2026 Reading Challenge
Chatter by Ethan KrossThe Data Detective by Tim HarfordBeginners by Tom VanderbiltFour Lost Cities by Annalee NewitzWhat Is Life? by Paul Nurse
Next Big Idea Club - Winter 2021 Finalists
5th out of 8 books — 2 voters
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill GatesSeven And A Half Lessons About The Brain by Lisa Feldman BarrettUnder a White Sky by Elizabeth KolbertGory Details by Erika EngelhauptBeloved Beasts by Michelle Nijhuis
Weird Science! The Best New Sci-Tech Books
7th out of 42 books — 3 voters

The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaParasite Rex by Carl ZimmerIn the Shadow of Man by Jane GoodallThe Blind Watchmaker by Richard DawkinsThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Biology
114th out of 162 books — 26 voters
Life by John BrockmanThe Epigenetics Revolution by Nessa CareyBiomimicry by Janine M. BenyusJunk DNA by Nessa CareyThe Age of Genomes by Steven M. Lipkin
Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology, Genetics, Personalised Medicine etc.
51st out of 57 books — 15 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAll Systems Red by Martha Wells
[ATY 2024] Science or Science Fiction
226th out of 573 books — 73 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
26730th out of 31,576 books — 120,247 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanNight by Elie WieselLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaRelativity by Albert Einstein
Nobel Prize in ANYTHING BUT Literature
73rd out of 147 books — 58 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
4130th out of 5,829 books — 6,355 voters

The Secret of Life by Howard MarkelRadical by Nature by James T. CostaThe Growth of Biological Thought by Ernst W. MayrThe Tangled Tree by David QuammenThe Girl Who Drew Butterflies by Joyce Sidman
The History of Biology
24th out of 40 books — 3 voters
Circe by Madeline MillerWellness by Nathan HillThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltThe Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
[ATY 2025] Common Noun in Author's Name
392nd out of 887 books — 85 voters


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