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Pensées by Blaise Pascal
Best Books of the 17th Century
333 books — 707 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,839 books — 22,439 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,753 books — 6,908 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,874 books — 49,841 voters

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
(good!) Hipster Literature
129 books — 247 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyCatch-22 by Joseph HellerWatership Down by Richard AdamsCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,005 books — 18,777 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Is It Just Me? Books You Disliked That Everyone Else Seems To Love
2,064 books — 2,686 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoOn the Road by Jack KerouacNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichA Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,012 books — 2,009 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Humor Writing
871 books — 981 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Books that Make you Laugh
3,538 books — 5,224 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,443 books — 2,401 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Humorous Books
4,444 books — 8,240 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOn the Road by Jack KerouacOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,666 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Worst Books of All Time
8,112 books — 19,896 voters

Politics and Vision by Sheldon S. Wolin
Further Reading Recommendations from "On Politics"
46 books — 3 voters
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley
Non-Fiction, >4.30, >100 votes
123 books — 25 voters

Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley
/pol/ recommended reading
211 books — 75 voters
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll QuigleyThe Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich BonhoefferAmusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
950 books — 1,118 voters

Meditations by Marcus AureliusLetters from a Stoic by Seneca
Popular Books on Stoicism
58 books — 180 voters
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Books on Stoic Philosophy
40 books — 61 voters

Orthodoxy by G.K. ChestertonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorWaiting for God by Simone Weil
"Christianity Today" Books of the 20th Century
100 books — 57 voters
Waiting for God by Simone WeilDuino Elegies by Rainer Maria RilkeOrthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century
120 books — 143 voters

Killing Hope by William BlumAmerica's Deadliest Export by William Blum
Hegemony, militarism and systematic inequality in the United States
110 books — 100 voters