Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEndurance by Alfred LansingInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best True Survival Stories
437 books — 566 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,429 books — 8,213 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerAlive by Piers Paul ReadBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
True Life Adventure
397 books — 276 voters
Nevada Lowball by Antonio NicassioThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fictitious Africa
562 books — 316 voters

The Bone People by Keri HulmeThe Whale Rider by Witi IhimaeraOnce Were Warriors by Alan DuffThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonMister Pip by Lloyd Jones
New Zealand
401 books — 214 voters

The Bone People by Keri HulmeThe Whale Rider by Witi IhimaeraMister Pip by Lloyd JonesTransference by B.T. KeatonOnce Were Warriors by Alan Duff
Books By New Zealand Authors
878 books — 378 voters