The Book Thief by Markus ZusakFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyMatilda by Roald DahlThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Books about Books
1,392 books — 1,520 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughStoner by John  WilliamsFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Campus Days
402 books — 299 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Best Cognitive Science Books
418 books — 515 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
1,971 books — 2,134 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

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich1984 by George OrwellA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonZeitoun by Dave Eggers
President Obama's Summer Reading List
343 books — 170 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm GladwellFactfulness by Hans RoslingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Bill Gates Booklist
289 books — 206 voters