The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Violinist's Thumb by Sam Kean
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Jesse by Jesse Owens
The Olympic Games
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Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Overlooked Women of History
958 books — 244 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Can't Wait Books of 2016
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Report from Ground Zero by Dennis  SmithExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThunder Dog by Michael Hingson102 Minutes by Jim  Dwyer
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Thunder Dog by Michael Hingson
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31 books — 47 voters

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Ramona the Pest by Beverly ClearyThe Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
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The Eagle Has Landed by Jack HigginsArmageddon by Leon UrisEye of the Needle by Ken Follett
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The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown11/22/63 by Stephen  KingThe Camel Club by David BaldacciBloodline by James Rollins
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The Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Best Cold War Spy Books
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Literary Spy Stories
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Best Spy Novels
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienVietnam by Stanley Karnow
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220 books — 130 voters
102 Minutes by Jim  DwyerReport from Ground Zero by Dennis  SmithLast Man Down by Richard PicciottoFather Mychal Judge by Michael    FordPortraits by The New York Times
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The Coldest Winter by David HalberstamThe Marines of Autumn by James Brady
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132 books — 52 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingScurvy by Stephen R. BownMadame Curie by Ève Curie
History of Science
485 books — 289 voters

The Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonPolio by David M. OshinskyThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
History of Medicine
352 books — 159 voters

Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich BonhoefferThe Pursuit of God by A.W. TozerDesiring God by John      PiperAll of Grace by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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170 books — 116 voters
How the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur HermanThe Celts by Peter Berresford EllisScotland by Rosemary GoringThe Campbells 1250 - 1513 by Stephen Ian BoardmanBraveheart by Randall Wallace
Scottish History
287 books — 66 voters


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