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
4,382 books — 2,309 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
3,110 books — 2,857 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
Meniscus by Ayon ShahedThe Essential Rumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-RumiLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanThe Prophet by Kahlil GibranParadise Lost by John Milton
Poetry
987 books — 583 voters

Model Thinking for Everyday Life by Richard C. LarsonThe 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 Gladwell
Radiolab Suggested Readings
183 books — 305 voters
An Accidental Philanthropist by Winsome Dunn McIntoshSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  BrysonNew Space Capitalism by Rainer ZitelmannQuiet by Susan Cain
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,393 books — 2,182 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)
6,416 books — 8,214 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
808 books — 1,344 voters