When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeComplications by Atul Gawande
Best Books for Medical Students
410 books — 586 voters
Signs of Life by Stephen FabesCatfish and Mandala by Andrew X. PhamFull Tilt by Dervla MurphyMiles from Nowhere by Barbara SavageMoods of Future Joys by Alastair Humphreys
Bike Travel
76 books — 62 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
2,046 books — 3,950 voters

Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren  HoughTruth & Beauty by Ann PatchettMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisWild by Cheryl StrayedDirtbag, Massachusetts by Isaac Fitzgerald
Must-Read Personal Accounts
273 books — 212 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,807 books — 26,124 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónLa casa de los espíritus by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Libros en Español
730 books — 658 voters
Light on Yoga by B.K.S. IyengarAutobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa YoganandaThe Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali by SatchidanandaThe Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaThe Heart of Yoga by T.K.V. Desikachar
Yoga Teacher Training
93 books — 109 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,094 books — 986 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Best French Literature
884 books — 1,573 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Foreign Lands
2,374 books — 2,204 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Gilmore Girls Complete Reading List
400 books — 660 voters