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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Catherine (56 Lists)



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 — 233 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)
49 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
277 books — 33 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
701 books — 151 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
371 books — 90 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
411 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
192 books — 46 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
107 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
182 books — 20 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
201 books — 21 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
181 books — 18 voters

Blue Nights by Joan Didion
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2011
152 books — 14 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
57 books — 14 voters

This Is Water by David Foster Wallace
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2009
70 books — 13 voters
102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2005
47 books — 12 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)
125 books — 15 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
352 books — 159 voters

Intimations by Zadie SmithThe Premonition by Michael Lewis
COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 Books
269 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
876 books — 128 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
129 books — 47 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
183 books — 22 voters

I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt
Best Picture Books
3,171 books — 2,060 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 — 151 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
114 books — 13 voters
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonRunning Scared by James W. SilverMississippi by James W. SilverCaste by Isabel WilkersonAt the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire
Southern History
193 books — 32 voters


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