Outliers by Malcolm GladwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSix Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman
Best Pop Science Books
172 books — 188 voters
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Best General Science Books
583 books — 489 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
1,156 books — 781 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
1,851 books — 2,013 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)
6,235 books — 8,067 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 — 3,601 voters

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai RichlerSolomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler
Oh, Canada!
1,337 books — 503 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
3,765 books — 26,020 voters

Earth Abides by George R. StewartA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,242 books — 3,411 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 — 412 voters