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
267 books — 127 voters

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Overlooked Women of History
952 books — 226 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
Modern Science Nonfiction
444 books — 299 voters

15th Affair by James  Patterson
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
9/11 Books
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Thunder Dog by Michael Hingson
Best 9-11 Books
30 books — 45 voters

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgRamona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Favorite books from my childhood
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100 Best American Authors
751 books — 615 voters

Ramona the Pest by Beverly ClearyThe Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
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The Eagle Has Landed by Jack HigginsArmageddon by Leon UrisEye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Best 1940s Historical Fiction
382 books — 422 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.Dave Barry's Greatest Hits by Dave Barry
Best Humorous Books
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The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown11/22/63 by Stephen  KingThe Camel Club by David BaldacciBloodline by James Rollins
Conspiracy Fiction
1,297 books — 1,343 voters

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
46 books — 59 voters
The Constant Gardener by John le CarréThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythOur Man in Havana by Graham GreeneThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyA Man Called Intrepid by William Stevenson
Literary Spy Stories
206 books — 225 voters

The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyEye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Eagle Has Landed by Jack HigginsJackdaws by Ken Follett
Best Spy Novels
1,300 books — 2,262 voters
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Best War 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
Vietnam War Books
217 books — 128 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
9/11 Related
252 books — 227 voters

The Coldest Winter by David HalberstamThe Marines of Autumn by James Brady
Korean War
136 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
351 books — 158 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
Best Books on the Gospel
166 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
286 books — 65 voters


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