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The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnUnderstanding Power by Noam ChomskyThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinListen, Liberal by Thomas Frank
Best Left-Texts
680 books — 371 voters
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertThis Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
Best Environmental Books
1,110 books — 1,280 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,741 books — 18,037 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnTruman by David McCulloughLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenFreedom from Fear by David M. Kennedy
Best American History Books
2,288 books — 3,137 voters

This Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderDark Money by Jane Mayer
Corruption, Plutocracy, Oligarchy, Kleptocracy, Corporatocracy — The Problem (nonfiction)
749 books — 231 voters
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinCosmos by Carl SaganYour Inner Fish by Neil ShubinThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,956 books — 3,650 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XNative Son by Richard WrightBlack Boy by Richard WrightNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
Black History Month
563 books — 501 voters
King Lear by William ShakespeareMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books Ever
79,110 books — 295,004 voters

Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. LevinThe Purpose Driven Life by Rick WarrenDreamcatcher by Stephen KingAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Worst Books of All Time
8,118 books — 19,908 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,678 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Best of Tolstoy
31 books — 445 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,122 books — 10,104 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleParadise Lost by John MiltonThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,719 books — 13,297 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Great Stream of Consciousness Novels
132 books — 194 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,341 books — 80,623 voters
The Jungle by Upton SinclairThe Iron Heel by Jack London
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,631 books — 70,088 voters

The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsThe Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins
Beautiful Book Covers
518 books — 348 voters
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
542 books — 1,913 voters

Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinKing Lear by William ShakespeareHamlet by William Shakespeare
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,878 books — 124,787 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Boat Books
779 books — 505 voters

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Rel... by Bertrand Russell
Notable Atheist Books
594 books — 992 voters
The Jungle by Upton SinclairThe Iron Heel by Jack London
Socialist Classics
424 books — 337 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Jungle by Upton SinclairA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnA Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,825 books — 49,871 voters
A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Best Russian History Books
590 books — 426 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,089 books — 26,896 voters