Nonfiction Topics

Recurring themes across every tracked nonfiction book, ranked by how many awards the books carrying that topic have won combined. Open a topic to see its most-awarded books.

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1
Civil rights movement
35 books
32
wins
376
score
2
African American history
27 books
26
wins
241
score
3
World War II
30 books
25
wins
267
score
4
American Revolution
30 books
22
wins
303
score
5
Slavery
22 books
22
wins
240
score
6
Race relations
18 books
20
wins
163
score
7
American political history
19 books
19
wins
224
score
8
Native American history
19 books
19
wins
183
score
9
American Civil War
19 books
17
wins
228
score
10
Literary biography
26 books
17
wins
219
score
11
American literature
16 books
15
wins
184
score
12
Civil rights
12 books
15
wins
143
score
13
Colonial America
16 books
14
wins
164
score
14
History of science
19 books
12
wins
158
score
15
History of medicine
13 books
12
wins
124
score
16
Nazi Germany
14 books
12
wins
110
score
17
American politics
10 books
11
wins
130
score
18
Abolitionism
9 books
11
wins
107
score
19
Slavery in America
6 books
11
wins
103
score
20
Great Depression
8 books
10
wins
105
score
21
World War I
15 books
9
wins
125
score
22
Abraham Lincoln
11 books
9
wins
108
score
23
Journalism
8 books
9
wins
107
score
24
U.S. foreign policy
9 books
9
wins
96
score
25
Vietnam War
11 books
8
wins
128
score
26
Cold War diplomacy
10 books
8
wins
121
score
27
Cold War
11 books
8
wins
119
score
28
Founding Fathers
10 books
8
wins
101
score
29
Holocaust
11 books
8
wins
83
score
30
American West
7 books
8
wins
69
score
31
Racial segregation
7 books
8
wins
65
score
32
Artificial intelligence
11 books
7
wins
92
score
33
Reconstruction era
6 books
7
wins
92
score
34
Race and identity
14 books
7
wins
88
score
35
American history
8 books
7
wins
77
score
36
American South
7 books
7
wins
76
score
37
Russian Revolution
6 books
7
wins
75
score
38
Poverty
4 books
7
wins
68
score
39
Women's history
10 books
7
wins
68
score
40
Immigration
8 books
7
wins
60
score
41
Literary criticism
11 books
6
wins
96
score
42
Climate change
10 books
6
wins
92
score
43
Martin Luther King Jr.
7 books
6
wins
80
score
44
American democracy
7 books
6
wins
78
score
45
American presidency
8 books
6
wins
75
score
46
Evolutionary biology
9 books
6
wins
74
score
47
Human evolution
10 books
6
wins
69
score
48
Evolution
8 books
6
wins
67
score
49
Presidential history
3 books
6
wins
64
score
50
Harlem Renaissance
3 books
6
wins
57
score
51
Women's rights
6 books
6
wins
55
score
52
Hurricane Katrina
3 books
6
wins
53
score
53
Coming of age
7 books
6
wins
50
score
54
Family history
9 books
5
wins
83
score
55
Scientific discovery
9 books
5
wins
73
score
56
Grief and loss
6 books
5
wins
72
score
57
Franklin D. Roosevelt
5 books
5
wins
71
score
58
American foreign policy
6 books
5
wins
67
score
59
Atomic bomb development
4 books
5
wins
67
score
60
George Washington
5 books
5
wins
63
score
61
Iraq War
6 books
5
wins
63
score
62
Natural history
5 books
5
wins
60
score
63
World War II diplomacy
5 books
5
wins
60
score
64
American intellectual history
5 books
5
wins
59
score
65
Intellectual history
6 books
5
wins
57
score
66
Human rights
4 books
5
wins
55
score
67
Diplomacy
5 books
5
wins
54
score
68
Neuroscience
8 books
5
wins
54
score
69
American legal history
7 books
5
wins
53
score
70
Transcendentalism
5 books
5
wins
52
score
71
Lyndon B. Johnson
4 books
5
wins
49
score
72
American colonial history
4 books
5
wins
48
score
73
Quantum mechanics
6 books
5
wins
48
score
74
Social history
5 books
5
wins
44
score
75
Antisemitism
6 books
5
wins
31
score
76
18th-century literature
3 books
4
wins
57
score
77
Father-son relationship
4 books
4
wins
55
score
78
