To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Top 100 Books to Read Before College
564 books — 446 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
Works of Pure Genius
747 books — 640 voters

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
460 books — 783 voters
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
1,334 books — 1,453 voters

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheThe Republic by PlatoCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantMeditations by Marcus AureliusFrom Darkness Into Light by A. Helwa
Best World Philosophy Book
954 books — 1,422 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
1,929 books — 3,626 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,149 books — 10,951 voters
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Biographies
1,729 books — 3,122 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,924 books — 4,047 voters
The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwinالقرآن الكريم by اللهThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
The Most Influential Books
1,490 books — 5,294 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
7,893 books — 49,821 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
937 books — 1,104 voters


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