Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Semiticus (19 Lists)



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
442 books — 192 voters
Development as Freedom by Amartya SenThe Bottom Billion by Paul CollierThe White Man's Burden by William Easterly
International development
223 books — 208 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
164 books — 250 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
527 books — 322 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
802 books — 489 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
667 books — 360 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
451 books — 520 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
261 books — 112 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
301 books — 74 voters
Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan KanafaniGate of the Sun by Elias Khoury
Arabic Literature in English Translation
202 books — 54 voters

Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Soul of Iran by Afshin Molavi
Books about Iran
160 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
111 books — 103 voters

The Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Iran and Iraq, Ancient and Modern
482 books — 196 voters
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Best Books About Ancient History
456 books — 136 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
432 books — 472 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
1,085 books — 975 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)
253 books — 171 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
561 books — 386 voters