Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
4,170 books — 2,525 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyLife and Fate by Vasily GrossmanCancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Post WWII Soviet Lit
57 books — 74 voters

Journey to the West by Biao  WangThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyMythologies by Roland Barthes
For Culture Watchers
205 books — 103 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm GladwellCosmos by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  Bryson
Best Pop Science Books
175 books — 191 voters

The House Divided by J.B. ManheimThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Recommended Political Reads
437 books — 144 voters

23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon ChangAnimal Spirits by George A. AkerlofGeneral Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard KeynesThe Economics Anti-Textbook by Roderick HillEnd This Depression Now! by Paul Krugman
Keynesian & Heterodox Economics
35 books — 25 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  BrysonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondLongitude by Dava Sobel
Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
369 books — 286 voters


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