Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
1,088 books — 1,234 voters
How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It by James Wesley, RawlesPest Control for Organic Gardening by Amber RichardsWhen All Hell Breaks Loose by Cody LundinWhere There Is No Dentist by Murray DicksonStalking the Wild Asparagus by Euell Gibbons
Surviving the Apocalypse
147 books — 30 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
451 books — 523 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
985 books — 960 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,269 books — 11,599 voters
Framed & Hunted by Edward        WilliamsMean Spirited by Nick  RobertsThe Last Guest House by Caroline MitchellThe Standoff by Scott BladeWayward Spirits by Wendy Wang
Cult fction
363 books — 212 voters

Ubik by Philip K. DickDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickThe Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
Best of Philip K. Dick
95 books — 411 voters