The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Works of Pure Genius
721 books — 573 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,981 books — 1,280 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Best Cognitive Science Books
407 books — 490 voters
Frontlash / Backlash by Jeffrey C. AlexanderEXSTATICA Self-Help Essentials by FrankImpermanence by Daniel FrisanoDeath by T.N.T.Esalen by Jeffrey J. Kripal
New Age studies
148 books — 75 voters

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) by Carol TavrisFrontlash / Backlash by Jeffrey C. AlexanderThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellMade to Stick by Chip HeathThe Struggle for the People’s King by Hajar Yazdiha
Rhetoric and strategy of social change
135 books — 59 voters
Undoing the Demos by Wendy BrownThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA Brief History of Neoliberalism by David HarveyCapital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas PikettyThe Twilight of Equality? Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics, a... by Lisa Duggan
Neoliberalism
137 books — 24 voters

A New Earth by Eckhart TolleWay of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan MillmanWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether
Thought Provoking
2,848 books — 1,449 voters
The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Republic by PlatoSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovHonor and Polygamy by Omar Farhad
Politics
492 books — 461 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,691 books — 3,728 voters
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Espionage
983 books — 1,017 voters


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