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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,579 books — 6,097 voters
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
3,490 books — 3,594 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Memoirs by Women
2,892 books — 3,004 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 — 2,459 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
2,066 books — 2,354 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtNight by Elie WieselEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,020 books — 1,928 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
3,551 books — 1,804 voters
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilJust Kids by Patti SmithChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanLife by Keith RichardsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,321 books — 1,301 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisBossypants by Tina FeyDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonNaked by David Sedaris
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
901 books — 1,247 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tales of New York City
1,427 books — 1,239 voters

Running With Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
634 books — 1,116 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Notable Atheist Books
544 books — 1,004 voters

Night by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisRunning With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Memoirs by Men
1,404 books — 786 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Martian by Andy WeirGone Girl by Gillian FlynnYes Please by Amy PoehlerStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2015: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2015
1,878 books — 517 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainOn Writing by Stephen KingAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
A Day in the Life: Work Memoirs
752 books — 434 voters
Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2016: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2016
2,096 books — 375 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
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1776 by David McCullough
The Daily Show Reading Club
336 books — 244 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahEducated by Tara Westover
2018: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2018
1,689 books — 230 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanScrappy Little Nobody by Anna KendrickHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
2017: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2017
1,627 books — 227 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer102 Minutes by Jim DwyerThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidThe Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede
9/11 Related
249 books — 226 voters
Clara Bow by David StennMy Autobiography by Charlie ChaplinMe by Katharine HepburnFalling Waters by Gary D. HenryLulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks
Best of Old Hollywood
467 books — 218 voters

The Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirZ by Therese Anne FowlerThe Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
Books About Wives of the Famous
265 books — 207 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

The Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine HoweThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen KentA Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi
Best of the Salem Witch Trials (fiction and nonfiction)
95 books — 195 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

Becoming by Michelle ObamaWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidCirce by Madeline Miller
2019: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2019
1,453 books — 153 voters
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
2020: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2020
1,450 books — 131 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEducated by Tara WestoverEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
What Women Born in the 80's are Reading in 2019
912 books — 123 voters
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette WintersonFun Home by Alison BechdelTwo or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy AllisonZami by Audre LordeLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough
Lesbian Memoirs
275 books — 116 voters

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