Meditations by Marcus AureliusA Guide to the Good Life by William B. IrvineStoicism and the Art of Happiness by Donald J. RobertsonLetters from a Stoic by SenecaHow to Be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci
Beginners' Books on Stoicism
41 books — 65 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonGood Omens by Terry PratchettA Dirty Job by Christopher MooreChoke by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Dark Humor
729 books — 1,631 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonAnnapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak by Maurice HerzogKilimanjaro and Beyond by Barry FinlayThe Climb by Anatoli Boukreev
Climbing and Mountaineering
215 books — 170 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVZen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu SuzukiWhen Things Fall Apart by Pema ChödrönPeace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
A Buddhist Reading List
906 books — 1,180 voters
Prisoners of Geography by Tim  MarshallSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariWired for War by P.W. SingerWar by Other Means by Robert D. BlackwillThe Looting Machine by Tom Burgis
Caspian Report
34 books — 9 voters

Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonFounding Brothers by Joseph J. EllisAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonWhat Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker HoweNo Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Pulitzer Winners: History
106 books — 110 voters
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff KinneyDog Days by Jeff KinneyRodrick Rules by Jeff KinneyThe Last Straw by Jeff KinneyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,066 books — 2,366 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry PratchettLamb by Christopher MooreThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,328 books — 7,889 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)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesThe Prize by Daniel Yergin
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,530 books — 120,018 voters


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