World Without End by Ken FollettThe Great Mortality by John     KellyDoomsday Book by Connie WillisIn the Wake of the Plague by Norman F. CantorA Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
The Black Death
45 books — 31 voters
Beyond Homelessness by Steven Bouma-PredigerYour Hospitality Personality by Morgan TyreeOf Hospitality by Jacques DerridaExtraordinary Hospitality (for Ordinary People) by Carolyn LaceyThe Gift of the Other by Andrew Shepherd
Gastvrijheid
26 books — 2 voters

Nature Calls Outside My Window, A Collection of Poems and Sto... by Suzanne  CottrellA 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 Abbey
Best Nature Books
1,156 books — 921 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
1,952 books — 3,634 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanLongitude by Dava Sobel
History of Science
487 books — 294 voters