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White Knuckle by Steven BruceCrush by Richard SikenAutobiography of Red by Anne CarsonBluets by Maggie NelsonA Village Life by Louise Glück
Best Collection of Poems by Living Authors
1,023 books — 916 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. JacobsThe Trigger by Tim ButcherAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverTithing and Giving by J.A. Cox
Memoirs of Experiments
242 books — 111 voters

Don't Forget to Dance by Marc AlderdiceThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
The Natural World: Natural Science and Natural History for Adults
799 books — 302 voters
Every 9 Minutes by Christina VitaglianoThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Modern Science Nonfiction
468 books — 383 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
1,093 books — 1,250 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
1,930 books — 3,628 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,870 books — 2,253 voters
Otherlands by Thomas HallidayAn Immense World by Ed YongSpare Parts by Paul CraddockTransformer by Nick LaneA Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury
Science Published in Year: 2022
315 books — 54 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCirce by Madeline MillerAriadne by Jennifer SaintA Thousand Ships by Natalie HaynesGods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Hot Girl Mythology Books
173 books — 109 voters
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo TolstoyWhite Nights by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Night is Darkening Round Me by Emily Brontë
Penguin Little Black Classics
127 books — 210 voters

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataBunny by Mona AwadLuster by Raven LeilaniNormal People by Sally Rooney
She's Not Feeling Good at All: Sad Female Characters
229 books — 339 voters
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanBunny by Mona Awad
The Female Malaise: She's Sad, Mad, and Bad
263 books — 235 voters


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