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In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime
1,463 books — 2,088 voters
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleUnsolved Serial Killings by R.J. ParkerSerial Killers by Peter VronskyGreen River, Running Red by Ann RuleThe Night Stalker by Philip Carlo
True Crime--Serial killers
211 books — 208 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
181 books — 86 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFirst Time Dad by James MacdonaldThe Path of Lies and Riddles by J.N.M. VerboekendLean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,469 books — 2,825 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonRelic by Douglas PrestonPrey by Michael Crichton
Best Science Thrillers
236 books — 257 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerNight by Elie WieselIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Nonfiction Books About Horrifying Events
505 books — 187 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,291 books — 11,638 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanPredictably Irrational by Dan ArielyBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellQuiet by Susan Cain
Behaviour change and social psychology: how people make decisions
278 books — 578 voters

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
Escape To Reality
91 books — 61 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)
6,266 books — 8,152 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Thrillers You Must Read!
5,284 books — 7,713 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
770 books — 1,013 voters


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