Hispanic Heritage Month 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Spooky (17 Lists)



Spillover by David QuammenFlu by Gina KolataParasite Rex by Carl ZimmerThe Demon in the Freezer by Richard PrestonBlindness by José Saramago
These Books Will Kill You
357 books — 321 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachDeath's Acre by William M. BassBonk by Mary RoachThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumParasite Rex by Carl Zimmer
You Read a Book about What?
4,172 books — 2,527 voters

Wicked Bugs by Amy StewartA Walk around the Pond by Gilbert WaldbauerInsights From Insects by Gilbert WaldbauerSex on Six Legs by Marlene ZukA Fly for the Prosecution by M. Lee Goff
Books about Invertebrates
402 books — 52 voters
Watchmen by Alan MoorePsycho by Robert BlochFight Club by Chuck PalahniukHannibal by Thomas Harris
Rooting for the Bad Guy
686 books — 1,482 voters

Six-Legged Sex by James K. WangbergSex on Six Legs by Marlene ZukBugs In The System by May R. BerenbaumA Walk around the Pond by Gilbert WaldbauerInsights From Insects by Gilbert Waldbauer
Biology Of Your Favorite Animal
256 books — 142 voters
Dark Banquet by Bill SchuttWinter World by Bernd HeinrichWicked Bugs by Amy StewartLife Everlasting by Bernd HeinrichSwimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time by Richard Conniff
Best Nature Books
1,175 books — 1,005 voters

The Panda's Thumb by Stephen Jay GouldThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsRemarkable Creatures by Sean B. CarrollAt the Water's Edge by Carl ZimmerPlanet of the Bugs by Scott Richard Shaw
Best Books on Evolution...
283 books — 220 voters
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganSpook by Mary RoachWhy People Believe Weird Things by Michael ShermerDelusions of Gender by Cordelia FinePlanet of the Bugs by Scott Richard Shaw
A Skeptic's Library
170 books — 125 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachDeath's Acre by William M. BassBonk by Mary RoachThe Panda's Thumb by Stephen Jay GouldThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,414 books — 8,210 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachParasite Rex by Carl ZimmerThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
Best General Science Books
593 books — 515 voters

Blindness by José Saramago
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,273 books — 11,711 voters
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
508 books — 616 voters

As I Lay Dying by William FaulknerStiff by Mary RoachJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboLife Everlasting by Bernd Heinrich
Thanatopsis: Death, Dying, and Mortality
595 books — 269 voters
A Fly for the Prosecution by M. Lee GoffDead Men Do Tell Tales by William R. MaplesThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumBeyond the Body Farm by William M. Bass
Forensics: If It Doesn't Walk, We Bring Out the Chalk
152 books — 227 voters

Blindness by José SaramagoOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodCell by Stephen KingY by Brian K. VaughanWorld War Z by Max Brooks
This Is the End...
1,017 books — 1,608 voters
The Purity Myth by Jessica ValentiFemale Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel LevyFlux by Peggy OrensteinYes Means Yes! by Jaclyn FriedmanWhipping Girl by Julia Serano
Best Feminist Books
3,020 books — 4,393 voters

Dark Banquet by Bill SchuttThe Dangerous World of Butterflies by Peter LauferThe Panda's Thumb by Stephen Jay GouldA Walk around the Pond by Gilbert WaldbauerInsights From Insects by Gilbert Waldbauer
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,973 books — 3,663 voters