Rip it Up and Start Again. Post-punk 1978-1984 by Simon ReynoldsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael AzerradBlack Postcards by Dean WarehamTouching from a Distance by Deborah CurtisWho Killed Martin Hannett? by Colin Sharp
'New Music' Books
115 books — 32 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
113 books — 35 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul SartreThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Existential Fiction
458 books — 784 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,114 books — 1,479 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanNight by Elie WieselLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaRelativity by Albert Einstein
Nobel Prize in ANYTHING BUT Literature
147 books — 58 voters