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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ami Iida (65 Lists)



Pattern Recognition by William GibsonRainbows End by Vernor VingeJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsNeuromancer by William Gibson
Computers in Literature
246 books — 245 voters
Cycles of Time by Roger PenroseThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Ancestor's Tale by Richard DawkinsWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldCosmos by Carl Sagan
History of the Universe and Earth
150 books — 76 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellHouston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr.Oceanic by Greg Egan
Hugo Award Winning Novellas
65 books — 79 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian Originals
99 books — 106 voters

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Nerdventure
125 books — 215 voters
Blindsight by Peter WattsChildhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeAccelerando by Charles StrossZendegi by Greg Egan
Transhuman Science Fiction
154 books — 190 voters

The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.The Society of Mind by Marvin MinskyThe Quark and the Jaguar by Murray Gell-MannWhat Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches by Erwin SchrödingerSix Degrees by Duncan J. Watts
Essential Books of Computer Science
204 books — 325 voters
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx1984 by George OrwellThe Art of War by Sun TzuAnimal Farm by George OrwellRelativity by Albert Einstein
The Most Influential Books
1,491 books — 5,298 voters

The New Geography of Jobs by Enrico MorettiThinking Strategically by Avinash K. DixitThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanA Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. MalkielFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Reddit's r/Economics Reading List
51 books — 19 voters
Mind Change by Susan A. GreenfieldChaos by James GleickWhat Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures ... by Richard P. FeynmanSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Appels en Peren Show
26 books — 5 voters

Accelerando by Charles StrossThe Singularity is Near by Ray KurzweilRainbows End by Vernor Vinge
Best Technological Singularity Books Fiction or Non-Fiction
113 books — 142 voters
The Emperor's New Mind by Roger PenroseThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking
Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize
128 books — 73 voters

Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
Augmented Reality Reading List
29 books — 9 voters
The Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsChaos by James GleickWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Awesome Science Books
222 books — 72 voters

Quarantine by Greg EganThe Fall of Hyperion by Dan SimmonsDragon's Egg by Robert L. ForwardRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
best hard science fiction
443 books — 875 voters
Memory by Larry R. SquireThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanOn Intelligence by Jeff HawkinsProust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf
Brain Science Podcast Bibliography
104 books — 32 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsDNA by James D. WatsonThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldThe Double Helix by James D. Watson
Great reads about Life Sciences
105 books — 48 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneHow to Lie with Statistics by Darrell HuffGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,367 books — 4,907 voters

The Future of the Mind by Michio KakuThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
NY Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers 2014
76 books — 179 voters
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyThe Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. DickThe Demolished Man by Alfred Bester1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,705 books — 25,689 voters

The Double Helix by James D. WatsonCosmos by Carl SaganThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Science Time
94 books — 46 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittCosmos by Carl SaganThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Pop Science Books
174 books — 189 voters

DNA by James D. WatsonWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
The 10 Books You Absolutely Must Read to Understand the History of Earth
29 books — 24 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittExperimental Studies Of Neutrino Oscillations by Takaaki Kajita強い力と弱い力　ヒッグス粒子が宇宙にかけた魔法を解く (幻冬舎新書) by 大栗博司重力とは何か　アインシュタインから超弦理論へ、宇宙の謎に迫る (幻冬舎新書) by 大栗 博司
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,126 books — 1,547 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittMoneyball by Michael LewisThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Best Economics Books
454 books — 528 voters
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Decision Theory
32 books — 34 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books Ever
78,171 books — 291,560 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksPhantoms in the Brain by V.S. RamachandranGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterUncle Tungsten by Oliver SacksThe Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
Radiolab Suggested Readings
182 books — 242 voters

The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan PoeThe Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan PoeFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Arabian Nights by AnonymousThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Collections of Short Stories
2,911 books — 2,061 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Minority Report by Philip K. DickFlow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
Best of Cyberpunk
387 books — 1,199 voters


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