Dune by Frank HerbertLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Excellent Space Opera
1,172 books — 4,026 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
16,309 books — 19,422 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
7,686 books — 14,507 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
7,593 books — 16,877 voters

Eye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Best Spy Novels
1,514 books — 2,762 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
4,174 books — 4,826 voters

Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
Best Star Wars Books
478 books — 1,315 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
338 books — 196 voters

How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
History Published in Year: 2019
404 books — 122 voters
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
YA Novels of 2014
1,543 books — 8,840 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownAngels & Demons by Dan    Brown
Thrillers You Must Read!
5,652 books — 9,213 voters

Poor Economics by Abhijit V. Banerjee
International development
247 books — 268 voters

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesGlass House by Brian  Alexander
Books for Post-Election Understanding
206 books — 184 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
477 books — 566 voters

The Big Short by Michael   LewisFlash Boys by Michael   LewisThe Divide by Matt Taibbi
Understanding the Financial Crisis 2008
174 books — 259 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
2,351 books — 3,165 voters

Jacksonland by Steve Inskeep
My Country, the Enemy
430 books — 349 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerDune by Frank HerbertThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinHoles by Louis Sachar
All-Time Awesome Books
13,424 books — 9,725 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,539 books — 8,281 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
1,234 books — 9,184 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
5,134 books — 7,210 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
4,159 books — 27,052 voters


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