The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,124 books — 27,024 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Progressive Reads
1,086 books — 754 voters

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiOrientalism by Edward W. SaidFrom Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman
Best Middle East Nonfiction
543 books — 381 voters
Mind by John Rogers SearleThe Neural Basis of Free Will by Peter TseThe Mechanical Mind by Tim CraneFrom Axons to Identity by Todd E. Feinberg MDNeurophilosophy by Patricia S. Churchland
What is Neurophilosophy?
36 books — 18 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
1,986 books — 3,673 voters
Shadow of a Survivor by John Walker PattisonMe and My Shadow by John Walker PattisonOsteoporosis Prevention by Susan  LandersStiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Modern Medical Science (nonfiction)
270 books — 245 voters

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?
4,202 books — 2,567 voters

Man Of A Thousand Fails by Bernie DowlingYou're Probably Wrong (and So Am I) by Elgin L Jr HushbeckMental Immunity by Andy NormanMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Critical Thinking
211 books — 263 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
7,818 books — 49,895 voters


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