The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonHunger by Knut HamsunSophie’s World by Jostein GaarderSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,210 books — 1,245 voters

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
700 books — 877 voters
Neuromancer by William GibsonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickMona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
Best cyberpunk books
211 books — 451 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickCount Zero by William GibsonMona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
Best of Cyberpunk
370 books — 1,181 voters
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold AbelsonStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson
Best programming books
60 books — 39 voters

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold AbelsonGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThe C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan
My Favorite Computer Science Books
27 books — 86 voters

Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis
Science Graphic Novels
68 books — 32 voters
Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis
Non-Fiction Comics and Graphic Novels
359 books — 108 voters

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThe Ego Tunnel by Thomas MetzingerThe Emperor's New Mind by Roger PenroseBlindsight by Peter Watts
Philosophy of Mind
209 books — 105 voters

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottLogicomix by Apostolos DoxiadisBlindsight by Peter Watts
Less Wrong Recommended Reading
46 books — 50 voters
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyRationality by Eliezer YudkowskyGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanPredictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Ravenclaw's Rationality
131 books — 86 voters

Blindsight by Peter Watts
best hard science fiction
392 books — 718 voters
Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganCosmos by Carl Sagan"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,836 books — 3,595 voters

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterMetamagical Themas by Douglas R. HofstadterFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanThe Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
Best Books About Mathematics
449 books — 666 voters