The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleThe Technique of Acting by Stella AdlerAn Actor Prepares by Constantin StanislavskiRespect for Acting by Uta HagenThe Stanislavski System by Sonia Moore
Best Acting Books
52 books — 64 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangThe Color of Jadeite by Eric D. GoodmanMonkey by Wu Cheng'enThree Kingdoms by Luo GuanzhongDream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin
Best books to read about China
173 books — 106 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,589 books — 2,799 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,556 books — 24,997 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,075 books — 121,874 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,792 voters

Hitchcock/Truffaut by François TruffautEasy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter BiskindPictures at a Revolution by Mark  HarrisRebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,... by Robert RodríguezThe Great Movies by Roger Ebert
Books ABOUT Movies
844 books — 276 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Bird by Bird by Anne LamottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Best Books on Writing
799 books — 1,328 voters

TaoTuning by Adrian EmeryA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleBeyond Religion by Dalai Lama XIVThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskySiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Nerdfighter Spiritual List
112 books — 34 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Required Reading in High School
814 books — 1,296 voters