Longitude by Dava SobelThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonMaphead by Ken JenningsAtlas of Remote Islands by Judith SchalanskyTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Cartography: Maps
186 books — 85 voters
Why Nations Fail by Daron AcemoğluThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinCrony Capitalism in America by Hunter Lewis
Econs For Change
174 books — 48 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 585 voters
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Metafiction
444 books — 582 voters

The Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherThe Synchronicity Key by David WilcockThe Ra Contact by Donald Tully ElkinsMeditations by Marcus AureliusThe Field by Lynne McTaggart
Knowledge
232 books — 293 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,921 books — 26,352 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,345 books — 1,530 voters

Never My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniNever My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,068 books — 1,779 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
32,569 books — 124,013 voters