1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,777 books — 26,037 voters
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Historical Fiction
7,447 books — 25,642 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
1,873 books — 6,997 voters

From Here to Eternity by James  Jones
Best War Novels
1,680 books — 1,438 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
316 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
111 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
5,272 books — 4,494 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
420 books — 326 voters

Anarchism by Pyotr Kropotkin
Anarchist books
471 books — 372 voters
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,067 voters

Walden & Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,297 books — 1,422 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best Progressive Reads
1,057 books — 710 voters