Hard Knocks by Nathan Lowell
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Neuromancer by William Gibson
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388 books — 1,206 voters

Poor People's Movements by Frances Fox Piven
Best Progressive Reads
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Old Man's War by John Scalzi
Best Military Science Fiction Books
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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
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855 books — 1,153 voters
Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner
American Foreign Policy
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Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,329 books — 8,171 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Disturbing Truths
553 books — 353 voters

Don't Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff
The Daily Show Reading Club
376 books — 277 voters
Hardcore Zen by Brad Warner
A Buddhist Reading List
928 books — 1,217 voters

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best History Books
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In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Books about Food
566 books — 214 voters

The Wrecking Crew by Thomas  Frank
American Politics
500 books — 143 voters

The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Wellstone
Best Left-Texts
680 books — 371 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Winter Reads
10,140 books — 2,881 voters

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best "Getting Even" Book of All Time
125 books — 136 voters
The Hunt by Mercedes LackeyWorld Well Lost by Mercedes LackeyPlaying for Keeps by Mur LaffertyShadowmagic by John LenahanSpace Casey by Christiana Ellis
Best Podcast Novels
60 books — 81 voters

The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwinالقرآن الكريم by اللهThe Republic by PlatoCommon Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings by Thomas Paine
The Most Influential Books
1,497 books — 5,307 voters
The End of America by Naomi WolfA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnWhat's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Hear... by Thomas  FrankHegemony or Survival by Noam ChomskyThe Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
953 books — 1,120 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Most Inaccurate Historical Fiction
114 books — 165 voters