Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books by Female Authors
1,362 books — 464 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction
527 books — 723 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerWorld Without End by Ken FollettBeowulf by Unknown
Best Middle Ages Books
1,208 books — 1,681 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
773 books — 1,401 voters

The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla EmeryThe Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It by John SeymourSeed to Seed by Suzanne AshworthThe Backyard Homestead by Carleen MadiganBall Blue Book Guide to Preserving by Ball Corporation
Homesteading
282 books — 108 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverPest Control for Organic Gardening by Amber RichardsFour-Season Harvest by Eliot ColemanGrow Great Grub by Gayla Trail
Best Books on Growing Food
90 books — 63 voters

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonCradle to Cradle by William McDonough
Best Sustainability Nonfiction
400 books — 295 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Road by Cormac McCarthyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
99 books — 269 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesThe Prize by Daniel Yergin
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 342 voters

Enchanted Forest by Johanna BasfordSecret Garden by Johanna BasfordLost Ocean by Johanna BasfordFantasy Snowflakes Coloring Book by J.S. BurkeBirds in Beards Coloring Book by Shoshanah Lee Marohn
Best Coloring Books Ever
309 books — 137 voters