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Books About African Americans That Aren't Just for Black History Month

The Best Young Adult Books of 2009

Some Helpful Books for Your Cancer Journey

Some of the Best Poetry Books for Your Book Club

10 Great Books for Mother-Daughter Book Clubs

The Best Fantasy Series for Teens

The Best Crime Fiction of 2009

All 342 Lists of Great Books

Americana

Books About African Americans That Aren't Just for Black History Month

The Best Novels About WASPs

Calvin Trillin’s Top Five

...see all 10 "Americana" lists

Award Winners

The 2009 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winners

Nominees for the 2009 Hugo (Sci-Fi Book) Awards

The Spur Awards

...see all 8 "Award Winners" lists

Best Books of 2009

The Best Crime Fiction of 2009

The 2009 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winners

The Best Graphic Novels of 2009

...see all 8 "Best Books of 2009" lists

Best of...

The Best Young Adult Books of 2009

The Best Fantasy Series for Teens

The Best Crime Fiction of 2009

...see all 18 "Best of..." lists

Biography & Memoir

Robert Rodi's Favorite Memoirs

Tales from Inside the Schoolhouse

Everything I Wanted to Know About Abraham Lincoln, I Learned From These Books

...see all 9 "Biography & Memoir" lists

Bloggers' Picks

Books That Make My Brain Melt (In a Good Way)

Books With The Sea in Sight

Call Me Crazy, Call Me True: Madness We Can All Relate To

...see all 24 "Bloggers' Picks" lists

Book Club Recommendations

Some of the Best Poetry Books for Your Book Club

10 Great Books for Mother-Daughter Book Clubs

The Best Book Club Selections of 2009 as chosen by Women Book Bloggers

...see all 11 "Book Club Recommendations" lists

Books by...

Every Novel by Chuck Palahniuk — Author of Fight Club

Every Book by Hannah Holmes

The Fiction of Ayn Rand

...see all 15 "Books by..." lists

Books to Give as Gifts

The Best Crime Fiction of 2009

The Best Graphic Novels of 2009

The Best Tween Books of 2009

...see all 12 "Books to Give as Gifts" lists

Business

Business Books: First the Business, Then the Book

The Art of Being an Entrepreneur

Understanding the Financial Crisis

Great Novels with Important Lessons for Leaders

Books about Disney's Corporate Mishegoss

Children's Books

10 Great Books for Mother-Daughter Book Clubs

10 Out-of-Print Children's Books Worth Overpaying For

9 Children’s Novels Both Boys and Girls Will Love to Hear

...see all 57 "Children's Books" lists

Children's Series

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series

The Mad Scientists' Club Series

The White Mountains Trilogy

...see all 6 "Children's Series" lists

Cookbooks & Food Memoirs

Books about Hamburgers (...By a Tempted Vegetarian)

Jewish Cookbooks: You Don't Have to Be Jewish to Love the Food

Accessible (Mostly) Southeast Asian Cookbooks

...see all 10 "Cookbooks & Food Memoirs" lists

Disney

The Best Walt Disney Biography

Books about Disney's Corporate Mishegoss

Lesser-Known Disney Books

...see all 6 "Disney" lists

Dogs and Other Pets

These Books Have Gone to the Dogs

Pets and Wildlife in Books

Dogs: Keeping Them Healthy, Happy and Well Trained

...see all 6 "Dogs and Other Pets" lists

Education

Back to School: Campus Novels

Novels Set in Schools

Teacher Memoirs

...see all 10 "Education" lists

Expert Opinions

Best Books for Parents About Learning Disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Great Memoirs for New Moms

