A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerWild by Cheryl StrayedIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Journals of Lewis and Clark by Meriwether Lewis
Favorite Travel Books
2,016 books — 3,938 voters

Born to Run by Christopher McDougallThe Road to Sparta  by Dean KarnazesNatural Born Heroes by Christopher McDougallWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki MurakamiUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
226 books — 554 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Well-Written Holocaust Books
888 books — 2,876 voters

The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Shining by Stephen        KingThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Books That Scared Me
55 books — 27 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Brilliant Books
425 books — 173 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinBlackstaff Tower by Steven SchendCity of the Dead by Rosemary JonesCircle of Skulls by James P. DavisBury Elminster Deep by Ed Greenwood
Favourite Fictional Cities
215 books — 132 voters
Walking the Trail by Jerry EllisA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Search by Tom Brown Jr.Meditations from the Breakdown Lane by James E. ShapiroNever a City So Real by Alex Kotlowitz
Walking Stories
7 books — 5 voters

The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,852 books — 21,809 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,999 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinNight by Elie Wiesel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,329 books — 119,020 voters