Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Book on the Bookshelf by Henry PetroskiSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterA History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor
Histories of the Everyday
372 books — 341 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,367 books — 69,190 voters

Intersex by Thea Hillman
21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards
21 books — 17 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Books Ever
77,126 books — 287,254 voters

Cosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingChaos by James GleickThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,867 books — 3,612 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerTimeline by Michael CrichtonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,020 books — 5,329 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodWorld War Z by Max BrooksA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,251 books — 3,425 voters
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction
7,572 books — 25,844 voters

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam HarrisThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisGod Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
Notable Atheist Books
557 books — 956 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonNeuromancer by William GibsonAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganBroken Angels by Richard K. MorganWoken Furies by Richard K. Morgan
Best of Cyberpunk
374 books — 1,189 voters