My Life in France by Julia ChildBlood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle HamiltonUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances MayesKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Food Memoirs
52 books — 27 voters
Hamnet by Maggie O'FarrellThe Mirror & the Light by Hilary MantelMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Historical Fiction 2020
369 books — 521 voters

Old Filth by Jane GardamMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerrantePure by Andrew  MillerThe Story of a New Name by Elena FerranteThe Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante
Europa Edition Books
126 books — 140 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,186 books — 117,777 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books Ever
74,780 books — 277,436 voters
City of Girls by Elizabeth GilbertOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonCatch and Kill by Ronan FarrowThe Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of 2019
1,403 books — 1,967 voters

The Artist's Way by Julia CameronBird by Bird by Anne LamottMaking a Literary Life by Carolyn See
Best Books on Creative Life
502 books — 616 voters
Miss Rumphius by Barbara CooneyVoice of Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
Picture Books About Outstanding Women
701 books — 169 voters

The Library Book by Susan OrleanI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraEducated by Tara WestoverFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightSo You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
2018 Non-male Non-Fiction
304 books — 147 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiMy Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,491 books — 1,361 voters

The Curious Garden by Peter  BrownThe Carrot Seed by Ruth KraussThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Best Picture Books About Gardens
383 books — 160 voters
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussHow to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You by Matthew Inman
Great Cat Books
1,564 books — 952 voters

Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. TrumpEverything Trump Touches Dies by Rick    WilsonThe Threat by Andrew G. McCabeFire and Fury by Michael  WolffFear by Bob Woodward
Trump Tell-alls
256 books — 75 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
510 books — 2,273 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyResurrection by Leo Tolstoy
The Best of Tolstoy
31 books — 445 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. FeynmanSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,830 books — 3,587 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraCirce by Madeline MillerBecoming by Michelle Obama
Best Books of 2018
1,655 books — 2,960 voters

Travels by Paul Bowles
10 travel books by LER
7 books — 3 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Women Around the World
1,157 books — 429 voters

Black Beauty by Anna SewellDog Medicine by Julie Barton
Best Animal Books of All Time!
206 books — 70 voters
Another Life by Michael KordaThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterPersonal History by Katharine GrahamThe Lady with the Borzoi by Laura Claridge
Books about Publishing History
93 books — 13 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida TarbellCommon Sense by Thomas PaineUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Books That Changed Hearts and Minds
15 books — 11 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,515 books — 3,524 voters

A Thousand Lives by Julia ScheeresStories from Jonestown by Leigh Fondakowski
JIM JONES & JONESTOWN
94 books — 21 voters
Golden Days by Carolyn See
Novels Set in California
910 books — 367 voters


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