The Pope of Physics by Gino SegrèHarmony and Unity by Niels BlaedelPassionate Minds by David BodanisPrimates by Jim OttavianiSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman
Scientists Biographies
44th out of 63 books — 6 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1287th out of 1,807 books — 1,690 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Art of Part Time Travel by Matthew LightfootIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonRound Ireland with a Fridge by Tony HawksToward Beauty by Dennis Garnhum
Adventurer's Soul
64th out of 98 books — 16 voters
Hard Times by Charles DickensA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloThere Will Come Soft Rains by Ray BradburyMy Life and Hard Times by James Thurber
Hard and Soft
200th out of 333 books — 32 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsThe Sword in the Stone by T.H. WhiteStone Soup by Marcia BrownOver Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
Rocks and Stones
554th out of 691 books — 45 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherOut of Africa by Isak DinesenThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithYohannes Ishi by Nabse Bamato
Books About Africa
186th out of 272 books — 50 voters

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellDriving Over Lemons by Chris  StewartAt Home in the World by Tsh OxenreiderDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerA Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
Travel Memoirs: Living in a Strange Land
64th out of 106 books — 16 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertJourney to the West by Biao  Wang
Life in a Foreign Country
705th out of 813 books — 416 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonWhite Fang by Jack London
Tales of Adventure
467th out of 516 books — 477 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxBack to Angola by Paul Morris
BEST MEMOIRS SET IN AFRICA
38th out of 58 books — 26 voters

From the Erzgebirge to Potosi by Sean   DalyCadillac Desert by Marc ReisnerDirt by William Bryant LoganBasin and Range by John McPheeThe Control of Nature by John McPhee
Earth Sciences and Environment
144th out of 152 books — 27 voters
From the Erzgebirge to Potosi by Sean   DalyA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Map That Changed the World by Simon WinchesterAnnals of the Former World by John McPheeBasin and Range by John McPhee
Best Geology Books
87th out of 128 books — 88 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
#GetOutside
224th out of 246 books — 68 voters