The Great Mortality by John     KellyWorld Without End by Ken FollettIn the Wake of the Plague by Norman F. CantorDoomsday Book by Connie WillisA Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
The Black Death
48 books — 32 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

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauNature Calls Outside My Window, A Collection of Poems and Sto... by Suzanne  CottrellA Walk in the Woods by Bill  BrysonDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Nature Books
1,176 books — 1,006 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
1,971 books — 3,658 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
489 books — 296 voters