The Great Stagnation by Tyler CowenBourgeois Dignity by Deirdre Nansen McCloskeyInheritocracy by Eliza FilbyThe Algebra of Wealth by Scott GallowayGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Progress Studies Books
20 books — 1 voter
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by Weiwei AiAccessory to War by Neil deGrasse TysonAfter the Prophet by Lesley HazletonAgainst Empathy by Paul BloomAlthough of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself by David Lipsky
Theory of Knowledge or T.O.K. List
130 books — 3 voters

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,752 books — 6,906 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Horror Novels
2,119 books — 5,505 voters
Point Counter Point by Aldous HuxleyFamily Limitation by Margaret SangerWise Parenthood by Marie StopesHome to Harlem by Claude McKayMarried Love by Marie Stopes
Books banned in Ireland 1928-1929
31 books — 1 voter

Locke & Key, Vol. 1 by Joe  HillThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanFrom Hell by Alan MooreCrossed, Vol. 1 by Garth Ennis
Best Horror Comics/Graphic Novels!
658 books — 441 voters
The Comic Book Heroes by Gerard Jones
Best Nonfiction about Comics
414 books — 105 voters

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,881 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,264 books — 8,123 voters

Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Chinese Literature
324 books — 154 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,714 books — 25,762 voters

At the Mountains of Madness by I.N.J. Culbard
H.P. Lovecraft's Graphic Novels
126 books — 46 voters
Goodnight, Irene by Carol LayCaptain Marvel, Vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,497 books — 1,369 voters

Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels
100 books — 42 voters
The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peake
Best Unappreciated Books
4,393 books — 2,271 voters

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Penguin Modern Classics
417 books — 492 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Winter Queen by Boris Akunin
Greatest Russian Novels of All Time
196 books — 502 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Historical Fiction
7,893 books — 26,300 voters
The Man with no Libido by Jason  BrowneTales of the Fear Agent by Rick RemenderSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanScott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'MalleyBone by Jeff Smith
Best Independent Comics & Graphic Novels
345 books — 289 voters

Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. VaughanSaga, Volume 4 by Brian K. VaughanSeconds by Bryan Lee O'MalleyLazarus, Vol. 2 by Greg RuckaLocke & Key, Vol. 6 by Joe  Hill
Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2014
219 books — 379 voters
The Man with no Libido by Jason  BrowneBlack Orchid by Neil GaimanEx Machina, Vol. 5 by Brian K. VaughanLocke & Key, Vol. 2 by Joe  HillFables by Bill Willingham
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,017 voters

The Dracula File by Gerry Finley-DayThe Tower King by Alan HebdenThe Thirteenth Floor  by John WagnerThe Thirteenth Floor by John WagnerDoomlord by Alan Grant
Hibernia Comics list
5 books — 1 voter
Akira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro OtomoThe Ultimates, Vol. 1 by Mark MillarThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan MooreTom Strong, Book 1 by Alan MooreThe Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion by Don Rosa
Comics I Recommend Highly
217 books — 75 voters

Birdsong by Sebastian FaulksA Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
World War One Literature
226 books — 358 voters
Lost Classics by Michael OndaatjeThe Private Diaries of Stendhal by StendhalDoctor Glas by Hjalmar SöderbergThe Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienToo Late to Turn Back by Barbara Greene
The Lost Classics list
63 books — 14 voters

The Tenants of Moonbloom by Edward Lewis Wallant
Best Unknown Books
2,417 books — 2,005 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters


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