A Decade of Hit Books

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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
Joop den Uyl 1919-1987. Dromer en doordouwer by Anet BleichAtjeh by Anton StolwijkThorbecke wil het by Remieg Aerts'Liggen blijven!' Achter de schermen bij de mariniers van De ... by Olof van JoolenRevolusi by David Van Reybrouck
Modern Dutch History (after 1780)
146 books — 6 voters

The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J.A. CuddonThe Penguin Dictionary of Statistics by R. David NelsonThe Penguin Dictionary of British Surnames by John TitfordThe Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory by David MaceyThe Penguin Dictionary of Symbols by Jean Chevalier
Penguin Reference Library
105 books — 5 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
1,971 books — 3,657 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
112 books — 120 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksIncognito by David EaglemanWhy We Sleep by Matthew WalkerBlink by Malcolm GladwellMusicophilia by Oliver Sacks
The Most Popular Neuroscience Books on Goodreads
97 books — 11 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,616 books — 6,112 voters
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. HayekDas Kapital by Karl MarxGeneral Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard KeynesDebt by David Graeber
Best Economics Books
458 books — 535 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
1,422 books — 1,673 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
4,162 books — 2,586 voters

The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe House of Medici by Christopher HibbertThe Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
The Italian Renaissance
295 books — 182 voters
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin GrahamOne Up On Wall Street by Peter LynchA Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. MalkielThe Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John C. BogleCommon Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings by Philip A. Fisher
Best Investment Books
130 books — 250 voters


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