Big Books of Summer

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Semiticus (20 Lists)



Machiavelli in Hell by Sebastian De GraziaThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Best Books on Machiavelli
24 books — 15 voters
When Genius Failed by Roger LowensteinLiar's Poker by Michael LewisTitan by Ron ChernowAgainst the Gods by Peter L. BernsteinBusiness adventures by John Brooks
Business History
463 books — 198 voters

Development as Freedom by Amartya SenThe Bottom Billion by Paul CollierThe White Man's Burden by William Easterly
International development
225 books — 214 voters
Crashed by Adam ToozeThe Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 by Paul KrugmanAll the Devils are Here by Bethany McLeanToo Big to Fail by Andrew Ross SorkinFooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Understanding the Financial Crisis 2008
169 books — 253 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellThe Conservative Mind by Russell KirkBasic Economics by Thomas SowellThe Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Conservative Books
536 books — 326 voters
The Law by Frédéric BastiatHuman Action by Ludwig von MisesAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithOn Liberty by John Stuart MillThe Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Books For Freedom Lovers
812 books — 498 voters

1984 by George OrwellUnderstanding Power by Noam ChomskyAnimal Farm by George OrwellCulture and Imperialism by Edward W. SaidThe Politics of Dispossession by Edward W. Said
Best Left-Texts
679 books — 362 voters
General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard KeynesAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Commanding Heights by Daniel YerginHuman Action by Ludwig von Mises
Best Economics Books
454 books — 528 voters

Sculpting in Time by Andrei TarkovskyRoger Ebert's Book of Film by Roger EbertThe Oxford History of World Cinema by Geoffrey Nowell-SmithWhat is Cinema? Volume I by André Bazin
Best Books about The History of World Cinema
274 books — 113 voters
On Late Style by Edward W. SaidMusic at the Limits by Edward W. SaidWhat to Listen for in Music by Aaron CoplandOn the Musically Beautiful by Eduard Hanslick
Classical Music: Nonfiction
311 books — 77 voters

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan KanafaniGate of the Sun by Elias Khoury
Arabic Literature in English Translation
203 books — 55 voters
Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Soul of Iran by Afshin Molavi
Books about Iran
163 books — 50 voters

The Divan by Hafezرباعيات خيام by Omar KhayyámThe Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks
Medieval Persian Philosopher-Poets: Rumi, Hāfez, Omar Khayyám and ‘Attār of Nishapur
112 books — 103 voters
The Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Iran and Iraq, Ancient and Modern
483 books — 197 voters

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Best Books About Ancient History
459 books — 139 voters
Samarkand by Amin MaaloufGate of the Sun by Elias KhauryThe Book of Khalid by Ameen RihaniThe Arabian Nights by AnonymousSnow by Orhan Pamuk
Best Middle East Fiction
439 books — 484 voters

The Histories by HerodotusThe Cairo Trilogy by Naguib MahfouzThe Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby WilkinsonThe Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by Ian ShawCaesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw
Best Books About Egypt
490 books — 575 voters
White Fang by Jack LondonMidaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,094 books — 1,002 voters

The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark TwainBible and Sword by Barbara W. TuchmanRighteous Victims by Benny MorrisImage and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict by Norman G. Finkelstein
Best Books about Palestine (fiction and nonfiction)
267 books — 181 voters
Stalin by Stephen KotkinRussian Thinkers by Isaiah BerlinAugust 1914 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRussia by Gregory L. FreezeThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Russian History Books
581 books — 420 voters