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
1,982 books — 1,299 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Works of Pure Genius
730 books — 574 voters

Rubicon by Tom Holland
Best Books About Ancient Rome
739 books — 1,086 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
583 books — 489 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Best Biographies
1,666 books — 2,945 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
1,828 books — 2,218 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
31,701 books — 120,589 voters

1984 by George Orwell
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,286 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreeneThe Code Book by Simon Singh
Science Writing
284 books — 140 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
485 books — 289 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
449 books — 667 voters

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Medicine and Literature
1,850 books — 2,012 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
1,838 books — 3,601 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
14,550 books — 14,829 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
3,719 books — 3,758 voters