A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonA Year in Provence by Peter MayleNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerNeither Here nor There by Bill Bryson
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,198 books — 1,956 voters
Our Babies, Ourselves by Meredith Small
The Human Animal
145 books — 101 voters

A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century by Heather E. HeyingCynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose
Critical Thinking in the Age of Woke
155 books — 59 voters
Neither Here Nor There by Bill BrysonThe Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
Adventure Road Trips
159 books — 45 voters

Living Out Islam by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle
Queer Islam
90 books — 60 voters
Tampa by Alissa NuttingLiving Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,300 books — 11,656 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanStiff by Mary RoachSpook by Mary RoachThe Demon in the Freezer by Richard   Preston
Wonderful Books of Science and Medicine
181 books — 86 voters
The Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanStiff by Mary RoachA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBonk by Mary Roach
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,520 books — 3,056 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonFever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Demon in the Freezer by Richard   Preston
Books for a Pandemic
705 books — 579 voters

The Archaeology of Mothering by Laurie A. WilkieThe Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantA Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher UlrichWitches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich
Midwifery books
117 books — 72 voters
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Foreign Lands
2,378 books — 2,268 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,881 books — 1,762 voters
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,230 books — 2,623 voters

Guests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Warnock FerneaOrientalism by Edward W. Said
Best Middle East Nonfiction
537 books — 378 voters
Guests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Warnock FerneaOrientalism by Edward W. SaidThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Good Ethnography
141 books — 103 voters

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,079 books — 1,808 voters
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Best Popular Anthropology Books
360 books — 274 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonNeither Here nor There by Bill BrysonThe Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
Wanderlust
1,098 books — 1,224 voters
Shabanu by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Best Multicultural Books for Children
470 books — 358 voters

The Red Tent by Anita DiamantGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Historical Fiction
7,989 books — 26,574 voters
Lost Girls by Robert KolkerWhile They Slept by Kathryn HarrisonDevil's Knot by Mara Leveritt
Books for Serial Podcast Lovers
59 books — 39 voters