Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterFermat's Enigma by Simon SinghFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottThe Code Book by Simon SinghZero by Charles Seife
Best Books About Mathematics
36th out of 449 books — 668 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Best Cognitive Science Books
25th out of 410 books — 495 voters

The Republic by PlatoLetters from a Stoic by SenecaThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliMeditations by Marcus AureliusBeyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
Best Popular Philosophy Books on Goodreads
21st out of 332 books — 52 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
576th out of 1,865 books — 3,611 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerEuler by William Dunham
Popular Science for Smarties
74th out of 133 books — 40 voters
AI Doctor by Ronald M. RazmiThe Coming Wave by Mustafa SuleymanA Brief History of Intelligence by Max Solomon BennettUnmasking AI by Joy BuolamwiniThe Alignment Problem by Brian  Christian
artificial intelligence
21st out of 126 books — 66 voters

Quiet by Susan CainThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfEnergy and Civilization by Vaclav SmilReality is Not What it Seems by Carlo RovelliThe Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Farnam Street - The Books I’ve Read in 2017
12th out of 91 books — 13 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterImpro by Keith Johnstone"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. FeynmanSeeing Like a State by James C. Scott
Ingroup
82nd out of 179 books — 56 voters

Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-SmithConsciousness Explained by Daniel C. DennettThe River of Consciousness by Oliver SacksI Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. HofstadterBeyond Biocentrism by Robert Lanza
Consciousness Theory
4th out of 44 books — 2 voters
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul GawandeThe Little Schemer by Daniel P. FriedmanThe Pragmatic Programmer by Andy   HuntCode Complete by Steve McConnellEffective Java  by Joshua Bloch
Prophet Book Shelf
7th out of 25 books — 1 voter

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
41618th out of 77,017 books — 286,617 voters
The Stand by Stephen  KingWhat to Say When You Talk to Your Self by Shad HelmstetterTake Your Eye Off the Ball 2.0 by Pat KirwanThe Four Agreements by Miguel RuizZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
20202021tifm
91st out of 100 books — 2 voters

Flow by Mihály CsíkszentmihályiThrough the Language Glass by Guy DeutscherOn Photography by Susan SontagHow to Watch TV News by Neil PostmanPropaganda by Edward L. Bernays
Best Books On This List
54th out of 55 books — 1 voter
Thinking and Being by Irad KimhiLAWS, LANGUAGE and LIFE by Howard Hunt PatteeI Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. HofstadterInner Speech and the Dialogical Self by Norbert WileyPhilosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The soul speaks
3rd out of 10 books — 1 voter

Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. FeynmanThe Republic by PlatoI Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. HofstadterFive Dialogues by PlatoPhilosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
GEB study crew
3rd out of 11 books — 4 voters
I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiI Am Legend by Richard MathesonI Am David by Anne HolmI Am America by Stephen ColbertI Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells
'I Am' Titles
140th out of 283 books — 40 voters

The Annotated Alice by Lewis CarrollThe Republic of Plato by PlatoMindfulness in Plain English by Henepola GunaratanaA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
2022caftft
53rd out of 57 books — 3 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)
1601st out of 6,236 books — 8,067 voters

Fluent Forever by Gabriel WynerMoonwalking with Einstein by Joshua FoerThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanGetting Things Done by David    AllenSuperforecasting by Philip E. Tetlock
Sean's Favorites
8th out of 23 books — 1 voter
Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAll Systems Red by Martha Wells
[ATY 2024] Science or Science Fiction
464th out of 575 books — 74 voters

Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-SmithThe Designed World of Information by Sergei V. ChekanovEmergence and Emptiness by Sorin DelaireMetazoa by Peter Godfrey-SmithÉMERGENCE ET VACUITÉ by Sorin Delaire
Consciousness studies & philosophy of mind
16th out of 22 books — 3 voters
The Cry for Myth by Rollo MayThe Maiden King by Robert  BlyThe Dream and the Underworld by James HillmanThe Conference of the Birds by Attar of NishapurFuture Shock by Alvin Toffler
Yepicurus Recommendations- 3
15th out of 100 books — 1 voter

What If? by Randall MunroeGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThings to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt    ParkerZero to One by Peter ThielThe Meaning of It All by Richard P. Feynman
Books featured in Vsauce's videos
27th out of 74 books — 47 voters
How Not to Die by Michael GregerWhy the Mystics Matter Now by Frederick Christian Bauersc...The Backyard Astronomer's Guide by Terence DickinsonThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreeneBrain Surgeon by Keith Black
20162017 tbr
88th out of 100 books — 3 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireLife of Pi by Yann MartelAtonement by Ian McEwanOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Abandoned Books
843rd out of 1,464 books — 1,464 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Radiolab Suggested Readings
115th out of 181 books — 241 voters

The Blank Slate by Steven PinkerOutliers by Malcolm GladwellStrangers to Ourselves by Timothy D. WilsonDescartes' Error by António DamásioSynaptic Self by Joseph E. LeDoux
Social Animal
50th out of 78 books — 18 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
Titlemania III: Whole-Sentence Titles
745th out of 1,446 books — 148 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Resurrection Chronicles by Mike MacCarthyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Complete Works by William Shakespeare
The Starship Book List
465th out of 2,765 books — 191 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Matt's All Time Must Read
8th out of 17 books — 4 voters

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