The Big Books of Fall

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Escape to the Maroons by Mike WeedallAnti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard HofstadterThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 by Gordon S. WoodThe Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand
US Intellectual History
257 books — 123 voters
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
2,294 books — 3,134 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
458 books — 535 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Other America by Michael Harrington
How Capitalism Destroys Everything
208 books — 94 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn1984 by George OrwellThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxManufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman
Best Left-Texts
680 books — 371 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Disturbing Truths
554 books — 361 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
4,080 books — 4,578 voters
In the Midst of Plenty by Marybeth ShinnIn the Midst of Plenty by Marybeth ShinnNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichIn the Midst of Plenty by Marybeth ShinnEvicted by Matthew Desmond
Books on Poverty and Inequality
256 books — 190 voters

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Collection of Essays by George OrwellThe Myth of Sisyphus, and Other Essays by Albert CamusArguably by Christopher Hitchens
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
548 books — 254 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe CodeBreaker Mindset by Chitra NawbattThe Long Game by Dorie ClarkThe Startup of You by Reid HoffmanWild Courage by Jenny Wood
Best Horizon Expanding Books
973 books — 661 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyNight by Elie Wiesel
My Country, the Enemy
428 books — 345 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,924 books — 124,930 voters


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