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
807 books — 305 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
7,189 books — 28,370 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
133 books — 51 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
118 books — 94 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
1,156 books — 781 voters
1984 by George OrwellFast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
This Is the End...
994 books — 1,591 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
401 books — 294 voters
City Walks by China WilliamsThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingBoston Noir by Dennis Lehane
Boston Books
332 books — 274 voters

The Y Chromosome by Leona Gom1984 by George Orwell
Dystopia!
1,220 books — 2,749 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Eco-Fiction
344 books — 321 voters

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Jim Pojar
Pacific Northwest Books
914 books — 610 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Talking-Animal Books
707 books — 682 voters

Color by Victoria Finlay
Histories of the Everyday
369 books — 338 voters
Gig by John BoweNature Noir by Jordan Fisher Smith
A Day in the Life: Work Memoirs
821 books — 408 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettLife of Pi by Yann MartelDracula by Bram StokerDune by Frank Herbert
Best Books Ever
76,431 books — 284,262 voters