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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingTwilight by Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,687 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 22,354 voters

Suite Française by Irène NémirovskyNight Soldiers by Alan FurstAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe French Baker's War by Michael WhatlingMarcel's Letters by Carolyn Porter
Domestic France in WWII
96 books — 50 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
635 books — 1,660 voters

Last Child in the Woods by Richard LouvSharing Nature with Children, 20th Anniversary Edition by Joseph Bharat CornellA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldHow to Raise a Wild Child by Scott D. SampsonScratch 2.0 Programming by Denis Golikov
Environmental Education
26 books — 8 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,261 books — 8,119 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Best Nature Books
1,161 books — 835 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,929 books — 3,627 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryMatilda by Roald DahlThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Best books for children that adults should also read
484 books — 331 voters
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Dragon Dreamer by J.S. BurkeKraken by China MiévilleOther Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Best Books with Cephalopods
124 books — 72 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienStardust by Neil Gaiman
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,103 voters