The Martian by Andy Weir
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,309 books — 24,516 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,717 books — 25,911 voters

Alive by Piers Paul Read
True Life Adventure
386 books — 251 voters

Quiet by Susan CainA Whole New Mind by Daniel H. PinkThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
books from TED
95 books — 367 voters
The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner
Best Nature Books
1,152 books — 770 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
7,290 books — 25,488 voters
The World According to Garp by John IrvingDune by Frank HerbertStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinShōgun by James ClavellThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,790 books — 49,759 voters

The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGod Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
Notable Atheist Books
542 books — 936 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Fearless Females
768 books — 920 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Alaska Tales
360 books — 300 voters
1491 by Charles C. MannKrakatoa by Simon WinchesterThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,836 books — 3,593 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,219 books — 8,049 voters