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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityMatthew Desmond201654 pts7 wins9 listsCrownSociety & CultureClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American CenturyBeverly Gage202246 pts5 wins6 listsVikingBiographyPolitical Biography+2
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of FreedomDavid W. Blight201846 pts5 wins8 listsSimon & SchusterBiographySlavery & Emancipation+2
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityKatherine Boo201244 pts4 wins9 listsRandom HouseSociety & CultureClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War IIJohn W. Dower199942 pts5 wins6 listsThe New PressHistoryReconstruction+2
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family KeepsakeTiya Miles202142 pts6 wins8 listsRandom HouseHistoryBlack History & Culture+3
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in VietnamNeil Sheehan198840 pts4 wins7 listsRandom HouseWar & MilitaryVietnam War+2
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963Taylor Branch198838 pts4 wins5 listsSimon & SchusterRace & EthnicityAmerican Politics+2
Walter Lippmann and the American CenturyRonald Steel198038 pts4 wins5 listsTaylor & FrancisBiographyPresidential Biography+1
The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert A. Caro201238 pts5 wins7 listsKnopfBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+1
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged HospitalSheri Fink201336 pts5 wins6 listsCrownMedicine & Public HealthMental Health & Psychology+2
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11Lawrence Wright200636 pts5 wins6 listsKnopfHistoryLiterature & Writers
"A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of GenocideSamantha Power200336 pts5 wins6 listsBasic BooksPolitics & GovernmentWar & Military Strategy+3
W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868–1919David Levering Lewis199336 pts4 wins6 listsHenry HoltBiographyBusiness Biography
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of ScienceAndrea Wulf201536 pts3 wins6 listsKnopfBiographyNatural History & Animals+3
Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates201536 pts3 wins7 listsSpiegel & GrauMemoir & AutobiographyAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Native Nations: A Millennium in North AmericaKathleen DuVal202534 pts4 wins4 listsRandom HouseHistoryBlack History & Culture+2
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American FamiliesJ. Anthony Lukas198534 pts4 wins4 listsKnopfRace & EthnicityFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901–1915Louis R. Harlan197334 pts4 wins4 listsOxford University PressBiographyBlack History & Culture+1
Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. 3Robert A. Caro198334 pts3 wins4 listsKnopfBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+1
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in AmericaRoxanna Asgarian202434 pts3 wins5 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxSociety & CultureReproductive Rights & Family Policy+2
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls WilderCaroline Fraser201834 pts4 wins6 listsMetropolitan BooksBiographyLiterature & Writers+1
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm XLes Payne, Tamara Payne202134 pts2 wins7 listsLiverightBiographyAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories From RwandaPhilip Gourevitch199832 pts5 wins5 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxPolitics & GovernmentAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American FamilyAnnette Gordon-Reed200832 pts4 wins5 listsW. W. NortonBiographyFamily Biography
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its LegacyHeather Ann Thompson201732 pts3 wins6 listsPantheonHistoryCrime, Policing & Violence+2
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around UsEd Yong202332 pts2 wins5 listsRandom HouseScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural HistoryElizabeth Kolbert201432 pts2 wins5 listsHenry HoltNature & EnvironmentClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
Malcolm X: A Life of ReinventionManning Marable201132 pts1 wins7 listsVikingBiographyBlack History & Culture+2
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American IdealsJane Mayer200832 pts5 wins8 listsDoubledayPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+1
de Kooning: An American MasterMark Stevens, Annalyn Swan200630 pts3 wins3 listsKnopfBiographyArt, Music & Performance+2
Angela's Ashes: A MemoirFrank McCourt199630 pts3 wins3 listsTouchstoneMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
The Making of the Atomic BombRichard Rhodes198630 pts3 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryScience & Discovery
The New Negro: The Life of Alain LockeJeffrey C. Stewart201930 pts4 wins5 listsOxford University PressBiographyLiterary Biography+1
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great MigrationIsabel Wilkerson201030 pts5 wins7 listsRandom HouseHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
The Information: A History, a Theory, a FloodJames Gleick201130 pts3 wins6 listsFourth EstateHistoryScience & Discovery+1
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877Eric Foner198830 pts3 wins6 listsHarperCollinsHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812Winthrop D. Jordan196828 pts4 wins4 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressRace & EthnicitySlavery & Emancipation+3
George F. Kennan: An American LifeJohn Lewis Gaddis201128 pts3 wins4 listsW. W. NortonBiographyCold War & Nuclear Politics+2
A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin RooseveltGeoffrey C. Ward198928 pts3 wins4 listsHarper & RowBiographyMemoir & Personal History+3
Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in VietnamFrances FitzGerald197328 pts3 wins4 listsLittle, BrownHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Russia Leaves the War: Soviet-American Relations, 1917–1920George F. Kennan195728 pts3 wins4 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryScience & Discovery
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade AmericaGarry Wills199228 pts2 wins4 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryWar & Military Strategy+1
Edith Wharton: A BiographyR. W. B. Lewis197528 pts2 wins4 listsHarperBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for MenCaroline Criado-Perez201928 pts2 wins5 listsChatto & WindusGender & SexualityScience & Discovery+1
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial JusticeRobert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa202228 pts2 wins6 listsVikingBiographyActivist Biography
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil WarDrew Gilpin Faust200828 pts2 wins6 listsVintage BooksHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
