Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book

“Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.”
― Edmund Burke
If the world were to end the next day, which books would you want with you? I don't mean just the ones that can help you survive, I mean the ones that you would hate to see disappear forever.
1

by
4.45 avg rating — 109 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.41 avg rating — 123 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
3.90 avg rating — 284 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.11 avg rating — 261 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
4.21 avg rating — 4,358,764 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.21 avg rating — 5,828,381 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.03 avg rating — 4,863,975 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
4.33 avg rating — 39 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
3.89 avg rating — 1,062,931 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
4.40 avg rating — 302,468 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
4.16 avg rating — 80 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
4.28 avg rating — 83,803 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.61 avg rating — 480,498 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.96 avg rating — 443 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
4.89 avg rating — 53 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
4.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
4.05 avg rating — 199 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.03 avg rating — 1,098,378 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.38 avg rating — 1,412,470 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.35 avg rating — 869,922 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
3.93 avg rating — 2,038,978 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23 books · 35 voters · list created February 19th, 2016 by Alexander.
1 like · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Virginia 969 books
57 friends
Renee 96 books
4 friends
Anita 364 books
159 friends
Longhair 694 books
3 friends
Leslie 2431 books
6 friends
Sarah 12927 books
7 friends
Iris 4068 books
2 friends
Rupinder 444 books
40 friends

More voters…


No comments have been added yet.




Related News

Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day, according to early...

Anyone can add books to this list.