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Caste by Isabel WilkersonA Woman of No Importance by Sonia PurnellShe Has Her Mother's Laugh by Carl ZimmerSecondhand Time by Svetlana AlexievichBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,221 books — 970 voters
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,833 books — 2,225 voters

Bossypants by Tina FeyThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Ultimate List of Audio Books
323 books — 155 voters
Hexed by Kevin HearneHammered by Kevin Hearne
Best of Audiobooks: Urban Fantasy
117 books — 95 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddDune by Frank HerbertThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Awesome Audible Books
266 books — 132 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandOutliers by Malcolm GladwellThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Best Nonfiction Audio Books
447 books — 282 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Audio Books
322 books — 297 voters
Tell No One by Harlan CobenThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 22,167 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonOutliers by Malcolm GladwellUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,256 books — 8,072 voters
The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn R. SaksBonhoeffer by Eric MetaxasThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,044 books — 1,347 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionThe Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,176 books — 2,299 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,712 books — 3,653 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
All-Time Awesome Books
12,435 books — 8,130 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneRoom by Emma Donoghue
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters

Three Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Inspiring True Stories
286 books — 376 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterThe Way Things Ought to Be by Rush LimbaughSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,638 books — 5,991 voters

The Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Help by Kathryn StockettLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,367 voters