Political corruption
4 books
4
wins
53
score
79
Legal history
5 books
4
wins
50
score
80
Personal memoir
7 books
4
wins
49
score
81
Slavery and emancipation
3 books
4
wins
48
score
82
Soviet-American relations
4 books
4
wins
48
score
83
Westward expansion
6 books
4
wins
47
score
84
Arctic exploration
4 books
4
wins
44
score
85
Colonial New England
4 books
4
wins
44
score
86
Race in America
4 books
4
wins
44
score
87
Slavery and abolition
7 books
4
wins
44
score
88
American slavery
4 books
4
wins
43
score
89
American cultural history
3 books
4
wins
40
score
90
Political philosophy
4 books
4
wins
37
score
91
Protestant Reformation
4 books
4
wins
37
score
92
Religious history
4 books
4
wins
37
score
93
Maritime history
4 books
4
wins
34
score
94
Urban poverty
5 books
4
wins
32
score
95
Racial identity
4 books
4
wins
30
score
96
Colonialism
4 books
4
wins
26
score
97
African American literature
4 books
4
wins
23
score
98
Literary history
8 books
3
wins
58
score
99
Racial injustice
6 books
3
wins
57
score
100
Criminal justice reform
8 books
3
wins
55
score
101
Constitutional law
6 books
3
wins
51
score
102
Poverty and inequality
4 books
3
wins
50
score
103
American poetry
4 books
3
wins
48
score
104
Thomas Jefferson
4 books
3
wins
48
score
105
Totalitarianism
4 books
3
wins
47
score
106
European diplomacy
3 books
3
wins
45
score
107
Civil War
3 books
3
wins
44
score
108
Oral history
5 books
3
wins
44
score
109
British Empire
3 books
3
wins
43
score
110
Gilded Age America
4 books
3
wins
43
score
111
Mass incarceration
6 books
3
wins
43
score
112
Russian history
4 books
3
wins
43
score
113
Abstract expressionism
3 books
3
wins
40
score
114
American founding fathers
4 books
3
wins
39
score
115
Chernobyl nuclear disaster
3 books
3
wins
39
score
116
Globalization
3 books
3
wins
39
score
117
Theodore Roosevelt
3 books
3
wins
39
score
118
Urban development
3 books
3
wins
36
score
119
Early American Republic
3 books
3
wins
35
score
120
Natural selection
4 books
3
wins
35
score
121
Photography
3 books
3
wins
35
score
122
World War I aftermath
3 books
3
wins
35
score
123
Economic history
4 books
3
wins
34
score
124
Racism in America
3 books
3
wins
33
score
125
Self-discovery
3 books
3
wins
33
score
126
American westward expansion
4 books
3
wins
32
score
127
African-American history
3 books
3
wins
31
score
128
Industrialization
3 books
3
wins
31
score
129
New Deal
4 books
3
wins
31
score
130
Adolf Hitler
3 books
3
wins
30
score
131
1960s American politics
3 books
3
wins
29
score
132
19th-century America
3 books
3
wins
29
score
133
Child psychology
3 books
3
wins
29
score
134
Evolutionary psychology
3 books
3
wins
29
score
135
Media empire
3 books
3
wins
29
score
136
Antebellum South
3 books
3
wins
28
score
137
Emancipation
3 books
3
wins
28
score
138
Henry Adams's life and career
3 books
3
wins
28
score
139
Paleoanthropology
3 books
3
wins
28
score
140
Racial inequality
3 books
3
wins
28
score
141
Boxing
4 books
3
wins
25
score
142
Constitutional history
3 books
3
wins
25
score
143
Modern warfare
3 books
3
wins
25
score
144
National identity
4 books
3
wins
25
score
145
Southern United States history
4 books
3
wins
25
score
146
Soviet history
3 books
3
wins
25
score
147
International relations
3 books
3
wins
24
score
148
French history
3 books
3
wins
23
score
149
Medical ethics
3 books
3
wins
23
score
150
Race and ethnicity
3 books
3
wins
18
score

Recent Standout Topics (2020+)

1Civil rights movement7 wins
2Native American history7 wins
3Slavery in America6 wins
4African American history5 wins
5American political history4 wins
6Grief and loss3 wins
7Literary biography3 wins
8Race and identity2 wins
9Slavery and abolition2 wins
10Artificial intelligence2 wins

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