Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownSeven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. LawrenceOutlaw Platoon by Sean  ParnellJarhead  by Anthony SwoffordGeneration Kill by Evan Wright
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,141 books — 2,390 voters
Silk Road Recipes by Gulmira PropperThe Tree That Bleeds by Nick HoldstockThe Life of Muhammad Sharif by Jeff EdenNights of Turkistan by Najeeb ElKilanyLand of Strangers by Eric Schluessel
Uyghur Books
108 books — 12 voters

A Mediterranean Feast by Clifford A. WrightCrazy Dumplings by Amanda   RobertsWorld Cuisine at Home by Holly  SinclairTastes and Tales from Russia by Alla DanishevskyPlease to the Table by Anya von Bremzen
Best Ethnic Cookbooks
317 books — 145 voters
The Empire of the Steppes by René GroussetThe Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne SeierstadReturn of a King by William DalrympleApples Are from Kazakhstan by Christopher RobbinsThe Birth of Tajikistan by Paul Bergne
Central Asia
281 books — 87 voters

Affinity by Sarah WatersMapping the Interior by Stephen Graham JonesSenselessness by Horacio Castellanos MoyaNecromancy by Darlene BlackOne Blood by Qwantu Amaru
Diverse Horror
277 books — 167 voters
Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain
most anticipated mysteries 2013
150 books — 545 voters

Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LaynePrecarious Infatuations by Anthony HulseBring Me Back by B.A. ParisNo One Knows by J.T. Ellison
Thrillers with big Plot Twists
137 books — 99 voters

Survivor by J.F. GonzalezThe Hypnotist by Lars KeplerPostmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellPerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
I Like Serial Killers
1,016 books — 1,544 voters
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. WatsonEVO by Diane  MayInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukDangerous Girls by Abigail HaasCrash by J.G. Ballard
Gillian Flynn Read Alikes
85 books — 32 voters

Elevator Pitch by Linwood BarclayMiracle Uprising by Blair James StewardThe Last Winter of Dani Lancing by P.D. VinerInto the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth HaynesIn a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
Psychological Thrillers
458 books — 634 voters
The Demolished Man by Alfred BesterThe Edge of Normal by Carla  NortonThe Last Motel by Brett McBeanAuthor - A Murder With A Twist by Richard MyerscoughCreep by Jennifer Hillier
Crime Fiction/Murder
21 books — 10 voters

A Bride's Story, Vol. 2 by Kaoru MoriTo Afghanistan and Back by Ted Rall
History through graphic novels
617 books — 494 voters
The Amazons by Adrienne MayorLast of the Amazons by Steven PressfieldWarrior Women by Mona BehanA Brief History of the Amazons by Lyn Webster WildeOn the Trail of the Women Warriors by Lyn Webster Wilde
Amazon History
25 books — 4 voters

Outlaws of the Atlantic by Marcus RedikerThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano1493 by Charles C. MannThe Barbary Corsairs by Jacques HeersThe Wars of the Barbary Pirates by Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Age of Sail Nonfiction
355 books — 90 voters
The End of Barbary Terror by Frederick C. LeinerTo the Walls of Derne by Chipp ReidThe Wars of the Barbary Pirates by Gregory Fremont-BarnesThe Prisoners of Algiers by H.G. BarnbyOur Navy And The Barbary Corsairs by Gardner W. Allen
Barbary Wars 1801-1815
20 books — 10 voters

The Silent Steppe by Mukhamet ShayakhmetovThe Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. AnthonyThe Empire of the Steppes by René GroussetThe Book of Dede Korkut by AnonymousAncient China and its Enemies by Nicola Di Cosmo
Great Steppe.
112 books — 21 voters
The Devils' Dance by Hamid IsmailovImperial Lady by Andre NortonThe Dead Lake by Hamid IsmailovThe Bird and the Blade by Megan BannenThe Mongoliad by Neal Stephenson
Steppe Fiction
31 books — 20 voters

Sky Train by Canyon SamAfghan Frontier by Victoria SchofieldAfghanistan by Thomas BarfieldThe Dark Defile by Diana PrestonDoes it Yurt? Travels in Central Asia Or How I Came to Love t... by Stephen M.  Bland
TREKKING THE 'STANS
85 books — 59 voters
Jamilia by Chingiz AitmatovThe Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne SeierstadKim by Rudyard KiplingSwallows of Kabul by Yasmina KhadraApples Are from Kazakhstan by Christopher Robbins
Books Set in the -stan Countries
333 books — 172 voters

The Politics of Muslim Cultural Reform by Adeeb KhalidIslam after Communism by Adeeb KhalidWaqf in Central Asia by Robert D. McChesneyThe Georgian Feast by Darra GoldsteinHoly War in China by Kim Hodong
Central Asia and the Caucasus
152 books — 13 voters
World Order by Henry KissingerWhen China Rules the World by Martin JacquesPrisoners of Geography by Tim  Marshall
100 International Relations Classics
58 books — 19 voters