We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
351 books — 659 voters
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,293 books — 2,650 voters

The Life of Henry Brulard by StendhalConfessions by Jean-Jacques RousseauSocrates by A.E. TaylorThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,890 books — 8,797 voters
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann HesseThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheThe Antichrist by Friedrich NietzscheHuman, All Too Human by Friedrich NietzscheOn the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,000 books — 974 voters

Wonderlust by Michael               Davis
Book Covers with Art/Paintings
177 books — 38 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Giver by Lois LowryLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Philosophical Literature
1,239 books — 2,905 voters

The Running Man by Richard  BachmanDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,123 books — 10,101 voters
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Best Children's Books
5,612 books — 7,130 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanAll You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,938 books — 26,347 voters

The Works of Francis Bacon 14 Volume Paperback Set (Cambridge... by Francis BaconWord Index to Plato by Leonard BrandwoodThe Library of America Collection by VariousThe Penguin Classics Library Complete Collection by Various
Books you WISH you could afford
89 books — 66 voters
A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingWhat Is This Thing Called Science? by Alan F. ChalmersWhy Evolution Is True by Jerry A. CoyneThe World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
2,038 books — 3,810 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold
Best Environmental Books
1,138 books — 1,353 voters

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Short Stories
1,802 books — 1,118 voters
The Odyssey by Homer
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,258 books — 126,255 voters

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
901 books — 2,406 voters
The Republic by PlatoThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheApology by PlatoThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Best World Philosophy Book
978 books — 1,488 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Best Books Ever
80,179 books — 298,993 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Republic by PlatoThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheBeyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
Great Books: No Novels Need Apply
469 books — 185 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold
Best Nature Books
1,192 books — 1,040 voters
A Theatre of Envy by René Girard
Best Books About Shakespeare
280 books — 171 voters

Candide, Zadig and Selected Stories by Voltaire
Concealed Authorship
440 books — 51 voters
Natural Right and History by Leo StraussHistory of Political Philosophy by Leo StraussThe City and Man by Leo StraussPersecution and the Art of Writing by Leo StraussOn Tyranny by Leo Strauss
Straussian Book List
166 books — 18 voters