The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Best Existential Fiction
469 books — 826 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,744 books — 6,939 voters

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnThe Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl PopperPhilosophy of Science by Martin CurdHow to Critically Read the Scientific Research Literature by Genevive BjornAgainst Method by Paul Karl Feyerabend
Philosophy of science
91 books — 27 voters
Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterChaos by James GleickThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Information by James Gleick
Complexity
162 books — 164 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsWhy Evolution Is True by Jerry A. CoyneGod's Existence by Gary R. Lindberg
Best Books on Evolution...
285 books — 261 voters

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,287 books — 2,638 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Women & Gender Studies
1,505 books — 604 voters


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