Goodreads, with its more than 140 million members, can be a treasure trove of reader statistics. Recently, Goodreads editors decided to gather data on the most popular histories and biographies of the last 10 years.
They comprised the list by looking at reviews, ratings, and how many of the site’s members added books to their “Read” or “Want to Read” shelves. The resulting list is somewhat to be expected — with nonfiction heavyweights like Erik Larson and Walter Isaacson making appearances — but there are also some surprises. A couple of the books on the list, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann and Hidden Figures
by Margot Lee Shetterly, have even been made into popular movies.
Below is a sampling of the most popular histories and biographies of the last 10 years, according to Goodreads.
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
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The Library Book by Susan Orlean
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Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
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The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
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Source : The Most Popular Histories and Biographies of the Last 10 Years, According to Goodreads
