1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,732 books — 25,961 voters
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Historical Fiction
7,322 books — 25,532 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 518 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,002 voters

From Here to Eternity by James  Jones
Best War Novels
1,671 books — 1,388 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Left-Texts
669 books — 359 voters
Apocalypse Culture by Adam Parfrey
Feral House & Amok Books
159 books — 55 voters

Sorcerer's Apprentice by Tahir Shah
Best Travel Writing
316 books — 217 voters
Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda
Jeff Buckley's Bookshelf
158 books — 41 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century
111 books — 152 voters
Anarchism and Education by Judith Suisa
Recommended Political Reads
413 books — 137 voters

The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,238 books — 4,385 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters

Expect Resistance by CrimethInc. Workers' Collec...
Politics and Direct action
51 books — 11 voters
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Socialist Classics
419 books — 327 voters

Anarchism by Pyotr Kropotkin
Anarchist books
472 books — 374 voters
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,065 voters

Walden & Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,277 books — 1,426 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best Progressive Reads
1,064 books — 711 voters