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 HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond
Big History
265 books — 106 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
1,415 books — 1,333 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
882 books — 1,277 voters

Mist Bound by Daryl KhoCinder by Marissa MeyerThe City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerThe Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
Non-Western Fantasy and Sci-Fi
121 books — 36 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
146 books — 80 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
324 books — 187 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonJamilia by Chingiz AitmatovMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Books Set in the -stan Countries
333 books — 172 voters


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