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John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
3,491 books — 3,594 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,413 books — 3,464 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Biographies
1,540 books — 2,931 voters
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
2,006 books — 2,461 voters

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,067 books — 2,355 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,750 books — 1,849 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonStiff by Mary RoachGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
3,553 books — 1,804 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
3,823 books — 1,690 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,019 books — 1,480 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyNight by Elie WieselThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
Thought Provoking
2,583 books — 1,347 voters

The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCollected Writings by Thomas Paine
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
930 books — 1,097 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan Cain
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,020 books — 981 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Ultimate Human Secrets - The Hidden Power in our Mysterio... by Ramzi NajjarThe You Beyond You - The Knowledge of the Willing by Ramzi NajjarTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Horizon Expanding Books
898 books — 772 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellSaint Richard Parker by Merlin FrancoBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man by Jonas Jonasson
Best Social and Political Satires
480 books — 703 voters

The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen CorasantiMornings in Jenin by Susan AbulhawaGaza Writes Back by Refaat AlareerThe Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan PappéI Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti
Books on the Israel Palestine Conflict (fiction and nonfiction)
405 books — 687 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Progressive Reads
1,023 books — 676 voters

Angels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownBlack Fire by William Kely McClungNever by Ken FollettThe Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
1,287 books — 613 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek
Best Books For Freedom Lovers
802 books — 521 voters

1984 by George OrwellDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Philosophical Science Fiction
398 books — 464 voters
The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Republic by PlatoHonor and Polygamy by Omar FarhadPolitics by AristotleThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
Politics
456 books — 455 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieRebecca by Daphne du MaurierHer by Jane Jesmond
Twists And Turns
488 books — 442 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. MassieGulag by Anne Applebaum
Best Russian History Books
537 books — 386 voters

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinAnarchism and Other Essays by Emma GoldmanV for Vendetta by Alan MooreChomsky On Anarchism by Noam ChomskyThe Conquest of Bread by Pyotr Kropotkin
Anarchist books
449 books — 372 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSome Boys by Patty BlountThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangThe V Girl by Mya Robarts
Breaking the Silence: Talking About Violence Against Women
462 books — 358 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
Corruption in High Places
403 books — 331 voters
The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxDas Kapital by Karl MarxThe State and Revolution by Vladimir LeninReform or Revolution by Rosa LuxemburgSocialism by Friedrich Engels
Socialist Classics
403 books — 318 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
521 books — 298 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Left-wing Science Fiction and Fantasy
339 books — 285 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellTerm Limits by Steve PowellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
FICTION Books That Opened Your Eyes to a Social or Political Issue
384 books — 280 voters
I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingLean In by Sheryl SandbergThe Reason I Jump by Naoki HigashidaThe Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Books Rec'd By The Daily Show
366 books — 270 voters

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