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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669 books — 359 voters
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Best Environmental Books
1,072 books — 1,201 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
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14,696 books — 16,411 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
2,119 books — 2,489 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
553 books — 493 voters
King Lear by William ShakespeareMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertAnimal Farm by George Orwell
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76,079 books — 282,657 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
8,104 books — 19,875 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
1,561 books — 18,690 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Best of Tolstoy
31 books — 444 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
1,133 books — 10,102 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,122 books — 80,170 voters
The Jungle by Upton SinclairThe Iron Heel by Jack London
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,228 books — 68,131 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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529 books — 1,888 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
31,479 books — 119,895 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
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771 books — 500 voters

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Rel... by Bertrand Russell
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544 books — 938 voters
The Jungle by Upton SinclairThe Iron Heel by Jack London
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420 books — 326 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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7,807 books — 49,789 voters
A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Best Russian History Books
548 books — 383 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,747 books — 25,988 voters