1984 by George OrwellDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Philosophical Science Fiction
466 books — 451 voters
Doing Good Better by William MacAskillSuperintelligence by Nick BostromThe Life You Can Save by Peter SingerThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Most Good You Can Do by Peter Singer
Effective Altruism Books
263 books — 155 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussArtemis Fowl by Eoin ColferHarry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Genius Protagonist
265 books — 264 voters
Worm by WildbowXkcd by Randall MunroeHark! A Vagrant by Kate BeatonGunnerkrigg Court, Volume 1 by Thomas SiddellHarry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Best of the Web
464 books — 455 voters

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyWorm by WildbowThe Metropolitan Man by Alexander WalesThree Worlds Collide by Eliezer YudkowskyWorth the Candle by cthulhuraejepsen
Rational Fiction
183 books — 289 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,377 books — 4,922 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,600 books — 6,021 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,215 books — 80,466 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,932 voters

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Ravenclaw's Rationality
131 books — 86 voters