Plutarch's Lives by PlutarchTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinOedipus Rex by SophoclesAntigone by Sophocles
Harvard Classics
114 books — 13 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
3,699 books — 3,734 voters
1984 by George OrwellMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAnimal Farm by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson's Book List
131 books — 79 voters

Chip War by Chris   MillerSlouching Towards Utopia by J. Bradford DeLongLife Is Hard by Kieran SetiyaAn Immense World by Ed YongThere Are No Accidents by Jessie Singer
The Economist’s best books of 2022
43 books — 9 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsZero to One by Peter ThielThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovSuperintelligence by Nick Bostrom
Elon Musk Book Recommendations
18 books — 34 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAlice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Penguin Clothbound Classics
97 books — 362 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm GladwellFactfulness by Hans RoslingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Bill Gates Booklist
289 books — 206 voters

Prisoners of Geography by Tim  MarshallGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondWaste Wars by Alexander ClappCrashed by Adam ToozeGood Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V. Banerjee
Geopolitics
192 books — 44 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
BBC Top 200 Books
201 books — 115 voters


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