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The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirWomen's Work by Elizabeth Wayland BarberCleopatra by Stacy SchiffSex with Kings by Eleanor HermanSex with the Queen by Eleanor Herman
Women's History Written By Women
970 books — 188 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangMina and the Undead by Amy McCawCompetitive Grieving by Nora ZelevanskyBridge of Souls by Victoria E. SchwabLast One to Die by Cynthia Murphy
Anticipated Books of 2021
228 books — 174 voters

Bossypants by Tina FeyYes Please by Amy PoehlerLean In by Sheryl Sandberg#Girlboss by Sophia AmorusoIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Best Career Advice by Women for Women
115 books — 167 voters
Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint HillRobert Kennedy by Evan ThomasFive Days in November by Clint HillBrothers by David TalbotJackie, Ethel, Joan by J. Randy Taraborrelli
Books About the Kennedy Family (Non-Fiction)
201 books — 148 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThis Childhood of Mine by Laura Meer BarkleyRunning with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Coming-of-Age Memoirs
232 books — 146 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyThe Merchant of Stories by Dipa SanataniLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskySteve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Best Entrepreneurship Inspiring books
90 books — 136 voters

The Botany of Desire by Michael PollanThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererLab Girl by Hope JahrenThe Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart
Nonfiction Books about Plants
411 books — 135 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Big Sea by Langston HughesDust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale HurstonI Wonder as I Wander by Langston HughesThe Life of Langston Hughes by Arnold Rampersad
Author Biographies and Memoirs
424 books — 124 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBlack Elk Speaks by John G. NeihardtEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneLakota Woman by Mary Crow DogWhere White Men Fear to Tread by Russell Means
Native American Biography (nonfiction)
429 books — 121 voters
Dear Teddy by J.D. StockholmGoodbye Teddy by J.D. StockholmTelling Teddy by J.D. StockholmStupid Boy by J.D. StockholmA Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
trauma biographies
93 books — 120 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichEvicted by Matthew DesmondJourney to the West by Biao WangMaid by Stephanie LandThe Working Poor by David K. Shipler
Books on Poverty and Inequality
213 books — 111 voters
The Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria E. SchwabThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettAnxious People by Fredrik BackmanThe Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
2021: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2021
1,295 books — 107 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonRosalind Franklin by Brenda MaddoxLab Girl by Hope JahrenIn the Shadow of Man by Jane GoodallNobel Prize Women in Science by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Female Scientists
170 books — 105 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainThe Prince and the Pauper by Mark TwainLife on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
Best of Mark Twain
48 books — 104 voters

Number the Stars by Lois LowryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best Young Adult Holocaust/WWII Books
86 books — 104 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieTrain to Pakistan by Khushwant SinghCracking India by Bapsi Sidhwaतमस by Bhisham SahniWhat the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin
Books about the Indian Subcontinental Partition (fiction and nonfiction)
89 books — 97 voters

A Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayWill in the World by Stephen GreenblattI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellOut of Africa / Shadows on the Grass by Isak Dinesen
Literary biographies
475 books — 95 voters
Educated by Tara WestoverBecoming by Michelle ObamaThe Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray HintonA Higher Loyalty by James ComeyEloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
Memoir Published in Year: 2018
153 books — 92 voters

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori GottliebOur Symphony with Animals by Aysha AkhtarLong Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira MaddenMaid by Stephanie LandRock Needs River by Vanessa McGrady
Memoir Published in Year: 2019
108 books — 90 voters
The War on Normal People by Andrew YangShortest Way Home by Pete ButtigiegOur Revolution by Bernie SandersThe Truths We Hold by Kamala HarrisThis Fight Is Our Fight by Elizabeth Warren
2020 Election Candidates - U.S.A
61 books — 86 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidCirce by Madeline MillerLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
What Women Born in the 80's are Reading in 2020
870 books — 86 voters
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithCandide and Philosophical Letters by VoltaireCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Enlightenment, Volume 1 by Peter Gay
The Enlightenment and its Impact
257 books — 82 voters

Redefining Realness by Janet MockWhipping Girl by Julia SeranoShe's Not There by Jennifer Finney BoylanBecoming a Visible Man by Jamison GreenBumbling into Body Hair by Everett Maroon
Transgender Memoirs and Biographies
118 books — 82 voters
Summer of '69 by Todd StrasserA Million Little Pieces by James FreyThe Drug Users Bible by Dominic Milton TrottScar Tissue by Anthony KiedisTweak by Nic Sheff
Druggie Memoirs
45 books — 80 voters

The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads by Eric RosswoodJourney to Same-Sex Parenthood by Eric RosswoodThe Kid by Dan SavageDoes This Baby Make Me Look Straight? by Dan BucatinskyFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Nonfiction: Gay & Lesbian Parenting
160 books — 77 voters
Maus I by Art SpiegelmanMaus II by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiBlankets by Craig ThompsonAA Liberators by Alex Letner
Best Graphic Literature
73 books — 76 voters

A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonRoad Stories by Ed DavisRV There Yet? by Travis Casey
Unique Travel Memoirs
226 books — 75 voters
Big Little Lies by Liane MoriartyLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgEducated by Tara WestoverThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
What Women Born in the 80's are Reading in 2018
894 books — 74 voters

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayOscar and Lucinda by Peter CareyMr Wigg by Inga SimpsonCloudstreet by Tim WintonRemembering Babylon by David Malouf
Best Australian Literary Fiction and Poetry
182 books — 61 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasRoots by Alex HaleyWolf Hall by Hilary MantelWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
Truly Massive Biography, Real or Imagined
263 books — 39 voters

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