Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,399 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellQuiet by Susan CainPredictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Greatest Psychology Books
794 books — 1,332 voters

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillThe Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
Best Self Help Books
2,290 books — 2,329 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
1,859 books — 2,017 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Progressive Reads
1,057 books — 710 voters

Demography is Politics by Joanne RodriguesBody Talk by Jane M. UssherEscape from Freedom by Erich FrommGet Bail, Leave Jail by S.J. PlotkinThe Divided Self by R.D. Laing
Best Sociology Books
87 books — 33 voters
No Logo by Naomi KleinAmusing Ourselves to Death by Neil PostmanThe Overspent American by Juliet B. SchorStatus Seekers by Vance PackardShiny Objects by James A. Roberts
Consumerism
110 books — 28 voters

1984 by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenAnimal Farm by George Orwell
The Best Social Studies Library List
235 books — 175 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Women & Gender Studies
1,463 books — 547 voters


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