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Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonTruman by David McCullough
Best History Books
3,973 books — 4,209 voters
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Alchemy of Air by Thomas HagerOxygen by Nick LaneMauve by Simon GarfieldSalt by Mark Kurlansky
Chemistry - best books
174 books — 99 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Best Books Under 200 Pages
957 books — 434 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
50 Best short novels under 200 pages (Flavorwire)
55 books — 111 voters

Parasite Rex by Carl ZimmerGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,930 books — 3,629 voters
Destiny of the Republic by Candice MillardSalt by Mark KurlanskyAstrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse TysonDead Wake by Erik LarsonThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
[ATY 2021] - Nonfiction That's Not A Memoir or Biography
934 books — 118 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Best of Natural History
363 books — 71 voters
A World Lit Only by Fire by William ManchesterSilence by Shūsaku Endō
Best Unappreciated Books
4,391 books — 2,298 voters

Medea by EuripidesVenus in Fur by David IvesJulius Caesar by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time
417 books — 439 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 22,399 voters

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à KempisIntroduction to the Devout Life by Francis de SalesMere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisConfessions by Augustine of Hippo
The Christian Intellect
1,304 books — 906 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,598 books — 124,064 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Giver by Lois LowryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books Ever
78,428 books — 292,353 voters
Blink by Malcolm GladwellThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,214 books — 28,375 voters