The Egg by Andy WeirHarry Potter by J.K. RowlingThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan PoeThe Handbook by Epictetus
The Shortest Books
42 books — 21 voters

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. HayekDas Kapital by Karl MarxGeneral Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard KeynesDebt by David Graeber
Best Economics Books
454 books — 528 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,274 books — 1,120 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Most influential books under 100 pages
276 books — 960 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerWorld Without End by Ken FollettBeowulf by Unknown
Best Middle Ages Books
1,301 books — 1,779 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,940 books — 4,119 voters

2062 by Emerson Littlefield1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Political Novels
156 books — 211 voters