Resources for Kids with LD and/or ADHD

...see all 11 "Expert Opinions" lists

Favorite Books of the Famous & Accomplished

Norman Mailer's 10 Favorite American Novels

Malcolm Gladwell's Favorite Books

The Books that Barack Obama Reads and Recommends

...see all 6 "Favorite Books of the Famous & Accomplished" lists

Fiction

The Best Book Club Selections of 2009 as chosen by Women Book Bloggers

Back to School: Campus Novels

Favorite Reissues of Neglected Books

...see all 85 "Fiction" lists

Gay & Lesbian

Top Ten Books of Contemporary Lesbian Poetry

Top Ten Essay Collections by Lesbians

Must-Reads From the Panelists of Flaming Politics

Christian McLaughlin's Favorite Novels

Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" Series

Graphic Novels

The Best Graphic Novels of 2009

10 Manga To Make You Think

Time Magazine's Top 10 Graphic Novels

The Best Graphic Novels... According to Alan Kennedy

Health & Medicine

Some Helpful Books for Your Cancer Journey

A Life Well-Lived: Autism Books, Both Fiction and Fact

The Best Books on Talking to Kids About Sex

...see all 11 "Health & Medicine" lists

History

African American Experiences

Shakespeare in Fiction

The Queens' P.O.V: Books About How Henry VIII Got Past First Base

...see all 9 "History" lists

Hobbies

Orchid Mysteries

In The Garden

Great Books for Cartoonists

...see all 8 "Hobbies" lists

Humor

The 10 Funniest Books According to ABE's British Customers

Every Book by David Sedaris

Love & Romance

The Best Books for Poetic Seduction

The Things We Do For Love

Great (Mostly) Novels on Sex and Love

Love Letters

Odes to Dead Spouses

Miscellaneous

Some Great Books about Autumn

Nine Booze-Soaked Books

Glimpses of the Afterlife

...see all 9 "Miscellaneous" lists

Movies & Television

The Books They Read on TV's "Mad Men"

21 Great Books with Just-As-Great Movie Versions

Mike Mannarino's TV Must-Reads

Books about TV Game Shows

Music

Favorite Books about Rock and Roll From WeHeartThis.com

Novels that Rock

Mystery

The Best Crime Fiction of 2009

Orchid Mysteries

Mystery Books Set At Reservoirs

...see all 20 "Mystery" lists

Nature

6 Great Environmental Mysteries

In The Garden

Books for Those with an Adventurous Spirit

...see all 6 "Nature" lists

New York City

Great Book Club Books Set in New York City

What New Yorkers Read on the Subway

Hey, Women! Chick Lit Before There Was Chick Lit

11 of the Best Books About 9/11

Non-Fiction

Robert Rodi's Favorite Memoirs

African American Experiences

Got Brain? Books To Improve Your Brain

...see all 6 "Non-Fiction" lists

Parenting

Picture Books for Developing Social/Emotional Growth

Books That Will Make You Hug Your Kids... Tightly

Best Books for Parents About Learning Disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

...see all 8 "Parenting" lists

Personal Favorites

5 Books That Helped Me Discover and Love My Italian Heritage

Children's Books That Grownups Will Love

Welcome Back: Books That Are Like Going Home Again

...see all 39 "Personal Favorites" lists

Poetry

Some of the Best Poetry Books for Your Book Club

The Best Books for Poetic Seduction

Every Book (of Poetry) by Kay Ryan

Every Book of Elizabeth Alexander, the Poet for Obama's Inauguration

Politics & Current Affairs

Understanding the Financial Crisis

Facing Unpleasant Facts (And Fictions)

Everything I Wanted to Know About Abraham Lincoln, I Learned From These Books

...see all 7 "Politics & Current Affairs" lists

Rest In Peace

John Updike's "Rabbit" Series

The Best of David Foster Wallace

Books by Tim Russert

Sci Fi & Fantasy

The Best Fantasy Series for Teens

"Simple Premise" Sci-Fi From Some Masters of Science Fiction

8 Books Featuring Inventive (and Immersive) Fantasy Worlds

...see all 13 "Sci Fi & Fantasy" lists

Sea Stories

They're Female. They're Pirates. They're Female Pirates.

True Tales of Survival

Self-Help

Some Helpful Books for Your Cancer Journey

A Life Well-Lived: Autism Books, Both Fiction and Fact

The Best Books on Talking to Kids About Sex

...see all 14 "Self-Help" lists

Series

Isaac Asimov's Robot Series

Bond. James Bond.

First of the Best: American Female P.I. Novels

...see all 7 "Series" lists

Sports

Inspiration for the Long Run: Books on Running

Baseball By the Numbers: The Best Books on Baseball Stats

Books About the Craft, Magic, and Art of Baseball

Submitted by Fans of Flashlight Worthy

Ben Patrick Johnson's Books That Move Me

From a Psychological Perspective

Run, Zombies Ahead! Books if You Love the Undead, or Are the Undead

...see all 25 "Submitted by Fans of Flashlight Worthy" lists

Travel & Places

Great Book Club Books Set in New York City

5 Books That Helped Me Discover and Love My Italian Heritage

Keystone Mysteries: The Best Mystery Books Set in Pennsylvania

...see all 21 "Travel & Places" lists

Tween

The Best Fantasy Series for Teens

The Best Tween Books of 2009

8 Books Worth Building Your Own Flashlight For

The White Mountains Trilogy

War

8 Books on the Tuskegee Airmen

A Large Handful of Novels About World War II

Web & Internet Technology

The 10 Best Books on User Experience

Eric Mueller's Favorite Technology Books

Silicon Valley Failures

Writing

Books About Words, Reading, and Readers

10 Great Books on Writing

7 Books to Get You Started as a Playwright

33 of the Best Books about Writing Fiction

Books for the Word Lover

Young Adult & Teen

The Best Young Adult Books of 2009

10 Great Books for Mother-Daughter Book Clubs

The Best Books on Talking to Kids About Sex

...see all 6 "Young Adult & Teen" lists