Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickEscape from Camp 14 by Blaine HardenThe Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-HwanThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam  JohnsonThe Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee
Books on North Korea
137 books — 511 voters
The Big Short by Michael   LewisToo Big to Fail by Andrew Ross SorkinLiar's Poker by Michael   LewisAll the Devils are Here by Bethany McLeanFault Lines by Raghuram G. Rajan
Understanding the Financial Crisis 2008
164 books — 250 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinOne Plus One by Jojo MoyesLandline by Rainbow Rowell
Book Group Worthy Titles for 2014
243 books — 1,193 voters
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Ravenclaw's Rationality
131 books — 86 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonShoe Dog by Phil KnightElon Musk by Ashlee VanceThe Lean Startup by Eric RiesThe Everything Store by Brad Stone
Business Biographies and Memoirs
232 books — 266 voters
American Assassin by Vince FlynnTripwire by Lee ChildPath of the Assassin by Brad ThorDamascus Countdown by Joel C. RosenbergThe Tehran Initiative by Joel C. Rosenberg
Most Addictive Books/Authors
384 books — 80 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Biographies
1,661 books — 2,944 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Best Spy Novels
1,293 books — 2,255 voters


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