Off the Cliff by Becky AikmanThe Devil's Candy by Julie Salamon
Behind the scenes
57 books — 23 voters
The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
Non-fiction Disaster Books
329 books — 331 voters

The Gone-Away World by Nick HarkawayCloud Atlas by David  MitchellY by Brian K. VaughanCivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,987 books — 26,601 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best History Books
3,930 books — 4,089 voters

Juliet by Anne Fortier
Italy
1,012 books — 533 voters
Inventory by A.V. ClubPacking for Mars by Mary RoachCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Books that Make you Laugh
3,516 books — 5,206 voters

The Great Influenza by John M. BarryBlindness by José SaramagoThe Stand by Stephen  King
Books for a Pandemic
705 books — 579 voters