Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky
Educational Science Books
14 books — 9 voters
Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
2,038 books — 3,771 voters

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Books That Made An Impact On My Life
2,588 books — 1,432 voters
The Trial by Franz KafkaThe Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,000 books — 974 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,263 books — 11,776 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
1,865 books — 3,314 voters
Fatal Discord by Michael MassingThe Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,888 books — 8,790 voters

Rabbit, Run by John Updike
Pennsylvania Books
342 books — 135 voters
The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka
Best Short Stories
1,803 books — 1,132 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Dead by James JoyceIn the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka
World's Greatest Novellas
742 books — 1,485 voters
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Books that make you think.
1,489 books — 1,489 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
A Buddhist Reading List
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Candide by Voltaire
Best World Philosophy Book
978 books — 1,488 voters
Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseFatal Discord by Michael Massing
Best History Books
4,174 books — 4,826 voters

Candide by Voltaire
Best Satirical Fiction
156 books — 206 voters
Candide by VoltaireCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Satires
324 books — 484 voters

Candide by VoltaireCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Social and Political Satires
524 books — 591 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Most Difficult Novels
601 books — 2,065 voters

Middlemarch by George EliotPersuasion by Jane Austen
Best Woman-Authored Books
9,170 books — 7,338 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Greatest Russian Novels of All Time
218 books — 507 voters
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto EcoThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Historical Fiction
8,406 books — 27,582 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
33,262 books — 126,232 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
1,187 books — 1,121 voters