Mistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Most Interesting Magic System
2,672 books — 8,807 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond
Big History
269 books — 110 voters

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheThe Republic by PlatoCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantMeditations by Marcus AureliusFrom Darkness Into Light by A. Helwa
Best World Philosophy Book
953 books — 1,421 voters

Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilJust Kids by Patti SmithChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanLife by Keith RichardsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,465 books — 1,379 voters
No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry HopkinsThe Dirt by Tommy LeeThe Heroin Diaries by Nikki SixxLife by Keith RichardsSlash by Slash
Best Books on Rock and Roll
898 books — 1,284 voters

Mist Bound by Daryl KhoCinder by Marissa MeyerThe City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerJade City by Fonda Lee
Non-Western Fantasy and Sci-Fi
123 books — 37 voters

The Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiWho Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforRedemption in Indigo by Karen LordOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Non-Western Speculative Fiction
150 books — 84 voters
The Final Empire by Brandon SandersonThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Magical Lands
329 books — 191 voters


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