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
417 books — 542 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)
6,234 books — 8,064 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
386 books — 251 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
547 books — 265 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
397 books — 203 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
874 books — 367 voters