Anything Worth Doing by Jo DeurbrouckInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerDark Shadows Falling by Joe Simpson
Epic Survival Stories
34 books — 9 voters
Anything Worth Doing by Jo DeurbrouckThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best for Book Clubs
14,634 books — 18,477 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleDune by Frank HerbertThe Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Most Interesting Magic System
2,646 books — 8,768 voters
Anything Worth Doing by Jo DeurbrouckInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonNorth of Hope by Shannon Huffman Polson
Accidents and Death in the Wilderness
133 books — 34 voters

Anything Worth Doing by Jo DeurbrouckSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
1,072 books — 1,201 voters
Anything Worth Doing by Jo DeurbrouckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckMy Ántonia by Willa CatherCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,137 books — 1,017 voters

Anything Worth Doing by Jo DeurbrouckThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman MacleanLife on the Mississippi by Mark TwainSometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
Rivers
905 books — 196 voters
Anything Worth Doing by Jo DeurbrouckInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz
Near Death Adventure
31 books — 32 voters

Anything Worth Doing by Jo DeurbrouckA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,122 books — 1,849 voters
Anything Worth Doing by Jo DeurbrouckSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Best Books about the Great Outdoors
341 books — 129 voters