Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky
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14 books — 9 voters
Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,844 books — 3,609 voters

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Books That Made An Impact On My Life
2,551 books — 1,285 voters
The Trial by Franz KafkaThe Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
975 books — 958 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,241 books — 11,485 voters
The American Language by H.L. MenckenIs That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos
History of Language
68 books — 30 voters

Fatal Discord by Michael Massing
Best Biographies
1,684 books — 2,962 voters
Fatal Discord by Michael MassingThe Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,902 books — 6,426 voters

Rabbit, Run by John Updike
Pennsylvania Books
337 books — 141 voters
The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka
Best Short Stories
1,758 books — 1,041 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Dead by James JoyceIn the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka
World's Greatest Novellas
717 books — 1,448 voters
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Books that make you think.
1,131 books — 1,107 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
A Buddhist Reading List
898 books — 1,177 voters

Candide by Voltaire
Best World Philosophy Book
953 books — 1,420 voters
Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseFatal Discord by Michael Massing
Best History Books
3,768 books — 3,798 voters

Candide by Voltaire
Best Satirical Fiction
145 books — 118 voters
Candide by VoltaireCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Satires
306 books — 365 voters

Candide by VoltaireCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Social and Political Satires
507 books — 497 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Most Difficult Novels
592 books — 2,047 voters

Middlemarch by George EliotPersuasion by Jane Austen
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,348 books — 5,297 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Greatest Russian Novels of All Time
196 books — 501 voters
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto EcoThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Historical Fiction
7,501 books — 25,711 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoySiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandVillette by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,973 books — 121,378 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriFinnegans Wake by James JoyceParadise Lost by John MiltonIn Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
Intimidating books I long to read/finish
132 books — 249 voters

Villette by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best British and Irish Literature
1,171 books — 1,111 voters