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The Proper Study of Mankind by Isaiah BerlinOn Liberty by John Stuart MillThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek
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The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-PerkinsThe Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter HeatherCicero by Anthony Everitt
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Best American Civil War Books
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe First Circle by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyA Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,277 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles
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542 books — 135 voters

Democracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleSecond Treatise of Government by John LockeThe Proper Study of Mankind by Isaiah BerlinThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
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History of the Peloponnesian War by ThucydidesApril 1865 by Jay Winik
Best History Books
3,683 books — 3,718 voters
On Liberty by John Stuart MillSecond Treatise of Government by John LockeThe Republic by PlatoApology by PlatoThe Symposium by Plato
Best World Philosophy Book
953 books — 1,421 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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8,060 books — 5,719 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboHoly Bible by Anonymous
Required Reading in High School
813 books — 1,284 voters

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934 books — 1,097 voters
The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Republic by PlatoCity of God by Augustine of HippoTwo Treatises of Government by John LockeThe Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Most Influential Books
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For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the 20th Century
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