Animal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Stranger by Albert Camus
World's Greatest Novellas
712 books — 1,440 voters

Pro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Exceptional
28 books — 24 voters
Predictably Irrational by Dan ArielyDrive by Daniel H. PinkOutliers by Malcolm GladwellThe Art of Choosing by Sheena IyengarThe Element by Ken Robinson
Human engagement
79 books — 12 voters

The Power of Habit by Charles DuhiggOutliers by Malcolm GladwellMindset by Carol S. DweckTalent is Overrated by Geoff ColvinThe Social Animal by David  Brooks
Readings on Talent and Skill
34 books — 55 voters
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van GoghThe Story of Art by E.H. GombrichThe Shock of the New by Robert HughesThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneThe Judgment of Paris by Ross King
Best Art and Art History Books
710 books — 312 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
792 books — 1,324 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,219 books — 8,049 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,766 books — 6,304 voters
Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterFermat's Enigma by Simon SinghFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottThe Code Book by Simon SinghZero by Charles Seife
Best Books About Mathematics
449 books — 666 voters

The Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Republic by PlatoMeditations by Marcus Aurelius
Best Books of the Ancient World
277 books — 296 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,836 books — 3,592 voters


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