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Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,838 books — 2,540 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,192 books — 1,671 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
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonWith the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
660 books — 492 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerHiroshima by John HerseyUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
647 books — 449 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
World War II Fiction & Non-fiction
708 books — 354 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootRejected Princesses by Jason PorathThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreGood Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena FavilliHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Overlooked Women of History
910 books — 202 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Learn About History
455 books — 184 voters

1984 by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenAnimal Farm by George Orwell
The Best Social Studies Library List
233 books — 178 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassieMarie Antoinette by Antonia FraserEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
Biographies of Significant Historical Women
535 books — 171 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyBoot by Charles L. TempletonThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Counter-Culture of the 1960s (fiction and nonfiction)
410 books — 171 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond
Big History
255 books — 108 voters

A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanStasiland by Anna Funder
The Cold War (nonfiction)
350 books — 94 voters
Pleyn Delit by Sharon ButlerThe Little House Cookbook by Barbara M. WalkerThe Medieval Kitchen by Odile RedonCookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by ApiciusMrs Beeton's Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton
Historical Cookery
307 books — 83 voters

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos CastanedaLakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog
1968 - The year that rocked the world (fiction and nonfiction)
232 books — 73 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Crucible by Arthur MillerOn the Road by Jack KerouacPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
1949-89: A History Lesson By Billy Joel
178 books — 69 voters

Salt by Mark KurlanskyCod by Mark KurlanskyUncommon Grounds by Mark PendergrastBreakfast by Heather Arndt AndersonThe Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Food & Drink Histories (nonfiction)
191 books — 39 voters
1491 by Charles C. MannThe Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrieIron Kingdom by Christopher ClarkIndia by John KeayAfrica by John Reader
World History AP 2013
188 books — 27 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichCode Girls by Liza MundyMaiden Voyages by Siân EvansThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreWitches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich
Women's Work
198 books — 14 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonHiroshima by John HerseyUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Read-Alikes: If You Liked "Killers of the Flower Moon..."
49 books — 12 voters

With the Old Breed by E.B. SledgeIf You Survive by George WilsonThe Forgotten Soldier by Guy SajerHelmet for My Pillow by Robert LeckieGoodbye, Darkness by William Manchester
World War II Combat Memoirs (nonfiction)
53 books — 11 voters
Twopence to Cross the Mersey by Helen ForresterAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtGrowing Up by Russell BakerA Girl from Yamhill by Beverly ClearyThe Dream by Harry Bernstein
Great Depression Memoirs
43 books — 11 voters

White Fragility by Robin DiAngeloBeloved by Toni MorrisonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Sum of Us by Heather McGheeBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Staff Picks: Black History Month Reads
99 books — 5 voters
Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonSay Their Names by Curtis BunnFour Hundred Souls by Ibram X. KendiBuses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonHow the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
History by African-Americans Published in Year: 2021
20 books — 3 voters

Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonCaste by Isabel WilkersonFour Hundred Souls by Ibram X. KendiOlympic Pride, American Prejudice by Deborah Riley DraperThe Three Mothers by Anna Malaika Tubbs
History by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2020s
31 books — 3 voters
The Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Library Book by Susan OrleanLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Staff Picks: History
100 books — 3 voters

Florida’s Changing Waters by Lynne BuchananNets & Doors by Jack LeighExposure by Robert BilottThe Flow by Amy-Jane BeerWhose Water Is It, Anyway? by Maude Barlow
International Holidays: World Water Day (March 22)
197 books — 2 voters
Caste by Isabel WilkersonOverground Railroad by Candacy A. TaylorVanguard by Martha S. JonesDriving While Black by Gretchen SorinBlack Diamond Queens by Maureen Mahon
History by African-Americans Published in Year: 2020
17 books — 1 voter

Sid Meier's Memoir! by Sid MeierCentauri Dawn by Michael ElyTwilight of the Mind by Michael ElyDragon Sun by Michael ElyCivilisations by Laurent Binet
Books for Players of Sid Meier's Civilization Games
28 books — 1 voter
The Assassination of Lumumba by Ludo De WitteChallenge of the Congo by Kwame NkrumahChief of Station, Congo by Larry DevlinThe Rise And Fall of Patrice Lumumba by Thomas R. KanzaCongo, My Country by Patrice Lumumba
Friends of the Congo Reading List
30 books — 1 voter

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