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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 — 1,635 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Works of Pure Genius
748 books — 630 voters

Rubicon by Tom Holland
Best Books About Ancient Rome
757 books — 1,109 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 — 3,216 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
32,567 books — 123,990 voters

1984 by George Orwell
The Most Influential Books
1,496 books — 5,301 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreeneThe Code Book by Simon Singh
Science Writing
286 books — 148 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
454 books — 675 voters

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Medicine and Literature
1,978 books — 2,206 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
15,065 books — 15,810 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
3,948 books — 4,183 voters