Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
53rd out of 1,833 books — 2,224 voters
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryPoseidon's Steed The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality by Helen ScalesThe Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor CorsonKraken by Wendy   WilliamsPigeons by Andrew D. Blechman
Biology Of Your Favorite Animal
13th out of 253 books — 121 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
931st out of 4,065 books — 2,129 voters

Rats by Robert SullivanLily Pond by Hope RydenThe Irish Wildlife Book by Fergus O'GormanPaddy by R.D. LawrenceEager by Ben  Goldfarb
Natural History of Rodents
1st out of 40 books — 9 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Hot Zone by Richard   Preston
Best Nonfiction Biology books on Goodreads
196th out of 413 books — 75 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachRats by Robert SullivanThe Notebook by Roland   AllenThe Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. ClairCat Tales by Jerry D. Moore
2026 Read Harder – 1. A Microhistory
1st out of 30 books — 3 voters
Rats by Robert SullivanCat Tales by Jerry D. MooreThe Ubiquitous Pig - 1992 publication by Marlyn NssnsonFuzz by Mary RoachThe Lost German Slave Girl by John Bailey
Book Riot #ReadHarder 2026 Task #1
1st out of 5 books — 1 voter

Babel by R.F. KuangFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyBeyond the Wand by Tom FeltonAnatomy by Dana SchwartzBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
52 Book Club 2023: #1 A Book With A Subtitle
322nd out of 1,226 books — 194 voters
The Rhino Crash by Nick NewmanNever Cry Wolf by Farley MowatThe Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence  AnthonyDon't Look Behind You! A Safari Guide's Encounters with Raven... by Peter AllisonWhatever You Do, Don't Run by Peter Allison
Great Non-fiction Wildlife books
121st out of 156 books — 16 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondVoyagers by Nicholas ThomasHurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid by Thor HansonThe Celts by Frank DelaneySquid Empire by Danna Staaf
Reading Interests (Non-Fiction)
18th out of 58 books — 3 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachPacking for Mars by Mary RoachSmoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyThe Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon RonsonThe Cows by Lydia Davis
What an Odd Thing to Read About!
142nd out of 179 books — 44 voters

Fuzz by Mary RoachA Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching by Rosemary MoscoIn Search of Lost Frogs by Robin  MooreCoyote America by Dan FloresWasps by Eric R. Eaton
Underappreciated Taxa
24th out of 97 books — 5 voters
Spillover by David QuammenThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsGet Well Soon by Jennifer   WrightPandemic by Sonia Shah
Pandemics and Epidemics (nonfiction)
52nd out of 125 books — 15 voters

Tiny Victory Gardens by Acadia TuckerGrowing Perennial Foods by Acadia TuckerThe Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen SibleyThe Home Place by J. Drew LanhamBringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy
Nature at Home
174th out of 236 books — 21 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
41562nd out of 76,940 books — 286,321 voters

The Whistling Season by Ivan DoigGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichWhen the Emperor Was Divine by Julie OtsukaThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Alex Awards from 2000 thru 2009
70th out of 100 books — 5 voters
Unseen City by Nathanael JohnsonThe Urban Bestiary by Lyanda Lynn HauptLook Up! by Annette LeBlanc CateDarwin Comes to Town by Menno SchilthuizenWild Urban Plants of the Northeast by Peter del Tredici
Nature in the Suburban and Urban Environment
131st out of 295 books — 34 voters

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultSwimming to Antarctica by Lynne CoxShadow Divers by Robert KursonCandyfreak by Steve AlmondDonorboy by Brendan Halpin
2005 Alex Award Winners
10th out of 10 books — 4 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
The Chinese Zodiac
324th out of 1,009 books — 95 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseCloud Atlas by David  MitchellMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsLet the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Book Buzz - The Quirky, Heterodox Reads
132nd out of 136 books — 51 voters
The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroUnwifeable by Mandy StadtmillerPlunkitt of Tammany Hall by George Washington PlunkittNo Vacancy by Charlotte Smallwood CookBeyond Nostalgia by Tom Winton
New York
9th out of 25 books — 10 voters

Diary of a Freedom Writer by Darrius GarrettOutliers by Malcolm GladwellThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
AP Non Fiction
84th out of 107 books — 29 voters
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGo the Fuck to Sleep by Adam MansbachThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. Valente
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7821st out of 7,930 books — 2,081 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
Wonderful Books of Science and Medicine
163rd out of 180 books — 85 voters
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Animal Magnetism
203rd out of 394 books — 31 voters