1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,294 books — 1,425 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiMarch by John             LewisMaus I by Art SpiegelmanMaus II by Art Spiegelman
History through graphic novels
617 books — 494 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
10,504 books — 5,808 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Uplifting Fiction
333 books — 285 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm GladwellCosmos by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Pop Science Books
172 books — 188 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
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
1,704 books — 6,877 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Dystopia!
1,220 books — 2,750 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellAll Systems Red by Martha WellsCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
Hugo Award Winning Novellas
65 books — 79 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)
6,236 books — 8,067 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,838 books — 3,601 voters