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Top-Grade Ammo a step by step guide to creating quality ammun... by Glen ZedikerHandloading for Competition Making the Target Bigger. by Glen D. Zediker
Handloading Basics To Advanced
9 books — 2 voters
The Postman by David BrinLucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,073 books — 26,860 voters

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesAmerican Prometheus by Kai BirdCommand and Control by Eric Schlosser
History of the Nuclear Age
229 books — 85 voters
The Postman by David BrinLucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,296 books — 3,528 voters

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyArmor by John SteakleyOld Man's War by John Scalzi
100+ Science Fiction Novels Everyone Should Read
250 books — 444 voters
Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterEinstein by Walter Isaacson
Best Biographies
1,780 books — 3,059 voters

Old Man's War by John ScalziAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganReady Player One by Ernest ClineCloud Atlas by David MitchellPandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,196 books — 9,104 voters
Galileo's Daughter by Dava SobelThe Clockwork Universe by Edward DolnickThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
History of Science
487 books — 294 voters

Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
85 books — 20 voters
Empires of Light by Jill JonnesThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownEiffel's Tower and the World's Fair by Jill Jonnes
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,882 books — 2,266 voters

Shadow Divers by Robert KursonBlind Man's Bluff by Sherry Sontag
Best Submarine Nonfiction Books
61 books — 102 voters
Flags of Our Fathers by James D. Bradley1776 by David McCullough
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,247 books — 2,601 voters

Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Best History Books
4,034 books — 4,516 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,372 books — 1,725 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,428 books — 5,136 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFoundation by Isaac AsimovThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
The Best Classical Science Fiction Works
112 books — 153 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Military Science Fiction
859 books — 1,174 voters
Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Sociology Books
567 books — 423 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,783 books — 25,862 voters
God Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Notable Atheist Books
592 books — 991 voters

Hiroshima by John HerseyThe Johnstown Flood by David McCulloughInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Best Nonfiction Books About Horrifying Events
521 books — 191 voters
Einstein by Walter IsaacsonGenius by James Gleick
Scientists and Philosophers
238 books — 162 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,400 books — 8,179 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGalileo's Daughter by Dava SobelThe Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,952 books — 3,637 voters