Talking to Strangers by Malcolm GladwellThe Confidence Game by Maria KonnikovaThe Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace JohnsonPlaying Dead by Elizabeth  GreenwoodThe Poet and the Murderer by Simon Worrall
•Uptown Suckers
172 books — 5 voters

Suite for Calliope by Ellen HunnicuttThe Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemoreThe Life of P.T. Barnum by P.T. BarnumInsignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti BowlingGeek Love by Katherine Dunn
Circus/Carnival Books
714 books — 1,088 voters
Suite for Calliope by Ellen HunnicuttThe Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself by P.T. BarnumThe Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemoreInsignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti BowlingGeek Love by Katherine Dunn
Best Circus, Sideshow and Museum Books
157 books — 71 voters

The Confidence Game by Maria KonnikovaThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Poet and the Murderer by Simon WorrallThe Man in the Rockefeller Suit by Mark SealThe Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson
Books About Con Artists/Thieves/Etc.
130 books — 46 voters
Invisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukSurvivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Dark Humor
732 books — 1,638 voters

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,434 books — 2,356 voters
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
#OwnVoicesOctober
183 books — 53 voters

The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaSlumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
India: Fiction
321 books — 333 voters
Alex & Me by Irene M. PepperbergBirdology by Sy MontgomeryHope Is the Thing with Feathers by Christopher CokinosEnslaved by Ducks by Bob TartePigeons by Andrew D. Blechman
Books for Bird Lovers
534 books — 215 voters

Birdology by Sy MontgomeryAlex and Me by Irene M. PepperbergHope Is the Thing with Feathers by Christopher CokinosThe Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose
Natural Writing About Birds
144 books — 14 voters
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneClara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan VreelandLuncheon of the Boating Party by Susan VreelandLisette's List by Susan VreelandI, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
Fiction Books Involving Art
187 books — 123 voters

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyStiff by Mary Roach
Thanatology 101
133 books — 40 voters
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
Protagonists Over 60
355 books — 170 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachSmoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyRhapsody in Schmaltz by Michael WexMobituaries by Mo Rocca
Clever Microhistories (and Sciences)
81 books — 14 voters
When You Reach Me by Rebecca SteadThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Newbery Medal Winner Books
105 books — 374 voters

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books About Librarians
456 books — 578 voters

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Books About Bookstores
642 books — 807 voters
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Stories For Book Lovers
8,452 books — 8,648 voters

Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan VreelandLisette's List by Susan VreelandLuncheon of the Boating Party by Susan VreelandPortrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora BennettLoving Frank by Nancy Horan
Art & Artists in Fiction
960 books — 1,124 voters
The Adventures of Maya the Bee by Waldemar BonselsHelen's Babies by John HabbertonThe Backwoods of Canada by Catharine Parr TraillThe Wrong Box by Robert Louis StevensonRookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
LibriVox Audiobooks
174 books — 65 voters