Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Best Nonfiction about Comics
414 books — 105 voters
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanStiff by Mary RoachThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten TroostPacking for Mars by Mary Roach
You Read a Book about What?
4,048 books — 2,118 voters

Transmetropolitan, Vol. 2 by Warren Ellis
Comic Books to Appreciate & Love
546 books — 157 voters
Deadline by Mira GrantBlackout by Mira GrantRise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman
Best Zombie Books
1,440 books — 3,075 voters

30 Days of Night by Steve NilesI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Strain by Guillermo del Toro
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,797 books — 4,928 voters
The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsThe Black Hole War by Leonard SusskindParasites by Rosemary Drisdelle
2012: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
3,300 books — 727 voters

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,916 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Could Change Your Life
2,879 books — 1,585 voters

The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Scariest Books
219 books — 97 voters
The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Scariest books of all time
640 books — 735 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,531 books — 24,821 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,849 books — 121,121 voters