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A Promised Land by Barack ObamaHollywood Park by Mikel JollettEat a Peach by David Chang
Memoir Published in Year: 2020
301 books — 89 voters
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
WWII Historic Fiction
1,505 books — 1,600 voters

A Girl Returned by Donatella Di PietrantonioThe Other Americans by Laila LalamiThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadNormal People by Sally Rooney
2020 Tournament of Books Long List
62 books — 55 voters
Donna Has Left the Building by Susan Jane Gilman
Goodreads Choice Awards 2019 (eligible for write-in only)
1,119 books — 1,361 voters

Educated by Tara WestoverAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesThe Fifth Risk by Michael LewisDopesick by Beth MacyThe Friend by Sigrid Nunez
NYT 100 Notable Books of 2018
100 books — 82 voters
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair LewisSavage Inequalities by Jonathan KozolBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesHillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
529 books — 284 voters

The Black Spider by Jeremias GotthelfEiger Dreams by Jon Krakauer
Beyond Heidi: Books Set In Switzerland
260 books — 87 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsPaper Towns by John GreenLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Giver by Lois LowryMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
2015: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2015
6,204 books — 1,529 voters

The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra$2.00 a Day by Kathryn J. EdinDo No Harm by Henry MarshBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesSpinster by Kate Bolick
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 205 voters
War in Val d'Orcia by Iris OrigoSaving Italy by Robert M. EdselPartisan Diary by Ada Gobetti
Favourite WW2 Books Set in Italy
98 books — 114 voters

The Working Poor by David K. ShiplerFire in the Ashes by Jonathan KozolNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichNo Shame in My Game by Katherine S. NewmanAmazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol
Books on Poverty and Inequality
237 books — 160 voters
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,532 books — 5,709 voters

The Taste of War by Lizzie Collingham
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2012 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 505 voters
The Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
Italy
1,019 books — 540 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWinter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom
Spain
514 books — 245 voters
Truman by David McCulloughI Am the Clay by Chaim Potok
Best Books of 1992
509 books — 202 voters

Great Expectations by Charles DickensPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books Ever
78,615 books — 292,934 voters
Swiss Watching by Diccon BewesThe Black Spider by Jeremias GotthelfHeidi by Johanna Spyri
Before You Visit Switzerland
36 books — 22 voters

A Street in Marrakech by Elizabeth Warnock FerneaHope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila LalamiSecret Son by Laila LalamiLeaving Tangier by Tahar Ben Jelloun
Before You Visit Morocco
18 books — 13 voters
A Street in Marrakech by Elizabeth Warnock FerneaSecret Son by Laila LalamiHope And Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami
Books Set in Morocco
140 books — 107 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,688 books — 124,209 voters
Stasiland by Anna FunderIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Berlin
316 books — 187 voters

The Last Lion by William ManchesterThe Last Lion by William ManchesterThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroIn Europe by Geert Mak
Best History Books
3,992 books — 4,384 voters
The Last Lion by William ManchesterThe Last Lion by William ManchesterThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroNight by Elie WieselTruman by David McCullough
History as Literature
749 books — 656 voters

The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,874 books — 49,838 voters
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerGilead by Marilynne RobinsonProdigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,263 books — 28,372 voters

Testament of Youth by Vera BrittainWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneDavid Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,876 books — 7,000 voters