The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
What we've read so far in...2014
9,372 books — 2,025 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Favorite Book in the Harry Potter Series
25 books — 1,796 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Everyone's Read It But Me
800 books — 4,332 voters

Eragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Sword of Shannara by Terry BrooksThe Elfstones of Shannara by Terry BrooksEldest by Christopher Paolini
Most Obvious Tolkien Imitators
51 books — 218 voters
Candide by VoltaireThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William BlakeThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding Fathers
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,005 voters

Democracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliDeclaration of Independence, Constitution of the United State... by Founding FathersLeviathan by Thomas HobbesPolitics by Aristotle
BEST BOOKS FOR LAW STUDENTS
252 books — 179 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Most influential books under 100 pages
249 books — 924 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyNight by Elie WieselAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyHelter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,184 books — 11,144 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse1984 by George OrwellThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Philosophical Literature
1,147 books — 2,741 voters
Sophie’s World by Jostein GaarderThe Symposium by PlatoThe Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
Best Philosophy Introductions
219 books — 280 voters

Mein Kampf by Adolf HitlerThe Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion by Matvei Vasilyevich GolovinskiThe Malleus Maleficarum by Heinrich KramerAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Books Employed to Greatly Harmful Ends
243 books — 226 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellNight by Elie Wiesel
My Country, the Enemy
393 books — 341 voters

Eragon by Christopher PaoliniEldest by Christopher PaoliniThe Sword of Shannara by Terry BrooksStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Books I wish I had never read
1,285 books — 1,329 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
The Best of Tolstoy
31 books — 445 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Highbrow Fantasy Books
417 books — 622 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsI Am Number Four by Pittacus LoreA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,017 books — 2,550 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterMiles to Go by Miley CyrusHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,999 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
The Best Social Studies Library List
233 books — 172 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraConfessions by Augustine of HippoAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Saddest Books Ever
246 books — 259 voters

Failed States by Noam ChomskyImperial Ambitions by Noam ChomskyThe Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding Fathers
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
942 books — 1,097 voters
Capital by Karl MarxCapital by Karl MarxCapital by Karl MarxGrundrisse by Karl MarxTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Big Non-fiction
192 books — 87 voters

Light in August by William FaulknerAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowThe Nicomachean Ethics by AristotlePolitics by AristotleRoots by Alex Haley
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,868 books — 7,001 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
The Worst Books of All Time
8,086 books — 19,863 voters


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