H Is for HawkHelen Macdonald200628 pts2 wins6 listsJonathan CapeMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Gulag: A History of the Soviet CampsAnne Applebaum200428 pts2 wins6 listsDoubledayHistoryGenocide, Atrocity & Political Violence+2
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of CancerSiddhartha Mukherjee201128 pts2 wins7 listsScribnerMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery
William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American RepublicAlan Taylor199526 pts3 wins4 listsKnopfHistoryConstitutional History+2
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in AmericaBrian Goldstone202626 pts2 wins4 listsCrownSociety & CultureLabor, Work & Organizing+2
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of ScienceRichard Holmes200826 pts2 wins4 listsHarperCollinsScienceScience & Discovery
Things in Nature Merely GrowYiyun Li202526 pts2 wins4 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxMemoir & AutobiographyLiterature & Writers+2
The Gulf: The Making of an American SeaJack E. Davis201826 pts2 wins4 listsLiverightNature & EnvironmentTravel, Exploration & Place
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for IdentityAndrew Solomon201226 pts5 wins5 listsScribnerSociety & CultureFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
Unworthy Republic: The dispossession of Native Americans and the road to Indian TerritoryClaudio Saunt202126 pts3 wins5 listsW. W. NortonHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green ZoneRajiv Chandrasekaran200626 pts3 wins5 listsKnopfPolitics & GovernmentWar & Military Strategy
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American CityAndrea Elliott202226 pts3 wins6 listsRandom HouseMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
The Fate of the EarthJonathan Schell198226 pts2 wins5 listsKnopfWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy
Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsIsabel Wilkerson202026 pts1 wins7 listsRandom HouseRace & EthnicityBlack History & Culture+2
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAIKaren Hao202524 pts3 wins3 listsPenguin PressTechnologyBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerKai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin200524 pts3 wins3 listsKnopfBiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001Steve Coll200424 pts3 wins3 listsPenguin BooksWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesJared Diamond199824 pts3 wins3 listsW. W. NortonHistoryScience & Discovery+2
The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After CommunismTina Rosenberg199524 pts3 wins3 listsRandom HousePolitics & GovernmentCold War & Nuclear Politics+2
Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and WhiteJoseph Lelyveld198524 pts3 wins3 listsTimes BooksHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White HouseSeymour M. Hersh198324 pts3 wins3 listsSummit BooksPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+1
Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of SlaveryLeon F. Litwack197924 pts3 wins3 listsKnopfHistoryReconstruction+2
The Great War and Modern MemoryPaul Fussell197524 pts3 wins3 listsOxford University PressWar & MilitarySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of SpaceAdam Higginbotham202524 pts2 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?Roz Chast201424 pts2 wins3 listsBloomsbury USAMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten GenocideGary J. Bass201324 pts2 wins3 listsKnopfHistoryWar & Military Strategy+1
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the WorldLiaquat Ahamed200924 pts2 wins3 listsPenguin PressBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
Mornings on HorsebackDavid McCullough198124 pts2 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden BraidDouglas Hofstadter197924 pts2 wins3 listsBasic BooksScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
The Snow LeopardPeter Matthiessen197824 pts2 wins3 listsPenguin BooksNature & EnvironmentNatural History & Animals
The Swerve: How the World Became ModernStephen Greenblatt201224 pts2 wins4 listsW. W. NortonHistoryLiterature & Writers
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. HistoryNed Blackhawk202424 pts4 wins5 listsYale University PressHistoryIndigenous History+2
Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North AmericaIra Berlin200024 pts3 wins5 listsHarvard University PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte CristoTom Reiss201224 pts2 wins5 listsCrownBiographyBlack History & Culture+1
Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution,Tania Branigan202324 pts1 wins5 listsW. W. NortonHistoryIntellectual History & Ideas+2
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter WorldJohn Vaillant202424 pts1 wins6 listsKnopfNature & EnvironmentTravel, Exploration & Place+2
A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great MigrationSteven Hahn200522 pts2 wins3 listsBelknap PressRace & EthnicitySlavery & Emancipation+3
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond LimitsLinda Gordon200922 pts2 wins3 listsW. W. NortonBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal RemainsThomas W. Laqueur201622 pts4 wins4 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryArchives, Museums & Historical Method+2
From Beirut to JerusalemThomas L. Friedman198822 pts4 wins4 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxPolitics & GovernmentMemoir & Personal History+2
Cuba: An American HistoryAda Ferrer202222 pts3 wins4 listsScribnerHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America 1815–1848Daniel Walker Howe200722 pts3 wins4 listsOxford University PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism In Colonial AfricaAdam Hochschild199822 pts3 wins4 listsMariner BooksHistoryBlack History & Culture+1
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great WestWilliam Cronon199222 pts3 wins4 listsW. W. NortonHistoryBlack History & Culture+2
Anti-Intellectualism in American LifeRichard Hofstadter196322 pts3 wins4 listsRandom HouseSociety & CultureIntellectual History & Ideas+2
Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet EmpireDavid Remnick199322 pts3 wins4 listsRandom HouseHistoryDeath, Memory & Commemoration
W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963David Levering Lewis199422 pts3 wins4 listsHenry Holt and CompanyBiographyBlack History & Culture+2
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to HitlerRebecca Donner202122 pts2 wins4 listsBack Bay BooksBiographyHolocaust+2
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her WorldAmy Stanley202022 pts2 wins4 listsScribnerBiographyAsia & the Pacific
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionBryan Stevenson201422 pts2 wins4 listsSpiegel & GrauTrue Crime & JusticeCivil Rights & Racial Justice+1
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