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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
1,929 books — 3,626 voters
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeChildhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsBlindsight by Peter Watts
First Contact
282 books — 385 voters

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickWatchmen by Alan MooreFatherland by Robert HarrisThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
784 books — 1,347 voters
The Slavs by Marija GimbutasSlavic Ancient Origins by Barbora JirincovaThe Slavs in European History and Civilization by Francis DvornikCyril & Methodius by Jerry McColloughBloodlands by Timothy Snyder
Slavic History
25 books — 6 voters

Beowulf by UnknownThe Nibelungenlied by UnknownThe Celts by Nora Kershaw ChadwickGods and Myths of Northern Europe by H.R. Ellis DavidsonThe Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. Anthony
Northern Mists; Prehistoric Europe;The Archaeological Imagination
218 books — 39 voters
Beowulf by UnknownThe Year 1000 by Robert LaceyEcclesiastical History of the English People by BedeThe First Poems in English by Michael AlexanderAlfred the Great by Asser
Best Anglo Saxon books
213 books — 51 voters

Black Cake by Charmaine WilkersonThe School for Good Mothers by Jessamine ChanOlga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl GonzálezMemphis by Tara M. StringfellowTake My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2022
227 books — 131 voters