Recs if you like Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom...

All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.

In order from #1 (My Brilliant Friend) to 100 (Tree of Smoke)

A list published in 2024 by the New York Times, as voted on by 503 novelists, poets, critics, and other book lovers—with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review

according to the New York Times

Like actors on actors... but with writers... who probably never met each other. Anyway! Here's some biographical works on novelists, poets, journalists, etc.

The list of the 100 best books of the 21st century from the New York Times

Non-fiction centered around American History

The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. The award goes back to 1948 with two winners every year, so I'm adding them starting with the most recent.

A goal to read the 100 books rated in the 21st century (so far) as published by the New York times in 2024, list in order from 100-1 but you can find the original list on the NYT website.