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The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy HuntThe C Programming Language by Brian W. KernighanClean Code by Robert C. MartinDesign Patterns by Erich GammaCode Complete by Steve McConnell
Essential Programming Books
183 books — 525 voters
The White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirKatherine by Anya Seton
Awesome Women of the Medieval/Renaissance World
250 books — 40 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?
4,124 books — 2,327 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertHyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Forever War by Joe Haldeman
/r/PrintSF Recommends Science Fiction Novels
368 books — 300 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,250 books — 1,657 voters
Gulp by Mary RoachI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Psychopath Test by Jon RonsonZealot by Reza AslanDad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
The Colbert Report and The Daily Show
129 books — 151 voters

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterFermat's Enigma by Simon SinghFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottThe Code Book by Simon SinghZero by Charles Seife
Best Books About Mathematics
453 books — 675 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Reddit Recommendations
581 books — 761 voters

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheThe Republic by PlatoCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantMeditations by Marcus AureliusFrom Darkness Into Light by A. Helwa
Best World Philosophy Book
954 books — 1,421 voters
The Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Philosophical Literature
1,203 books — 2,837 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,598 books — 6,005 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
2,281 books — 4,746 voters


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