Long Books
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Modern Mind by Peter WatsonThe Passion of the Western Mind by Richard TarnasIdeas by Peter Watson
History of ideas and culture
10th out of 111 books — 26 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliParadise Lost by John MiltonRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Renaissance Literature Reading List
64th out of 81 books — 55 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)
1589th out of 6,261 books — 8,077 voters
Orthodoxy by G.K. ChestertonThe Abolition of Man by C.S. LewisA Study of History, abridged by Arnold Joseph ToynbeeThe Conservative Mind by Russell KirkAfter Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre
Intercollegiate Studies Institute: The 50 Best Books of the 20th Century (Nonfiction)
35th out of 50 books — 14 voters

Will in the World by Stephen GreenblattShakespeare by Bill BrysonA Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James ShapiroShakespeare by Harold BloomShakespeare After All by Marjorie Garber
Best Books About Shakespeare
232nd out of 262 books — 167 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
31698th out of 77,836 books — 290,398 voters

The Odyssey by HomerThe Republic by PlatoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William ShakespeareCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best books for humanities degree
366th out of 408 books — 93 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
463rd out of 909 books — 1,258 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
3670th out of 7,888 books — 49,805 voters
DNA by James D. WatsonLove at Goon Park by Deborah BlumThe Beak of the Finch by Jonathan WeinerThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfA Student's Guide to Natural Science by Stephen M. Barr
(i) Natural Science / History
54th out of 100 books — 4 voters

The Historian's Craft by Marc BlochWhat Is History? by Edward Hallett CarrThe Landscape of History by John Lewis GaddisWho Hears Here? by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.The Idea of History by R.G. Collingwood
Historiography
76th out of 80 books — 11 voters
The Science of Logic by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantGeorg Cantor by Joseph Warren DaubenStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold AbelsonScience, Perception and Reality by Wilfrid Sellars
Speculative World-System
59th out of 100 books — 2 voters


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