The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanAntigone by SophoclesThe Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Greek Mythology
525 books — 591 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,601 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenLolita by Vladimir NabokovBirthday Girl by Penelope Douglas
Younger Woman/Older Man
582 books — 674 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 — 3,732 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesThe Twelve Caesars by SuetoniusPompeii by Robert   Harris
Best Books About Ancient Rome
738 books — 1,084 voters
1984 by George OrwellAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLord of the Flies by William Golding
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,716 voters

Conquest of the Useless by Werner HerzogThe Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del CastilloThe Peregrine by J.A. BakerThe Poetic Edda by UnknownOf Walking in Ice by Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog's reading
35 books — 10 voters