Birdology by Sy MontgomeryKingbird Highway by Kenn Kaufman
For the Love of Birds
237 books — 71 voters
World War Z by Max BrooksFeed by Mira GrantZone One by Colson Whitehead
Best Zombie Books
1,440 books — 3,075 voters

H is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldBirdology by Sy Montgomery
Books for Bird Lovers
527 books — 208 voters

Primates by Jim Ottaviani
Science Graphic Novels
68 books — 32 voters
Hark! A Vagrant by Kate BeatonHyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Best of the Web
463 books — 455 voters

Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah VowellThis Is Paradise by Kristiana KahakauwilaMoloka'i by Alan BrennertArchipelago by David LiittschwagerWaking Up in Eden by Lucinda Fleeson
All Things Hawaiian
345 books — 182 voters
The City of Falling Angels by John BerendtDeath at La Fenice by Donna LeonDeath in a Strange Country by Donna Leon
Books Set in Venice
311 books — 273 voters

Wandering Home by Bill McKibben
Books Set in Vermont
389 books — 139 voters
The Last Season by Eric BlehmStranger in the Forest by Eric Hansen
Tales of Adventure
513 books — 474 voters

Where the Wild Things Were by William Stolzenburg
Conservation and Animal Science
154 books — 54 voters
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
Venice
96 books — 54 voters

Zoo Story by Thomas   FrenchThe Rhino with Glue-On Shoes by Lucy H. SpelmanBabylon's Ark by Lawrence  Anthony
Books about Zoos
41 books — 27 voters
Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonContact by Carl Sagan
SCIENCE & LITERATURE--Together at Last
245 books — 115 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Best Science Thrillers
233 books — 260 voters

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
You Read a Book about What?
4,048 books — 2,118 voters
Where the Wild Things Were by William StolzenburgThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLast Chance to See by Douglas Adams
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,839 books — 3,603 voters

The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer by Eric HansenThe Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten TroostStranger in the Forest by Eric Hansen
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,134 books — 1,858 voters
I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Death of Grass by John Christopher
This Is the End...
996 books — 1,594 voters

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,244 books — 3,416 voters
Where the Wild Things Were by William StolzenburgLast Chance to See by Douglas AdamsThe World Without Us by Alan WeismanThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertThe Rarest of the Rare by Diane Ackerman
Best Environmental Books
1,075 books — 1,204 voters

Where the Wild Things Were by William StolzenburgThe Animal Dialogues by Craig ChildsThe Last Season by Eric Blehm
Best Nature Books
1,153 books — 782 voters
Born Confused by Tanuja Desai HidierServing Crazy with Curry by Amulya MalladiThe Mango Season by Amulya MalladiThe Twentieth Wife by Indu SundaresanA Breath of Fresh Air by Amulya Malladi
Desi Chick Lit (fiction)
256 books — 347 voters

In the Shadow of Man by Jane GoodallThe Rhino with Glue-On Shoes by Lucy H. SpelmanGentle Ben by Walt Morey
Best Books About Animals
1,846 books — 1,854 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriHullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai
Best South Asian Fiction
737 books — 1,903 voters

Forever by Pete HamillThe New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Best New York Novels
147 books — 129 voters
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
62 books — 1,991 voters


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