Pride Picks

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Viswanathan K. (16 Lists)



Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,151 books — 1,645 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Works of Pure Genius
747 books — 629 voters

Rubicon by Tom Holland
Best Books About Ancient Rome
757 books — 1,122 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreeneThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Best General Science Books
590 books — 496 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Best Biographies
1,747 books — 3,218 voters
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeLongitude by Dava SobelThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Code Book by Simon SinghZero by Charles Seife
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,872 books — 2,253 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
Books That Will Change How You Think
12 books — 11 voters
The Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,579 books — 124,035 voters

1984 by George Orwell
The Most Influential Books
1,496 books — 5,302 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreeneThe Code Book by Simon Singh
Science Writing
285 books — 147 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Code Book by Simon SinghThe Information by James Gleick
History of Science
487 books — 292 voters
Zero by Charles SeifeThe Code Book by Simon SinghThe Music of the Primes by Marcus du SautoyLabyrinths of Reason by William PoundstoneThe Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver
Best Books About Mathematics
453 books — 674 voters

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Medicine and Literature
1,980 books — 2,225 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGenome by Matt RidleyThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreeneThe Code Book by Simon Singh
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,930 books — 3,629 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,070 books — 15,819 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordFreedom At Midnight by Dominique LapierreRubicon by Tom HollandLongitude by Dava Sobel
Best History Books
3,952 books — 4,192 voters