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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by David Rubenstein (48 Lists)



Railsea by China Miéville
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,620 books — 70,140 voters
The China Study by T. Colin CampbellThe Starch Solution by John A. McDougall
A Nutrition Reading List
393 books — 431 voters

The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
Mind-Blowing Books For Lovers Of Thought
24 books — 30 voters
Darwin's Ghosts by Rebecca Stott
Freethought History
69 books — 27 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Fantasy World
1,712 books — 2,146 voters
1491 by Charles C. Mann
Best History Books
4,047 books — 4,627 voters

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Best Books About Mathematics
458 books — 675 voters
Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldThe Immense Journey by Loren EiseleyThe Flamingo's Smile by Stephen Jay Gould
SCIENCE & LITERATURE--Together at Last
248 books — 122 voters

The Discoverers by Daniel J. BoorstinSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman/What Do You Care What Other... by Richard P. FeynmanMen of Mathematics by Eric Temple Bell
Scientists and Philosophers
238 books — 162 voters
The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
369 books — 286 voters

Predictably Irrational by Dan ArielyThe Stuff of Thought by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Greatest Psychology Books
795 books — 1,334 voters
Contact by Carl SaganHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
906 books — 909 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. WellsHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,181 books — 5,464 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellContact by Carl SaganChildren of God by Mary Doria Russell
SF & Theology
249 books — 300 voters

The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovThe Hyperion Omnibus by Dan SimmonsThe Book of the New Sun by Gene WolfeTo Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
Best Science Fiction Series
450 books — 1,144 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,294 books — 3,491 voters

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Best Futuristic Books
85 books — 83 voters
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
New Fantasy Novels
42 books — 71 voters

Shadow & Claw by Gene WolfeSword & Citadel by Gene Wolfe
Best Literary Fiction
1,622 books — 1,719 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best Middle Ages Books
1,315 books — 1,917 voters

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
Best Standalone Fantasy
383 books — 478 voters
Shadow & Claw by Gene WolfeSword & Citadel by Gene WolfeThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeThe Claw of the Conciliator by Gene WolfeEnchantment by Orson Scott Card
Five Star Fantasy Books
1,845 books — 2,159 voters

The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsThe Lives of a Cell by Lewis ThomasA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best General Science Books
590 books — 496 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,446 books — 2,410 voters

NurtureShock by Po BronsonPredictably Irrational by Dan ArielySuperFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Sociology Books
567 books — 423 voters
The Language Instinct by Steven PinkerAn Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver SacksThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
Best Cognitive Science Books
427 books — 525 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books Ever
78,961 books — 294,056 voters
Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy by Robert Jourdain
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,502 books — 1,423 voters


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