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
2,214 books — 1,980 voters
Our Babies, Ourselves by Meredith Small
The Human Animal
146 books — 102 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 — 63 voters
Neither Here Nor There by Bill  BrysonThe Lost Continent by Bill  Bryson
Adventure Road Trips
159 books — 46 voters

Living Out Islam by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle
Queer Islam
89 books — 59 voters
Tampa by Alissa NuttingLiving Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,301 books — 11,683 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
182 books — 87 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
4,579 books — 3,362 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonFever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Demon in the Freezer by Richard   Preston
Books for a Pandemic
708 books — 587 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
2,382 books — 2,269 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,896 books — 1,782 voters
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,234 books — 2,667 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
1,095 books — 1,837 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
1,099 books — 1,216 voters
Shabanu by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Best Multicultural Books for Children
474 books — 366 voters

The Red Tent by Anita DiamantGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Historical Fiction
8,138 books — 26,960 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