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The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert CamusApology by PlatoMeditations by Marcus AureliusThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliMeditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes
Partially Examined Life Texts
103 books — 6 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsCosmos by Carl SaganGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best General Science Books
582 books — 488 voters

Death at SeaWorld by David KirbyBeneath the Surface by John HargroveListening to Whales by Alexandra MortonKiller in the Pool by Tim ZimmermannInto Great Silence by Eva Saulitis
Books about Whales, Dolphins or other Marine Mammals
222 books — 149 voters
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Dragon Dreamer by J.S. BurkeKraken by China MiévilleOther Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Best Books with Cephalopods
122 books — 68 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,828 books — 2,218 voters
The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCollected Writings by Thomas Paine
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
942 books — 1,099 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,443 books — 2,959 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,541 books — 3,537 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseReimagining The Divine by Dara MolloyThe Soul Whispers Poetry by Vikki KoplickMere Christianity by C.S. LewisTruth Is Not of This World by Diana Ketterman
100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century
113 books — 155 voters