Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Catherine (59 Lists)



Borrowed Time by Paul MonetteConduct Unbecoming by Randy Shilts
The AIDS Generation
14 books — 3 voters
Borrowed Time by Paul MonetteGeography of the Heart by Fenton JohnsonMy Own Country by Abraham VergheseSomeone Was Here by George WhitmoreBorrowed Time / Love Alone / Becoming a Man by Paul Monette
Living with HIV and AIDS
91 books — 23 voters

Mississippi Sissy by Kevin SessumsBecoming a Man by Paul MonetteSummer of Deliverance by Christopher DickeyDress Codes by Noelle Howey
Coming-of-Age Memoirs
470 books — 328 voters
At the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire
Black Studies
102 books — 10 voters

And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsBorrowed Time by Paul MonetteMillennium Approaches by Tony KushnerThe Hours by Michael CunninghamHow to Survive a Plague by David France
Best Books about HIV/AIDS (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
345 books — 238 voters
Fairyland by Alysia AbbottAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsHow to Survive a Plague by David FranceBorrowed Time by Paul MonetteBody Counts by Sean Strub
Memoirs and Autobiographies About the 1980s HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the US (nonfiction)
53 books — 13 voters

Columbine by Dave CullenThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFish by T.J. Parsell102 Minutes by Jim DwyerThe Center Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 2000s
389 books — 54 voters
Hidden Valley Road by Robert KolkerA Promised Land by Barack ObamaToo Much and Never Enough by Mary L. TrumpCaste by Isabel WilkersonHis Very Best by Jonathan Alter
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2020
734 books — 164 voters

Catch and Kill by Ronan FarrowThe Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. GraffMe by Elton JohnShe Said by Jodi KantorMidnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2019
401 books — 97 voters
Educated by Tara WestoverI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraBad Blood by John CarreyrouBecoming by Michelle ObamaThe Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2018
444 books — 201 voters

Killers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreThe Road to Jonestown by Jeff GuinnI Can't Breathe by Matt TaibbiLogical Family by Armistead Maupin
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2017
234 books — 65 voters
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahEvicted by Matthew DesmondThe Sound of Gravel by Ruth WarinerThe Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2016
148 books — 20 voters

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesChasing the Scream by Johann HariPetty by Warren ZanesNegroland by Margo JeffersonGhettoside by Jill Leovy
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2015
211 books — 31 voters
Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonA Deadly Wandering by Matt RichtelThe Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff HobbsBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeThe Wild Truth by Carine McCandless
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2014
239 books — 34 voters

The Death of Santini by Pat ConroyFive Days at Memorial by Sheri FinkMen We Reaped by Jesmyn WardA House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2013
207 books — 30 voters
Blue Nights by Joan Didion
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2011
177 books — 26 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Skloot RebeccaThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2010
95 books — 24 voters
This Is Water by David Foster Wallace
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2009
98 books — 22 voters

102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2005
70 books — 14 voters
The Premonition by Michael LewisHow to Survive a Plague by David FranceThe Plague Year by Lawrence WrightThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Pandemics and Epidemics (nonfiction)
134 books — 20 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsFive Days at Memorial by Sheri FinkAs Nature Made Him by John Colapinto
History of Medicine
362 books — 169 voters
Intimations by Zadie SmithThe Premonition by Michael Lewis
COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 Books
275 books — 108 voters

The Premonition by Michael LewisThe Plague Year by Lawrence WrightThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryBreathless by David Quammen
Coronavirus Reading List
158 books — 17 voters
Disillusioned by Benjamin Herold
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2024
888 books — 140 voters

One Way Back by Christine Blasey FordComing Home by Brittney Griner
Fresh Air from NPR, 2024
72 books — 2 voters
Becoming a Man by Paul Monette
LGBTQ+ Memoirs
133 books — 55 voters

At the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuireI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonGhettoside by Jill Leovy
Books to Help You Learn About and Support #BlackLivesMatter
184 books — 23 voters
I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt
Best Picture Books
3,421 books — 2,276 voters

The Mezzanine by Nicholson BakerCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Awakening by Kate ChopinLord of the Flies by William Golding
55 great books under 200 pages
48 books — 10 voters
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controllin... by Lundy Bancroft
books to radicalise your mother
6 books — 2 voters


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