The Color Purple by Alice WalkerAnge'el by Jamie Le FayResurrecting Cybele by Jenifer MohammedHow to Be a Woman by Caitlin MoranThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Feminist Writing
11 books — 9 voters

Hiroshima by John HerseyThe Powers That Be by David HalberstamWhy It's Kicking Off Everywhere by Paul  MasonInside Story by Julia GoldbergPicture by Lillian Ross
Best News Writing and Reporting
12 books — 4 voters
Beginning Theory by Peter  BarryDoing Grammar by Max MorenbergThe Subversive Copy Editor by Carol Fisher SallerHow to Write Fiction by E.E. Doc MurdockWhat Editors Do by Peter Ginna
Editing Books
14 books — 11 voters

On Writing by Stephen  KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Best Books on Creative Life
508 books — 621 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

Matilda by Roald DahlJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
90s Kids
218 books — 122 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,026 books — 3,940 voters