Outliers by Malcolm GladwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSix Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman
Best Pop Science Books
171 books — 187 voters
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Best General Science Books
582 books — 487 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauThe World Without Us by Alan WeismanCollapse by Jared Diamond
Best Nature Books
1,153 books — 773 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Medicine and Literature
1,841 books — 1,999 voters

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
A Skeptic's Library
170 books — 127 voters
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Classics for Skeptics
28 books — 26 voters

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,066 voters
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonCollapse by Jared DiamondSix Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,838 books — 3,596 voters

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai RichlerSolomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler
Oh, Canada!
1,345 books — 504 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,733 books — 25,965 voters

Earth Abides by George R. StewartA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,242 books — 3,408 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Feminist Science Fiction Books
239 books — 411 voters