Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny  LawsonHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshHolidays on Ice by David SedarisI'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill  Bryson
Books that Make you Laugh
3,568 books — 5,140 voters
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersAn American Tragedy by Theodore DreiserAngels in America by Tony KushnerThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,108 voters

Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe Sellout by Paul BeattyLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
63 books — 2,008 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirGuns, Germs and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirMary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser
The Big Non-fiction
205 books — 90 voters

The Official Preppy Handbook by Lisa BirnbachThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Best of Prep
20 books — 46 voters
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyAlmost French by Sarah TurnbullMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz
Best Paris Stories
113 books — 200 voters

The Sweet Life in Paris by David LebovitzThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyAlmost French by Sarah TurnbullMy Paris Dream by Kate Betts
Life in France
293 books — 82 voters

Madeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Sweet Life in Paris by David LebovitzInspired by Paris by Jordan PhillipsAlmost French by Sarah TurnbullAnatole by Eve Titus
All Things French
460 books — 49 voters
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  Bryson
Modern Science Nonfiction
479 books — 387 voters

Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Books White People Need to Read
1,464 books — 1,846 voters
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
2016 Best Books
288 books — 410 voters

The Art Instinct by Denis DuttonMaking the Mummies Dance by Thomas Hoving
Best Art and Art History Books
807 books — 346 voters

Grave Matters by Mark   HarrisSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Thanatopsis: Death, Dying, and Mortality
594 books — 268 voters
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCannRules of Civility by Amor Towles
Tales of New York City
1,750 books — 1,337 voters

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomerySmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyDeath's Acre by William M. BassGrave Matters by Mark   Harris
You Read a Book about What?
4,158 books — 2,570 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyHunting and Gathering by Anna GavaldaMadeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Books About Paris
724 books — 582 voters

Champagne Supernovas by Maureen CallahanGrace by Grace CoddingtonIsabella Blow by Martina RinkThe Beautiful Fall by Alicia DrakeFashionable Selby by Selby Todd
Fashion
57 books — 34 voters
Overdressed by Elizabeth L. ClineCheap by Ellen Ruppel ShellDeluxe by Dana Thomas
Books on Shopping (Non Fiction)
26 books — 22 voters

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
I Love New York City
611 books — 382 voters
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,415 books — 8,188 voters



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