Salt by Mark KurlanskyThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonBanana by Dan Koeppel
Histories of the Everyday
376 books — 404 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,353 books — 7,087 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Best Historical Fiction
7,835 books — 26,139 voters

Born a Crime by Trevor NoahBossypants by Tina FeyWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherShockaholic by Carrie FisherFuriously Happy by Jenny  Lawson
Books by Comics
200 books — 222 voters
NeuroTribes by Steve SilbermanThinking In Pictures by Temple GrandinLook Me in the Eye by John Elder RobisonThe Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Di... by Tony AttwoodThe Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
autism: fiction AND non-fiction
254 books — 235 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelGarden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,344 books — 4,637 voters