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Goodreads Best Books of 2021 - History and Biography

The books that made up the opening round nominees in the category of History and Biography in Goodreads Best Books 2021.
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Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories From America's Bravest Warriors (James Patterson)
Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories From America's Bravest Warriors
1
James Patterson
Zero Fail (Carol Leonnig)
Zero Fail
2
Carol Leonnig
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine (Janice P. Nimura)
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
3
Janice P. Nimura
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty (Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe)
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
4
Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe
Come Fly the World (Julia Cooke)
Come Fly the World
5
Julia Cooke
The Three Mothers (Anna Malaika Tubbs)
The Three Mothers
6
Anna Malaika Tubbs
The Code Breaker (Walter Isaacson)
The Code Breaker
7
Walter Isaacson
Facing the Mountain (Daniel James Brown)
Facing the Mountain
8
Daniel James Brown
Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire (Brad Stone)
Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
9
Brad Stone
Bag Man (Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz)
Bag Man
10
Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz
How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
How the Word Is Passed
11
Clint Smith
On Juneteenth (Annete)
On Juneteenth
12
Annete
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos (Judy Batalion)
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
13
Judy Batalion
Madhouse at the End of the World (Julian Sancton)
Madhouse at the End of the World
14
Julian Sancton
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age (Annalee Newitz)
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
15
Annalee Newitz
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
16
Patrick Radden Keefe
The Woman They Could Not Silence (Kate Moore)
The Woman They Could Not Silence
17
Kate Moore
The Talking of Jemima Boone (Matthew Pearl)
The Talking of Jemima Boone
18
Matthew Pearl
Four Hundred Souls (Ibram X. Kendi)
Four Hundred Souls
19
Ibram X. Kendi
The Bomber Mafia (Malcolm Gladwell)
The Bomber Mafia
20
Malcolm Gladwell
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