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While Time Remains by Yeonmi ParkSpeaking for Myself by Sarah Huckabee SandersThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomConfessions by Augustine of HippoWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge
Must Read Memoirs
1,295 books — 1,096 voters
Extreme Ownership by Jocko WillinkMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklPrinciples by Ray Dalio12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. PetersonThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Best Self Help Books
2,359 books — 2,637 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellCode Red by Kyle MillsExecutive Orders by Tom ClancyDumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
1,493 books — 864 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandBonhoeffer by Eric MetaxasHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceLost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,245 books — 1,918 voters

Never Split the Difference by Chris VossTrump by Donald J. TrumpHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Best Business Books
1,075 books — 2,070 voters
Ghost on the Throne by James RommThe Twelve Caesars by SuetoniusThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonCicero by Anthony Everitt
Best Books About Ancient History
459 books — 128 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonWhite Fang by Jack LondonForty-Ninth by Boris PronskySitka by Louis L'AmourKlondike by Pierre Berton
Alaska Tales
384 books — 346 voters
As a Man Thinketh by James AllenThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillThe 16 Undeniable Laws of Communication by John C. MaxwellThe Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent PealeThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Best Positive Change Books
1,215 books — 823 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellEarth Abides by George R. Stewart
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 voters
The Travels by Marco PoloA Land So Strange by Andrés ReséndezThe Long Walk by Slavomir RawiczThe Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del CastilloA Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz
Best Historical Travel Journals
335 books — 239 voters

The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAnimal Farm by George OrwellBloodlands by Timothy SnyderOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Black Book of Communism by Stéphane Courtois
Communist Genocide
201 books — 60 voters
Fateful Destiny by Marshall AndersThe Camp of the Saints by Jean RaspailThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienPeople's Republic by Kurt SchlichterThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Right-wing Speculative Fiction
171 books — 46 voters

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieRich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. KiyosakiThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillAs a Man Thinketh by James Allen
Life Transformation Books
3,911 books — 3,114 voters
The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyThe Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom ClancyClear and Present Danger by Tom ClancyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers
Espionage
1,028 books — 1,067 voters

Lost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff
Books with Ratings from 40,000 - 50,000
369 books — 33 voters
A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
Books with Ratings from 50,000 - 60,000
286 books — 40 voters

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Books with Ratings from 60,000 - 70,000
244 books — 26 voters
The Call of the Wild / White Fang by Jack London
Books with Ratings from 70,000 - 80,000
221 books — 21 voters

The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
Books with ratings from 80 thousand to 90 thousand
274 books — 34 voters
The Magnolia Story by Chip Gaines
Books with ratings from 90 thousand to 100 thousand
299 books — 24 voters

The Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingClear and Present Danger by Tom ClancyThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales o... by Robert Louis StevensonAmerican Sniper by Chris Kyle
Books with ratings from 100 thousand to 150 thousand
919 books — 92 voters
Prince Caspian by C.S. LewisThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyOliver Twist by Charles DickensRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Books with ratings from 200,000 to 500,000
1,053 books — 150 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Half a million ratings to a million ratings
345 books — 168 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
One Million Ratings!
246 books — 1,087 voters

The Civil War by Shelby FooteThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynStalingrad by Antony BeevorThe Last Lion by William ManchesterThe Last Lion by William Manchester
History as Literature
751 books — 652 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,709 books — 3,134 voters

Executive Orders by Tom ClancyThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyRed Storm Rising by Tom ClancyThe Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff
Best Military Thrillers
173 books — 241 voters
Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
Superb Military Fiction/Thriller/Non Fiction
113 books — 117 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
All-Time Awesome Books
13,030 books — 9,086 voters
Just as I Am by Billy GrahamBorn Again by Charles W. ColsonIn God's Underground by Richard WurmbrandBruchko by Bruce OlsonFish Out of Water by Eric Metaxas
Memoirs by Men
1,805 books — 730 voters


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