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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
184 books — 526 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
252 books — 42 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?
4,160 books — 2,523 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 — 301 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
1,355 books — 1,691 voters
Gulp by Mary RoachI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiZealot by Reza AslanThe Psychopath Test by Jon RonsonThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Colbert Report and The Daily Show
129 books — 152 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
458 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 — 760 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
955 books — 1,428 voters
The Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Philosophical Literature
1,213 books — 2,913 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Beasts of Success by Jasun EtherThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,613 books — 6,153 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
2,299 books — 4,830 voters


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