1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryHamlet by William ShakespeareLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best European Literature
794 books — 303 voters
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas LigottiThe King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. ChambersGalveston by Nic PizzolattoThe Stranger by Albert CamusTime is a Flat Circle by Melissa Milazzo
HBO's True Detective
123 books — 114 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
447 books — 665 voters
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold AbelsonParadigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming by Peter NorvigPractical Common Lisp by Peter SeibelThe Joy of Clojure by Michael FogusThe Little Schemer by Daniel P. Friedman
Learning Lisp
19 books — 24 voters

Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de SaussureThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerThe Study of Language by George YuleAn Introduction to Language by Victoria A. FromkinMetaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
Best Books about Linguistics
246 books — 220 voters
Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. CormenStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold AbelsonThe C Programming Language by Brian W. KernighanThe Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set by Donald Ervin KnuthDesign Patterns by Erich Gamma
Essential Books of Computer Science
200 books — 305 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Best Cognitive Science Books
402 books — 487 voters
A Mind for Numbers by Barbara OakleyFluent Forever by Gabriel WynerThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanMoonwalking with Einstein by Joshua FoerMake It Stick by Peter C. Brown
Coursera's Learning How to Learn List
10 books — 34 voters