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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyStiff by Mary RoachWorking Stiff by Judy MelinekBeing Mortal by Atul Gawande
Thanatology 101
132 books — 41 voters
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyCut by Patricia McCormickVeronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Fictional Mental Hospital Novels
258 books — 770 voters

Idiot Brain by Dean BurnettHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerQuiet by Susan CainThe Brain by David EaglemanThe Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
Explaining the Mind
151 books — 54 voters
The Sociopath Next Door by Martha StoutThe Psychopath Test by Jon RonsonWithout Conscience by Robert D. HareThe Wisdom of Psychopaths by Kevin DuttonThe Psychopath Whisperer by Kent A. Kiehl
Psychopaths/Sociopaths Non-Fiction (NON True Crime)
39 books — 48 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
1,277 books — 1,426 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
4,307 books — 7,862 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanHyperion by Dan Simmons
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
84 books — 1,614 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
4,028 books — 2,077 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
1,838 books — 3,597 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 — 1,333 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Radiolab Suggested Readings
180 books — 240 voters