The Noble Eightfold Path by Bhikkhu BodhiIn the Buddha's Words by Bhikkhu Bodhi
Theravada Buddhism
21 books — 9 voters
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
Introspective Journals
27 books — 16 voters

Revelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsThe City & the City by China MiévillePerdido Street Station by China MiévilleOld Man's War by John Scalzi
Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009
309 books — 241 voters
Embassytown by China Miéville
Hugo Nominees 2012
9 books — 15 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliCandide by VoltaireThe Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato
Most influential books under 100 pages
252 books — 923 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoWittgenstein’s Mistress by David Markson
Oulipo,etc.
254 books — 250 voters

Kant's Transcendental Idealism by Henry E. Allison
Transcendentalism
121 books — 62 voters
Dhalgren by Samuel R. DelanyThe City & the City by China MiévilleInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Nebula Award Runners-Up
219 books — 79 voters

City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VandermeerPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiFinch by Jeff Vandermeer
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,202 books — 1,092 voters
City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VandermeerHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Now That's REALLY Freakin' Weird...
714 books — 552 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,871 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins1984 by George OrwellThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,280 books — 1,421 voters

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Complexity
161 books — 164 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellThe Shining by Stephen  King
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,716 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
This Is the End...
998 books — 1,595 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,300 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,989 voters
City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VandermeerThe City & the City by China MiévillePerdido Street Station by China Miéville2312 by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Best 21st Century SF
151 books — 87 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Social Science Fiction
519 books — 333 voters
Revelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsFoundation by Isaac AsimovInversions by Iain M. BanksDune by Frank HerbertConsider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Far future
140 books — 20 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanNeuromancer by William Gibson2312 by Kim Stanley RobinsonDune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Nebula Award for Best Novel
63 books — 392 voters
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Hugo Award Nominees 2013
25 books — 22 voters

The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi2312 by Kim Stanley RobinsonConsider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Solar System Opera
103 books — 97 voters
Pushing Ice by Alastair ReynoldsRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeConsider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Excellent Space Opera
1,017 books — 3,644 voters

Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
Best Short Stories
1,761 books — 1,048 voters
Labyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiPale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Metafiction
442 books — 578 voters

Labyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,107 books — 1,719 voters



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