Birdology by Sy MontgomeryKingbird Highway by Kenn Kaufman
For the Love of Birds
238 books — 71 voters
World War Z by Max BrooksFeed by Mira GrantZone One by Colson Whitehead
Best Zombie Books
1,460 books — 3,179 voters

H is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldBirdology by Sy Montgomery
Books for Bird Lovers
550 books — 222 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
468 books — 463 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
348 books — 195 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
338 books — 282 voters

Wandering Home by Bill McKibben
Books Set in Vermont
393 books — 143 voters
The Last Season by Eric BlehmStranger in the Forest by Eric Hansen
Tales of Adventure
516 books — 477 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
97 books — 55 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
250 books — 124 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Best Science Thrillers
254 books — 276 voters

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
You Read a Book about What?
4,170 books — 2,533 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
1,972 books — 3,659 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
2,225 books — 1,997 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...
1,018 books — 1,609 voters

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,312 books — 3,599 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
1,117 books — 1,292 voters

Where the Wild Things Were by William StolzenburgThe Animal Dialogues by Craig ChildsThe Last Season by Eric Blehm
Best Nature Books
1,176 books — 1,006 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)
257 books — 348 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
1,874 books — 1,968 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
772 books — 1,976 voters

Forever by Pete HamillThe New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Best New York Novels
151 books — 151 voters
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
63 books — 2,011 voters


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