The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonThe CodeBreaker Mindset by Chitra Nawbatt
Best Unappreciated Books
4,391 books — 2,298 voters
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanShakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. EliotAriel by Sylvia Plath
Best Poetry Books
3,059 books — 2,608 voters

The Prophet by Kahlil GibranSiddhartha by Hermann HesseTao Te Ching by Lao TzuJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachThe Book of Mirdad by Mikhail Naimy
Osho – "Books I Have Loved"
120 books — 110 voters
Joy & Sorrow by Peter Sean DalyParadise Lost by John MiltonThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriDe Rerum Natura by David HillstromThe Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost
Poetry
945 books — 497 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Radiolab Suggested Readings
182 books — 242 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,151 books — 1,658 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)
6,265 books — 8,161 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Bird by Bird by Anne LamottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Best Books on Writing
802 books — 1,334 voters