 voters
The Assault on Reason by Al Gore
American Studies 101
83 books — 21 voters

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo FreireLies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al FrankenThe Assault on Reason by Al GoreThe Republican War on Science by Chris C. MooneyChavs by Owen   Jones
Best Progressive Reads
1,063 books — 710 voters
Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight
Breaking Brown Book Reads
98 books — 55 voters

The Spiral Staircase by Karen ArmstrongDevil in the Details by Jennifer TraigLeap of Faith by Queen NoorLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren  HoughYes Please by Amy Poehler
Memoirs by Women
3,016 books — 3,031 voters
Thinking In Pictures by Temple GrandinDon't Let It Get You Down Syndrome by S.K. Dinning
autism: fiction AND non-fiction
254 books — 234 voters

Under a White Sky by Elizabeth KolbertYou'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber RuffinThe Soul of a Woman by Isabel AllendeA Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George SaundersThe Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2021
1,014 books — 202 voters
The Doctors Blackwell by Janice P. Nimura
Feminism Published in Decade: 2020s
103 books — 16 voters

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Best American History Books
2,124 books — 2,495 voters

Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard HofstadterDevil in the Grove by Gilbert KingCommon Ground by J. Anthony Lukas
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters
The Prophet by Kahlil GibranA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftThe Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanDialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Galileo GalileiThe Aeneid by Virgil
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,285 voters

All the Countries by Stuart LaycockWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeThe Prize by Daniel YerginJohn Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCullough
Best History Books
3,709 books — 3,739 voters
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenA Different Mirror by Ronald TakakiPushout by Monique W. MorrisDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaRobert Parris Moses by Laura Visser-Maessen
Black/Latino Ed
63 books — 8 voters

Inside American Education by Thomas SowellOur Kids by Robert D. PutnamOfficial Encouragement, Institutional Discouragement by William G. TierneyUntil Proven Innocent by Stuart Taylor Jr.Presumed Incompetent by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs
Controversies in Higher Education
171 books — 43 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadSo You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma OluoTears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric DysonJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonMarch by John             Lewis
Immigrant Justice & Anti-Racism
129 books — 31 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,375 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Martian by Andy WeirAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrRoom by Emma DonoghueThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,181 voters



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