Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliDracula by Bram Stoker
Best European Literature
828 books — 306 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,373 voters
Botany for Gardeners by Brian CaponThe Inward Garden by Julie Moir MesservyCass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning by Cass TurnbullPractical Science For Gardeners by Mary PrattThe Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease... by Barbara W. Ellis
Gardening Books
369 books — 156 voters

Second Nature by Michael PollanBeautiful Madness by James DodsonBotany for Gardeners by Brian Capon
Best Books for Gardeners
132 books — 50 voters
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsDesign Language by McCreight101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew FrederickBasic Elements of Landscape Architectural Design by Norman K. BoothDesign Like You Give A Damn by Architecture For Humanity
Best Design Books
119 books — 95 voters

Keeping a Nature Journal by Clare Walker LeslieA Field Guide to the Familiar by Gale LawrenceSeeds by Peter LoewerThe Sense of Wonder by Rachel CarsonThe Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Best Nature Books
1,161 books — 810 voters
1984 by George OrwellFast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
This Is the End...
1,011 books — 1,605 voters

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverReclaiming the Commons by Brian DonahueThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe David Suzuki Reader by David Suzuki
Best Sustainability Nonfiction
420 books — 319 voters
City Walks by China WilliamsThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingBoston Noir by Dennis Lehane
Boston Books
333 books — 281 voters

The Y Chromosome by Leona Gom1984 by George Orwell
Dystopia!
1,232 books — 2,779 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Eco-Fiction
356 books — 331 voters

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Jim Pojar
Pacific Northwest Books
924 books — 612 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Talking-Animal Books
716 books — 725 voters

Color by Victoria Finlay
Histories of the Everyday
376 books — 429 voters
Gig by John BoweNature Noir by Jordan Fisher Smith
A Day in the Life: Work Memoirs
838 books — 423 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettLife of Pi by Yann MartelDracula by Bram StokerDune by Frank Herbert
Best Books Ever
78,075 books — 291,135 voters