The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James BrownOrdeal by Hunger by George R. StewartThe Best Land Under Heaven by Michael WallisThe Oregon Trail by Rinker BuckThe Hunger by Alma Katsu
Donner Party
3rd out of 26 books — 27 voters
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil FerrisKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannGlass House by Brian  AlexanderGirls & Sex by Peggy OrensteinAl Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
Fresh Air 2017
40th out of 147 books — 40 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Night to Remember by Walter LordAlive by Piers Paul Read
Non-fiction Disaster Books
128th out of 325 books — 327 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike  DavisA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaCity of Quartz by Mike  DavisSan Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries by Beth WinegarnerThe World Rushed In by J.S. Holliday
California History
62nd out of 204 books — 46 voters

Ashen Winter by Mike MullinAshfall by Mike MullinThis World We Live In by Susan Beth PfefferAlas, Babylon by Pat FrankThe Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
SciFi so real its SCARY.
159th out of 1,118 books — 1,895 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerNight by Elie WieselIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Nonfiction Books About Horrifying Events
317th out of 502 books — 184 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesNone of This Is True by Lisa JewellThe Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
52 Book Club 2024: #45 Chapter Headings Have Dates
71st out of 169 books — 159 voters
Night by Elie WieselAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Memoirs by Men
831st out of 1,727 books — 681 voters

Get Well Soon by Jennifer   WrightThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganThe Worst Witch by Jill MurphyMarley and Me by John GroganThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
The Best and The Worst
228th out of 336 books — 19 voters
A Destiny of Carnage by Mallory FoxFighting Destiny by Amelia HutchinsThe Rowan's Destiny by Stella BrieDestiny of Ashes by Tessa HaleDestined to Dream by J. Kearston
Best Books with "Destiny" in the Title
60th out of 185 books — 15 voters

Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook by Martha StewartButts by Heather RadkeHow to Suppress Women's Writing by Joanna RussMy Life with Bonnie and Clyde by Blanche Caldwell BarrowMind Game by Julie Kliegman
For Fans of "You're Wrong About" (Unofficial)
33rd out of 100 books — 2 voters
Fit for Consumption by Steve BermanThis Delicious Death by Kayla CottinghamUndercover by Tamsyn MuirCannibalism by Bill SchuttFlesh Eaters by L.A. Morse
Cannibalism books
34th out of 35 books — 7 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachWorking Stiff by Judy MelinekSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyThe Royal Art of Poison by Eleanor HermanThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
morbid curiosity nonfiction
149th out of 251 books — 21 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1073rd out of 1,821 books — 4,020 voters
Down Under by Bill BrysonSomething Under the Bed is Drooling by Bill WattersonTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneUnder Milk Wood by Dylan ThomasNotes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I've Been "Under" Everywhere
156th out of 488 books — 17 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisRed Dragon by Thomas  HarrisHannibal by Thomas  HarrisHannibal Rising by Thomas  HarrisAshen Winter by Mike Mullin
Cannibal Books
80th out of 120 books — 82 voters
The Hunger by Alma KatsuLeningrad by Michael     JonesEat Me by Bill SchuttThe Best Land Under Heaven by Michael WallisLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Books Containing Survival Cannibalism
4th out of 22 books — 9 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownCadillac Desert by Marc ReisnerThe Last Outlaws by Thom HatchFur, Fortune, and Empire by Eric Jay DolinBig Trouble by J. Anthony Lukas
Best Nonfiction Books Western US History
147th out of 245 books — 14 voters
Alive by Piers Paul ReadA Modest Proposal by Jonathan SwiftThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickSurvivor Type by Stephen  King
Cannibals And Cannibalism In Fact And Fiction
45th out of 67 books — 16 voters

John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
798th out of 2,153 books — 2,513 voters
The Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam4 3 2 1 by Paul AusterDays Without End by Sebastian BarryThe Heart's Invisible Furies by John BoyneWhat We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons
Andrew Carnegie Medals Longlist 2018
45th out of 46 books — 1 voter

The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell by Aldous HuxleyThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerHell House by Richard MathesonThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
Heaven and Hell
172nd out of 951 books — 75 voters
Born Slippy by Tom LutzThe Mountains of California by John MuirMy Dirty California by Jason MosbergThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
A California Reader
24th out of 120 books — 13 voters

The Bitter Past by Bruce BorgosDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyIn the Distance by Hernan DiazLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Reading the Southwest
250th out of 253 books — 47 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
2731st out of 3,768 books — 3,798 voters

Hatchet by Gary PaulsenMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Wilderness Survival Books
194th out of 196 books — 228 voters