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Alright, Alright, Alright by Melissa MaerzThree-Ring Circus by Jeff Pearlman
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2020
695 books — 144 voters
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden KeefeLeave the Gun, Take the Cannoli by Mark SealShooting Midnight Cowboy by Glenn FrankelWish It Lasted Forever by Dan ShaughnessyBlood and Treasure by Bob Drury
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2021
1,012 books — 200 voters

V Is For Victory by Craig NelsonThe Wager by David GrannMaking It So by Patrick StewartWhen the Game Was War by Rich CohenThe Big Time by Michael MacCambridge
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2023
1,337 books — 140 voters
Of Mikes and Men by Pete Van WierenPull Up a Chair by Curt Smith
Best Books About Sportscasters
27 books — 11 voters

Paradise Falls by Keith O'BrienComedy Comedy Comedy Drama by Bob OdenkirkScenes from My Life by Michael K. WilliamsFriends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew PerryI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2022
1,119 books — 179 voters
Paradise Falls by Keith O'Brien
History Published in Year: 2022
713 books — 85 voters

Live from New York by Tom ShalesI Want My MTV by Craig MarksThose Guys Have All the Fun by James Andrew MillerWelcome to Dunder Mifflin by Brian BaumgartnerThe Fifty-Year Mission by Mark A. Altman
Best Oral Histories
115 books — 15 voters
On the Road by Jack KerouacDeliverance by James DickeyThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyWatchmen by Alan Moore
Let's rank Time's Top 100 Novels
100 books — 29 voters

The Demonologist by Gerald BrittleThe Amityville Horror by Jay AnsonThe Entity by Frank De Felitta
Best Nonfiction Ghost Books
275 books — 146 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,167 books — 11,103 voters

American Nations by Colin WoodardForty Autumns by Nina WillnerDestiny of the Republic by Candice MillardThe President and the Assassin by Scott MillerHeirs of the Founders by H.W. Brands
Best History Books
3,636 books — 3,667 voters
In the Time of Bobby Cox by Lang WhitakerOf Mikes and Men by Pete Van WierenLiving on the Black by John FeinsteinBallplayer by Chipper JonesI Had a Hammer by Hank Aaron
Atlanta Braves baseball books (nonfiction)
78 books — 3 voters

1941 by Andrew NagorskiWhen the Irish Invaded Canada by Christopher KleinAppeasement by Tim BouverieThe First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer
History Published in Year: 2019
392 books — 114 voters
Live from New York by Tom ShalesI Want My MTV by Craig MarksThose Guys Have All the Fun by James Andrew MillerThirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss by Tom DavisThe Chris Farley Show by Tom Farley Jr.
Books about TV
295 books — 49 voters

Carrie by Stephen KingJaws by Peter BenchleyThe Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
The Movie was Scarier than the book
10 books — 5 voters
A Drinking Life by Pete HamillPost Office by Charles BukowskiFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonOn the Road by Jack KerouacFactotum by Charles Bukowski
Drunken Masters
279 books — 376 voters

Wait and See by Ruby Jean JensenCrawlspace by Herbert LiebermanSummer of Night by Dan SimmonsThe House by Bentley Little
Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror
798 books — 406 voters
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeLiterary Outlaw by Ted MorganThe Portable Beat Reader by Ann Charters
Beat Generation Literature
114 books — 47 voters

Barbarian Days by William FinneganThe Wave by Susan CaseyStealing the Wave by Andy Martin
Best Books on Surfing for Surfers
119 books — 126 voters
Leonard by William ShatnerThe Fifty-Year Mission by Mark A. AltmanMaking It So by Patrick StewartThe Fifty-Year Mission by Mark A. Altman
Where No Man Has Gone Before
32 books — 34 voters

Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael AzerradSpray Paint the Walls by Stevie ChickGet in the Van by Henry RollinsBroken Summers by Henry Rollins
Best punk books
125 books — 96 voters
Evil Eye by Ehren M. EhlyBlack Ice by Pat Graversen
Scary Book Covers
168 books — 72 voters

Damien by Joseph HowardThe Final Conflict by Gordon McGill
FAVORITE MOVIE-TIE-INS (NOVELIZATIONS)
154 books — 75 voters
Wait and See by Ruby Jean JensenSchoolhouse by Lee DuigonDown on the Farm by John StchurDew Claws by Stephen GreshamKeepers of the Beast by Jack MacLane
Zebra 1980's Horror Line
143 books — 40 voters

Beneath the Surface by John HargrovePirate Hunters by Robert KursonVoices in the Ocean by Susan CaseyBobby Wonderful by Bob MorrisBarbarian Days by William Finnegan
Best Adult Non-Fiction Books of 2015
79 books — 45 voters
No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry HopkinsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael AzerradWild Boy by Andy TaylorConcrete, Bulletproof, Invisible and Fried by Chris ConnellyGet in the Van by Henry Rollins
Best Biographies/Memoirs of Popular Musicians
293 books — 171 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
True Nautical Stories (Non-Fiction Only)
92 books — 51 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlBeneath the Surface by John HargroveThe Wave by Susan Casey
Shores, Coasts, Deltas, Estuaries, Bays, Open Ocean, and Deep Sea
274 books — 99 voters


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