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The Greening of America, 25th Anniversary Edition by Charles A. ReichHow the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur HermanThe Millennial Project by Marshall T. SavageEthical Realism by Anatol LievenThe Clothes Have No Emperor by Paul Slansky
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
954 books — 1,120 voters
Quicksilver by Neal StephensonDragonquest by Anne McCaffreyCandide by VoltaireUtopia by Thomas MoreDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
SciFi Economies across the Eighth Dimension
63 books — 72 voters

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BiercePnin by Vladimir NabokovNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
763 books — 1,834 voters
Our Divided Political Heart by E.J. Dionne Jr.War on the Middle Class by Lou DobbsBoomerang by Michael LewisIt's Even Worse Than It Looks by Thomas E. MannThe Great Derangement by Matt Taibbi
The Daily Show Reading Club
376 books — 278 voters

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Book of Three by Lloyd AlexanderThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienMagician by Raymond E. FeistMagician by Raymond E. Feist
Medieval Fantasy Books
514 books — 936 voters
Scaramouche by Rafael SabatiniThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasCyrano de Bergerac by Edmond RostandCaptain Blood by Rafael SabatiniThe Thief of Baghdad - Cinta Sejati Sang Pangeran Pencuri by Alexander Romanoff
Fencing fiction
156 books — 221 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Adventure of the Copper Beeches by Arthur Conan Doyle
Jewelry Box
750 books — 102 voters
Tao Te Ching by Lao TzuSiddhartha by Hermann HesseTao by Alan W. WattsLieh-tzu by LieziZen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Best Books on Taoism
110 books — 132 voters

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu SuzukiSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal RinpocheThe Way of Zen by Alan W. WattsEveryday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck
A Buddhist Reading List
929 books — 1,218 voters
The Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisWizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,732 books — 26,964 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,362 books — 4,704 voters
The Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,333 books — 8,175 voters

Thirteen Moons by Charles FrazierThe Ballad of Frankie Silver by Sharyn McCrumbThe Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumbShe Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumbCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best Books Set in Appalachia
803 books — 844 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,454 books — 12,131 voters