1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,130 books — 27,043 voters
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Historical Fiction
8,326 books — 27,428 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 525 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,009 voters

From Here to Eternity by James  Jones
Best War Novels
1,722 books — 1,473 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Left-Texts
683 books — 372 voters
Apocalypse Culture by Adam Parfrey
Feral House & Amok Books
159 books — 55 voters

Sorcerer's Apprentice by Tahir Shah
Best Travel Writing
329 books — 255 voters
Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda
Jeff Buckley's Bookshelf
158 books — 42 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century
125 books — 161 voters
Anarchism and Education by Judith Suissa
Recommended Political Reads
437 books — 146 voters

The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,490 books — 5,262 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
87 books — 362 voters

Expect Resistance by CrimethInc. Workers' Collec...
Politics and Direct action
51 books — 11 voters
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Socialist Classics
426 books — 340 voters

Anarchism by Pyotr Kropotkin
Anarchist books
483 books — 384 voters
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,525 books — 8,223 voters

Walden & Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,453 books — 1,687 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best Progressive Reads
1,101 books — 760 voters