Chew, Vol. 1 by John LaymanDescender, Vol. 1 by Jeff LemireAlex + Ada, Vol. 1 by Jonathan Luna
Image comics library (TPB only) A-G
232 books — 48 voters

The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy KidderThe Idea Factory by Jon GertnerThe Cartoon Guide to the Computer by Larry GonickCoders at Work by Peter SeibelThe Man Who Invented the Computer by Jane Smiley
history of computers
26 books — 8 voters

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThe Mathematical Experience by Philip J. DavisThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesWhite Noise by Don DeLilloInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
National Book Award Winners
241 books — 204 voters

Man's Fate by André Malraux
Prix Goncourt Laureates
64 books — 41 voters
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseThe Land of Green Plums by Herta MüllerOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Nobel Laureates
659 books — 566 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyLife of Pi by Yann MartelKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroMy Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
252 books — 567 voters
Roadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickLord of Light by Roger ZelaznyDune by Frank HerbertUbik by Philip K. Dick
SF Masterworks
204 books — 724 voters

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesThe Varieties of Scientific Experience by Carl Sagan
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy1984 by George OrwellA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickY by Brian K. Vaughan
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,240 books — 3,409 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,319 books — 5,847 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayCatch-22 by Joseph Heller1984 by George Orwell
BBC Top 200 Books
201 books — 115 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Trial by Franz KafkaLord of the Flies by William GoldingEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardV for Vendetta by Alan             Moore
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,758 books — 25,990 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeRingworld by Larry Niven
Nebula Award for Best Novel
63 books — 392 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardFoundation by Isaac AsimovDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction
3,653 books — 6,983 voters
The Mathematical Experience by Philip J. DavisGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterHow to Solve It by George PólyaFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottLogicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis
Best Books About Mathematics
449 books — 667 voters

General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard KeynesAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Best Economics Books
451 books — 520 voters
Night by Elie WieselSurvival in Auschwitz by Primo LeviThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklExodus by Leon Uris
Best Holocaust Literature
112 books — 109 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. WellsA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainThe End of Eternity by Isaac AsimovA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,965 books — 5,250 voters
In Xanadu by William DalrymplePyongyang by Guy Delisle31 Months in Japan by Larry K. Collins
Favorite Travel Books
2,026 books — 3,940 voters


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