Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson1491 by Charles C. Mann
Best History Books
4,120 books — 4,744 voters
Isaac's Storm by Erik LarsonSudden Sea by R.A. Scotti
Strange Weather
78 books — 15 voters

Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson
The Deluge
210 books — 41 voters

Rocket Men by Robert Kurson
Spaceflight
113 books — 20 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Voyage Long and Strange by Tony HorwitzHEN FRIGATES by Joan Druett
Favorite Travel Books
2,054 books — 4,000 voters

Hemingway's Hurricane by Phil ScottDark Tide by Stephen PuleoFlu by Gina KolataThe Man-Eaters of Tsavo by John Henry PattersonTwelve Days of Terror by Richard G. Fernicola
Disasters, Tragedies, and Accidents
211 books — 81 voters
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonThe Man-Eaters of Tsavo by John Henry Patterson
Best Books about the Great Outdoors
340 books — 131 voters

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumMatilda by Roald Dahl
Best Children's Fantasy
1,031 books — 1,266 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Best little girl books
509 books — 363 voters