The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Radium Girls by Kate  MooreRejected Princesses by Jason PorathGood Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena FavilliHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Overlooked Women of History
986 books — 286 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
2,035 books — 3,738 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Literary Mysteries
2,726 books — 5,301 voters
Fingersmith by Sarah WatersTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersThe Night Watch by Sarah WatersBackwards to Oregon by JaeStone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Historical Lesbian Fiction
257 books — 259 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,737 books — 1,589 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian MortimerThe Plantagenets by Dan JonesEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir1453 by Roger Crowley
Best Medieval History Books
838 books — 359 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 Seamus Heaney
Best Middle Ages Books
1,323 books — 1,934 voters