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
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667 books — 359 voters
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Best Environmental Books
1,082 books — 1,226 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
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15,317 books — 17,093 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
2,192 books — 2,564 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
555 books — 495 voters
King Lear by William ShakespeareMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertAnimal Farm by George Orwell
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77,405 books — 288,830 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
8,096 books — 19,876 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
1,578 books — 18,686 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
1,134 books — 10,100 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,193 books — 80,290 voters
The Jungle by Upton SinclairThe Iron Heel by Jack London
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,435 books — 69,369 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
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535 books — 1,889 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
32,230 books — 122,703 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Boat Books
772 books — 501 voters

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Rel... by Bertrand Russell
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567 books — 985 voters
The Jungle by Upton SinclairThe Iron Heel by Jack London
Socialist Classics
421 books — 336 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
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7,889 books — 49,797 voters
A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Best Russian History Books
566 books — 466 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,913 books — 26,175 voters