Mississippi Sissy by Kevin SessumsBecoming a Man by Paul MonetteSummer of Deliverance by Christopher DickeyDress Codes by Noelle Howey
Coming-of-Age Memoirs
439 books — 237 voters
At the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire
Black Studies
102 books — 10 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
369 books — 40 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
725 books — 152 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 — 91 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
436 books — 194 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
228 books — 50 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
146 books — 17 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
205 books — 24 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
234 books — 26 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
200 books — 23 voters
Blue Nights by Joan Didion
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2011
173 books — 19 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
92 books — 19 voters
This Is Water by David Foster Wallace
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2009
96 books — 18 voters

102 Minutes by Jim  Dwyer
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2005
70 books — 13 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)
127 books — 16 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
355 books — 163 voters
Intimations by Zadie SmithThe Premonition by Michael   Lewis
COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 Books
272 books — 106 voters

The Premonition by Michael   LewisThe Plague Year by Lawrence WrightThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryBreathless by David Quammen
Coronavirus Reading List
156 books — 16 voters
Disillusioned by Benjamin  Herold
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2024
883 books — 131 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
131 books — 54 voters

I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt
Best Picture Books
3,194 books — 2,098 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

Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controllin... by Lundy   BancroftNo Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise SnyderThe Verbally Abusive Relationship by Patricia Evans
Domestic Violence Essential Reads
90 books — 157 voters
In Sheep's Clothing by George K. Simon Jr.No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise SnyderEmotional Vampires at Work by Albert J. BernsteinA Dance with the Devil by Barbara BentleyWhy Is It Always About You? by Sandy Hotchkiss
Relational Aggression
113 books — 12 voters


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