1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,919 books — 26,241 voters
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Historical Fiction
7,808 books — 26,041 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 517 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
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1,874 books — 6,997 voters

From Here to Eternity by James  Jones
Best War Novels
1,701 books — 1,450 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Left-Texts
667 books — 360 voters
Apocalypse Culture by Adam Parfrey
Feral House & Amok Books
159 books — 55 voters

Sorcerer's Apprentice by Tahir Shah
Best Travel Writing
317 books — 216 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
113 books — 140 voters
Anarchism and Education by Judith Suissa
Recommended Political Reads
411 books — 137 voters

The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,342 books — 4,693 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters

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Politics and Direct action
51 books — 11 voters
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Socialist Classics
422 books — 336 voters

Anarchism by Pyotr Kropotkin
Anarchist books
474 books — 376 voters
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,261 books — 8,076 voters

Walden & Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,311 books — 1,437 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best Progressive Reads
1,065 books — 721 voters