Go, Gwen, Go by Nancy Smirl JorgensenCan't Sleep, Can't Train, Can't Stop by Andy HolgateFinding Ultra by Rich RollCan't Swim, Can't Ride, Can't Run by Andy HolgateA Life Without Limits by Chrissie Wellington
Triathlon Memoirs
10 books — 9 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantThe Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
Art & Artists in Fiction
962 books — 1,127 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerCall Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,798 books — 2,208 voters
Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles MiltonKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainComfort Me with Apples by Ruth ReichlTender at the Bone by Ruth ReichlGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
About Food
133 books — 25 voters

The Happiness Project by Gretchen RubinThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. JacobsAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertJulie and Julia by Julie Powell
A Year in the Life
238 books — 366 voters

Born to Run by Christopher McDougallWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki MurakamiOnce a Runner by John L. Parker Jr.Eat & Run by Scott JurekNight Running by Emily Mitchell
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
234 books — 562 voters
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesOn Canaan's Side by Sebastian BarrySnowdrops by A.D. MillerFar to Go by Alison Pick
Man Booker 2011 Longlist
13 books — 20 voters

Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de SaussureThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerAn Introduction to Language by Victoria A. FromkinThe Study of Language by George YuleMetaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
Best Books about Linguistics
255 books — 224 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Color of Jadeite by Eric D. GoodmanDIARY OF WW II by Gilman Kirk
Best Orientalist Literature
117 books — 91 voters


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