Cannery Row by John SteinbeckLegends & Lattes by Travis BaldreeThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Favorite Comfort Reads
1,564 books — 767 voters
A Mind at Play by Jimmy SoniGenius by James GleickSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman/What Do You Care What Other... by Richard P. FeynmanMen of Mathematics by Eric Temple BellFrank Ramsey by Cheryl Misak
Scientists and Philosophers
235 books — 159 voters

The Mind’s I by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Philosophy of Mind
209 books — 104 voters
The Computational Beauty of Nature by Gary William FlakeThe Self-Made Tapestry by Philip BallChaos by James GleickComplexity by Melanie  MitchellIntroduction to the Theory of Complex Systems by Stefan Thurner
Complexity
163 books — 164 voters

The Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieThe Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Popular Highly Rated Fantasy
195 books — 141 voters
Radical Embodied Cognitive Science by Anthony ChemeroHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Mind’s I by Douglas R. HofstadterCognitive Neuroscience by Michael S. Gazzaniga
Best Cognitive Science Books
421 books — 518 voters

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Books Ever
78,427 books — 292,328 voters

Justice by Michael J. SandelBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesOn Liberty by John Stuart MillListen, Liberal by Thomas  FrankThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Progressive Reads
1,071 books — 728 voters
Nexus by Ramez NaamKill Decision by Daniel SuarezCrux by Ramez NaamThe Rook by Daniel O'MalleyReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,139 books — 9,205 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineFreedom™ by Daniel SuarezNexus by Ramez NaamKill Decision by Daniel Suarez
Science Fiction - 2010-2019
568 books — 758 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Best Fantasy of the 2000s
632 books — 678 voters

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Best Fantasy of the 2010s
1,672 books — 1,916 voters
The Elements of Statistical Learning by Trevor HastieMachine Learning and Data Mining by Igor KononenkoPattern Recognition and Machine Learning by Christopher M. BishopAn Introduction to Computational Learning Theory by Michael J. KearnsMachine Learning by Tom M. Mitchell
Machine Learning
103 books — 111 voters

The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Classic Science Fiction - 1990-1999
375 books — 183 voters
Mister Monday by Garth Nix
Best Fantasy Series: Hidden Gems
618 books — 454 voters

Nexus by Ramez NaamDiaspora by Greg EganAccelerando by Charles StrossPermutation City by Greg Egan
Transhuman Science Fiction
157 books — 192 voters
The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonBlood Music by Greg BearEngines of Creation by Eric Drexler
Best Books About Nanotechnology
184 books — 660 voters

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardPlays 5 by Tom StoppardHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Tempest by William ShakespeareThe Lion in Winter by James Goldman
Best Play Ever
522 books — 457 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Cyberiad by Stanisław LemThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best books for geeks
632 books — 281 voters

From Hell by Alan MooreTransmetropolitan, Vol. 1 by Warren EllisWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,458 books — 6,779 voters
The Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussTigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,680 books — 26,713 voters

Mathematics Form and Function by Saunders MacLaneJourney through Genius by William DunhamThe Princeton Companion to Mathematics by Timothy GowersProofs from the Book by Martin Aigner
Best Books About Mathematics
453 books — 674 voters
The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford StollCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonReady Player One by Ernest ClineDaemon by Leinad ZerausFreedom™ by Daniel Suarez
Hackers
153 books — 430 voters

Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David GoldThe Prestige by Christopher PriestHiding the Elephant by Jim Steinmeyer
Best Books About Stage Magic
95 books — 71 voters