Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondMath Jokes by Ralph LaneThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Lessons of History by Will Durant
Polymath's Library
258 books — 74 voters
A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellKim by Rudyard KiplingThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Excellent Books about India and England
282 books — 270 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,952 books — 3,636 voters

The Story of Art by E.H. GombrichThe Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van GoghThe Shock of the New by Robert HughesThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneThe Judgment of Paris by Ross King
Best Art and Art History Books
806 books — 340 voters
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonHackers by Steven LevyThe Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford StollGhost in the Wires by Kevin D. MitnickElon Musk by Ashlee Vance
Silicon Valley History
237 books — 437 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
532 books — 286 voters
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesStrangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell HochschildThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceWhite Trash by Nancy Isenberg
Books for Post-Election Understanding
201 books — 145 voters


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