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1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDune by Frank Patrick HerbertSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Literary Science Fiction
331 books — 248 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanSingle at Heart by Bella DePaulo
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,276 books — 1,209 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFirst Time Dad by James MacdonaldThe Path of Lies and Riddles by J.N.M. VerboekendLean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,468 books — 2,814 voters
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyWorm by WildbowThe Metropolitan Man by Alexander WalesThree Worlds Collide by Eliezer YudkowskyWorth the Candle by cthulhuraejepsen
Rational Fiction
183 books — 289 voters

The Art of Startup Fundraising by Alejandro CremadesNew Space Capitalism by Rainer ZitelmannZero to One by Peter ThielThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books that Elon Musk has read
33 books — 40 voters
Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe House of Medici by Christopher Hibbert
Best Books on the Renaissance
188 books — 105 voters

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithCandide and Philosophical Letters by VoltaireCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Enlightenment, Volume 1 by Peter Gay
The Enlightenment and its Impact
284 books — 96 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,872 books — 2,253 voters

John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
2,237 books — 2,742 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,946 books — 4,176 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,930 books — 3,629 voters
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Biographies
1,744 books — 3,202 voters


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