The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlNot Just a Princess by Mary    Lee
Best FREE Kindle Ebooks for Children
315 books — 650 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Vicarious Thrills
393 books — 421 voters

In Search of Respect by Philippe BourgoisThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanLiquidated by Karen HoArgonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronisław MalinowskiNisa by Marjorie Shostak
Good Ethnography
140 books — 101 voters
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond1491 by Charles C. MannCollapse by Jared DiamondA Primate's Memoir by Robert M. SapolskyKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Popular Anthropology Books
359 books — 271 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Non-Fiction that reads like fiction
396 books — 258 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareMoon Called by Patricia BriggsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingMagic Bites by Ilona AndrewsVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,424 books — 12,566 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollDracula by Bram StokerThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Pre-Tolkien Fantasy
382 books — 366 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Best Fantasy of the 90s
384 books — 788 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonRosalind Franklin by Brenda MaddoxLab Girl by Hope JahrenIn the Shadow of Man by Jane GoodallNobel Prize Women in Science by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Female Scientists
171 books — 106 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
Wonderful Books of Science and Medicine
180 books — 85 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHamlet by William Shakespeare
Best Books From Before 1950
542 books — 135 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Diviners by Libba BrayThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Chaperone by Laura MoriartyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best 1920s Historical Fiction
197 books — 274 voters


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