The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul SartreThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Existential Fiction
459 books — 784 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Modern Mind by Peter WatsonThe Passion of the Western Mind by Richard TarnasIdeas by Peter Watson
History of ideas and culture
111 books — 26 voters

The Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Philosophical Literature
1,196 books — 2,822 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
3,911 books — 4,002 voters

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Ravenclaw's Rationality
131 books — 86 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Progressive Reads
1,070 books — 725 voters

Meditations by Marcus AureliusLetters from a Stoic by SenecaThe Purpose Driven Life by Rick WarrenThe 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
books to base your life on
70 books — 19 voters


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