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Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Vicarious Thrills
388 books — 418 voters
Imzadi by Peter DavidSpock's World by Diane DuaneUhura's Song by Janet KaganYesterday's Son by A.C. CrispinThe Vulcan Academy Murders by Jean Lorrah
Best Star Trek Books
395 books — 275 voters

Is He Ever Going to Leave His Wife? by Martess DowlingMaurice by E.M. ForsterTales of the City by Armistead MaupinA Single Man by Christopher IsherwoodTigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy
Gay Fiction by Men
548 books — 268 voters
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan MatsonPaper Towns by John GreenAn Abundance of Katherines by John Green13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen JohnsonA Walk Between Raindrops by Amalie Jahn
YA Roadtrip Fiction
65 books — 121 voters

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShutePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Fictitious Australia
463 books — 115 voters
Over the Edge of the World by Laurence BergreenThe Lost City of Z by David GrannUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard CarterThe White Nile by Alan Moorehead
The Great Explorers
245 books — 92 voters

Targeting the Telomeres by R.N. ShapiroJonas and the Mountain by Janis HarperFrom Meidelach to Matriarchs ~ A Journal by Mirta Ines TruppA Blessed Olive Tree by Zain HashmiExistential Rationalism by Marcel Eschauzier
Best Self-Discovery Books
19 books — 27 voters
Chicken Frank, Dinosaur! by S.K. WengerThe Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara KerleyEncyclopedia Prehistorica by Robert SabudaDanny and the Dinosaur by Syd HoffA Night in the Dinosaur Graveyard by A.J. Wood
Picture Books About Dinosaurs
88 books — 18 voters

The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan EigThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Living Medicine by Lina ZeldovichThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
True Medical Histories
35 books — 16 voters
Longitude by Dava SobelThe Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century by Robert LomasHow to Invent Everything by Ryan NorthConnections by James BurkeThe Way Things Work by David Macaulay
Inventions
206 books — 16 voters

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonRamona Blue by Julie MurphyCall Me By Your Name by André AcimanThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon"Hello," I Lied by M.E. Kerr
Q is for Questioning
53 books — 16 voters
Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseBlue Latitudes by Tony HorwitzIn the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton SidesThe Oregon Trail by Rinker BuckDreams of El Dorado by H.W. Brands
Nonfiction Geographical Exploration and Discovery
65 books — 13 voters

The Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantWorld Religions by John BowkerHeart to Heart by Jan GreenbergYour Own, Sylvia by Stephanie Hemphill
Arts & Humanities for the College Bound
29 books — 10 voters
The Student Prince by FayJayThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsDracula by Bram StokerRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeXerxes Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
Favourite Free Fiction/Faction
21 books — 8 voters

Down the Great Unknown by Edward DolnickWritten in Stone by Chet RaymoMotoring with Mohammed by Eric HansenSavage Harvest by Carl HoffmanEmpire of Ice and Stone by Buddy Levy
Exploring the world
142 books — 6 voters
In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonRed Earth Diaries by Jason RebelloCampervan Kama Sutra - Outback Australia, with a camper trail... by John PerrierTwo Old Fools Down Under by Victoria TweadKamikaze Kangaroos! by Tony James Slater
Best Australian Travel Memoirs
6 books — 6 voters

Melungeons by Elizabeth C. HirschmanDiscovery of Ancient America by David Allen DealHe Walked the Americas by L. Taylor HansenBefore Columbus; Links Between the Old World and Ancient Amer... by Cyrus H. GordonEtruscan Explorers by Warren Dexter
Pre-Columbo Disco
118 books — 5 voters
Here We Are by Oliver JeffersStars by Mary Lyn RayPapa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric CarleAliens Love Underpants by Ben CortA Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
Universe of Stories
43 books — 5 voters

Daydreamers by Jonathan HarperThe Neighbor by S.H. AzanonThe Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories by David LeavittMen Writing Men Illustrated by Rick LongfieldAnything But Everything & Five More Gay Erotic Stories by J. Phillip Elwes
Gay M/M Short Stories Written By Men
13 books — 5 voters
The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Tiger by John VaillantLongitude by Dava SobelThe Mapmaker's Wife by Robert WhitakerNorth on the Wing by Bruce M. Beehler
Books of Scientific Adventure & Discovery
36 books — 5 voters

Dragon Teeth by Michael CrichtonThe Gilded Dinosaur by Mark JaffeThe fossil feud between E. D. Cope and O. C. Marsh by Elizabeth Noble ShorDinosaur Bone War by Elizabeth Cody KimmelBattle of the Dinosaur Bones by Rebecca L. Johnson
Cope vs. Marsh: A History of the Bone Wars
10 books — 2 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoOn the Road by Jack KerouacZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
The Crossing Suggested Reading
13 books — 1 voter

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnThe Double Helix by James D. WatsonThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinRice's Language of Buildings by Matthew RiceThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
LOC Dive
5 books — 1 voter
Desperate Hours by David MackDrastic Measures by Dayton WardFear Itself by James SwallowThe Way to the Stars by Una McCormackThe Enterprise War by John Jackson Miller
Star Trek the 3rd Generation Books
23 books — 1 voter

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