Dune by Frank Patrick HerbertLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Excellent Space Opera
1,119 books — 3,824 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,905 books — 18,678 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithThe Silkworm by Robert GalbraithThe Big Short by Michael   LewisThe Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,719 books — 14,390 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,463 books — 16,257 voters

Eye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Best Spy Novels
1,422 books — 2,530 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnMayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Best History Books
3,968 books — 4,204 voters

Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
Best Star Wars Books
468 books — 1,309 voters

How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
US Empire
171 books — 16 voters
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
Best Non-Fiction of 2019
337 books — 194 voters

How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
History Published in Year: 2019
395 books — 117 voters
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
YA Novels of 2014
1,526 books — 8,787 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownAngels & Demons by Dan    Brown
Thrillers You Must Read!
5,296 books — 7,933 voters

Poor Economics by Abhijit V. Banerjee
International development
228 books — 217 voters

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesGlass House by Brian  Alexander
Books for Post-Election Understanding
199 books — 141 voters
Naked Economics by Charles WheelanPoor Economics by Abhijit V. BanerjeeFalse Economy by Alan BeattieNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean
Best Economics Books
454 books — 528 voters

The Big Short by Michael   LewisFlash Boys by Michael   LewisThe Divide by Matt Taibbi
Understanding the Financial Crisis 2008
169 books — 254 voters
Jacksonland by Steve InskeepA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnOverthrow by Stephen Kinzer1776 by David McCulloughMayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best American History Books
2,239 books — 2,847 voters

Jacksonland by Steve Inskeep
My Country, the Enemy
418 books — 343 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerDune by Frank Patrick HerbertThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinHoles by Louis Sachar
All-Time Awesome Books
12,820 books — 8,683 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,265 books — 8,161 voters
The Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiThe Martian by Andy WeirRedshirts by John ScalziCaliban’s War by James S.A. Corey
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,139 books — 9,205 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Shining by Stephen  KingGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Thrillers
4,921 books — 6,283 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George OrwellCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,006 books — 26,669 voters


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