Lone Survivor by Marcus LuttrellBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseGeneration Kill by Evan WrightThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
440 books — 590 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)
6,228 books — 8,066 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerA Night to Remember by Walter LordEndurance by Alfred LansingShadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Shipwrecks!
118 books — 96 voters
Fate Is the Hunter by Ernest K. GannThe Right Stuff by Tom WolfeFerry Pilot by Kerry McCauleyWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamStick and Rudder by Wolfgang Langewiesche
Aviation, Aerospace and Flight.
158 books — 72 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Raiders and the Cross by Patrick LarsimontNadya's War by C.S.  TaylorFlight of the Intruder by Stephen CoontsFlight of the Old Dog by Dale Brown
Military Aviation Novels
87 books — 69 voters