1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books To Frame Thinking
37th out of 1,297 books — 1,422 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
119th out of 1,843 books — 3,607 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Progressive Reads
90th out of 1,058 books — 711 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
53rd out of 1,212 books — 963 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
1640th out of 10,516 books — 5,819 voters
Doing Good Better by William MacAskillSuperintelligence by Nick BostromThe Life You Can Save by Peter SingerThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Most Good You Can Do by Peter Singer
Effective Altruism Books
38th out of 261 books — 154 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariCreativity, Inc. by Ed CatmullThe End of Power by Moisés NaímWorld Order by Henry KissingerThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
A year of books - Mark Zuckerberg bookclub
5th out of 25 books — 38 voters
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas MurrayThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtFactfulness by Hans RoslingThe Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan HaidtSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The Intellectual Dark Web
19th out of 256 books — 52 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
534th out of 6,241 books — 8,068 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Disturbing Truths
56th out of 553 books — 354 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
991st out of 7,705 books — 14,256 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
268th out of 1,833 books — 2,224 voters

The Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Moral Animal by Robert WrightOur Inner Ape by Frans de WaalThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
The Psychology of Morality
5th out of 82 books — 56 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond
Big History
12th out of 266 books — 108 voters

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariMeditations by Marcus Aurelius
The Ezra Klein Show reading list: books recommended by guests on the podcast (Part 1 of 3)
8th out of 99 books — 29 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Giver by Lois LowryTenth of December by George SaundersWhat If? by Randall MunroeCapital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas Piketty
Books Rec'd By The Colbert Report
38th out of 246 books — 135 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm GladwellCosmos by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Pop Science Books
31st out of 172 books — 188 voters
Quiet by Susan CainThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Jamange Line by The ConductorSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Thoughts on the Self
9th out of 193 books — 92 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwinالقرآن الكريم by AnonymousThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
The Most Influential Books
509th out of 1,462 books — 5,289 voters
Doing Good Better by William MacAskillThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliSuperintelligence by Nick BostromSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariManifesto of the Free People's Union by Jakub Lasak
Books for Future Presidents
20th out of 273 books — 78 voters

Identity and Violence by Amartya SenThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven PinkerApproaches to Peace by David Philip BarashHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof
Global Citizenship: Peace and Security
3rd out of 62 books — 23 voters
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanWhat If? by Randall MunroeQuantum Computing Since Democritus by Scott AaronsonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanSuperforecasting by Philip E. Tetlock
Books metioned in rationally speaking podcast
7th out of 118 books — 22 voters

What's Behind Your Belly Button? A Psychological Perspective ... by Martha Char LoveRoadmap to Liberty by Lucas VincentSum by David EaglemanThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
Mind-Blowing Books For Lovers Of Thought
4th out of 24 books — 30 voters
The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCollected Writings by Thomas Paine
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
282nd out of 942 books — 1,098 voters

U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand1984 by George OrwellLiberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
Best Conservative Books
151st out of 533 books — 323 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
NPR
85th out of 162 books — 150 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanLongitude by Dava Sobel
Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize
58th out of 128 books — 73 voters
Second Term by J.M. AdamsOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderSacred Economics by Charles EisensteinDeep Economy by Bill McKibbenNo Is Not Enough by Naomi Klein
Corruption, Plutocracy, Oligarchy, Kleptocracy, Corporatocracy — Solutions: Reasoning & Alternatives
30th out of 437 books — 79 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
2450th out of 9,849 books — 22,120 voters
Explaining Postmodernism by Stephen R.C. HicksThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtBeyond the Hoax by Alan SokalHigher Superstition by Paul R. GrossThe Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The New Center Reading List
14th out of 59 books — 19 voters

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