The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonPower And Prediction by Ajay Agrawal
Best Unappreciated Books
4,366 books — 2,204 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
2,988 books — 2,429 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 AlighieriThe Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert FrostThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Poetry
904 books — 460 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
180 books — 240 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,984 books — 1,301 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)
6,235 books — 8,067 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
798 books — 1,326 voters