To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Literary Mysteries
2,555 books — 4,616 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Belle Époque
383 books — 152 voters
Capital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas PikettyGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of P... by Fernand BraudelA Farewell to Alms by Gregory ClarkWhy Nations Fail by Daron Acemoğlu
Top Economic History Books
40 books — 18 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
7,438 books — 25,618 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Radiolab Suggested Readings
180 books — 240 voters

Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieBusman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. SayersGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersTen Little Indians by Agatha Christie
Classic Golden Age Mysteries
41 books — 23 voters
The Code of the Woosters by P.G. WodehouseRight Ho, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseLeave It to Psmith by P.G. WodehouseThe Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseCarry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Best P.G. Wodehouse
106 books — 144 voters



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