The Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Winter King by Bernard CornwellHild by Nicola GriffithZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiPope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Fiction set in 5th to 10th centuries
172 books — 83 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerPompeii by Robert   HarrisThe Persian Boy by Mary RenaultThe King Must Die by Mary Renault
Best Novels Set in the Ancient World
510 books — 394 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
1,221 books — 1,702 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Brain that Changes Itself by Norman DoidgeThe Tell-Tale Brain by V.S. RamachandranHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerPhantoms in the Brain by V.S. Ramachandran
Neuroscience for Non-Scientists
110 books — 118 voters
The Minto Pyramid Principle by Barbara MintoThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanCrimes Against Logic by Jamie WhyteHow to Think Straight About Psychology by Keith E. StanovichThe Thinker's Toolkit by Morgan D. Jones
Critical Thinking Books
6 books — 6 voters

The Power of Habit by Charles DuhiggThe Brain that Changes Itself by Norman DoidgeBuddha's Brain by Rick     HansonThe Mind & the Brain by Jeffrey M. SchwartzNineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness by Patrick  House
Neuroplasticity
70 books — 138 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellQuiet by Susan CainPredictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Greatest Psychology Books
794 books — 1,332 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,060 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
408 books — 492 voters


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