The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliWild Swans by Jung ChangMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Story of My Life by Helen Keller
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5,850 books — 6,372 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussLongitude by Dava Sobel
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,235 books — 8,067 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George Orwell
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31,677 books — 120,616 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Crucible by Arthur MillerThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
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7,899 books — 49,787 voters
Pompeii by Robert   HarrisI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Books About Ancient Rome
739 books — 1,086 voters