Editors' Top Picks
1984 by George OrwellIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiTechnological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John Kaczynski
Books that tell you what REALLY is going on!
21st out of 616 books — 200 voters
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelFreedom's Forge by Arthur HermanPrivate Empire by Steve CollIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumTombstone by Yang Jisheng
The Economist - Books of the Year 2012
3rd out of 55 books — 16 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceQuiet by Susan Cain
Amazon's Books of the Year: Top 100 Picks for 2012
66th out of 100 books — 276 voters
Why Nations Fail by Daron AcemoğluWhat Money Can't Buy by Michael J. SandelTriumph of the City by Edward L. GlaeserA Splendid Exchange by William J. BernsteinCold Steel by Tim Bouquet
Financial Times/McKinsey(2014+)/Goldman Sachs (to 2013) Business Book of the Year
6th out of 71 books — 20 voters

Bossypants by Tina FeyThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellOpen by Andre AgassiThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeLast Call by Daniel Okrent
From Fresh Air
63rd out of 106 books — 82 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
76th out of 246 books — 134 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
1677th out of 5,339 books — 4,683 voters
How to Survive a Mediation by Fred E JandtThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinDeath, Taxes, and Turduckens by Jens Kurt HeyckeThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderUnderstanding Power by Noam Chomsky
Corruption, Plutocracy, Oligarchy, Kleptocracy, Corporatocracy — The Problem (nonfiction)
167th out of 730 books — 245 voters

John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
693rd out of 2,195 books — 2,583 voters
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThree Strong Women by Marie NDiayeAerogrammes by Tania JamesAstray by Emma Donoghue
San Francisco Gate 2012 100 recommended books
89th out of 100 books — 2 voters

The Unwinding by George PackerDark Money by Jane MayerListen, Liberal by Thomas FrankBullies by Ben ShapiroStrangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Why Trump Won: Understanding the 2016 Electorate
120th out of 232 books — 56 voters
Onward by Howard SchultzThe Everything Store by Brad StoneFirst in Thirst by Darren RovellWhere Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie HafnerThe Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
Organizations
52nd out of 55 books — 10 voters

Twitter and Tear Gas by Zeynep TufekciWoman in Power Politics by Angela HarperThe Power of Negative Thinking or Robin Hood Rides Again by Robert ChasseEsoteric Mysteries of the Underworld by Jean-Pierre BayardThe Power Worshippers by Katherine Stewart
'Power' Mad
348th out of 376 books — 12 voters
Oilfield Survival Guide, Volume One by Matthew J. HatamiThe Prize by Daniel YerginThe Quest by Daniel YerginThe Global Oil & Gas Industry by Andrew InkpenThe Big Rich by Bryan Burrough
Best Books About Oil & Gas
19th out of 49 books — 30 voters

The War on Humans by Wesley J. SmithThe Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship by Phillip Darrell CollinsCritical Enthusiasm by Jordana RosenbergAtlanta's Concealment of the Baby Gun Club Landfill by Jerry BrowWho Would Jesus Kill? by Mark J. Allman
Stop This Game - Deal Me Out - I Know Too Well What It's All About
226th out of 314 books — 7 voters
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden KeefeThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreWriting IT - Novel, Plot, Characters by Ed AdamsExposure by Robert BilottKochland by Christopher Leonard
Corporate Negligence, Greed, and Scandal
17th out of 29 books — 3 voters

From the Erzgebirge to Potosi by Sean DalyOilfield Survival Guide, Volume One by Matthew J. HatamiKlondike by Pierre BertonThe Klondike Quest by Pierre BertonThe Frackers by Gregory Zuckerman
Best Nonfiction Books about Mining and Oil
103rd out of 105 books — 19 voters
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel ImmerwahrA People's History of American Empire by Paul M. BuhleAmerica's War for the Greater Middle East by Andrew J. BacevichThe Statesman and the Storyteller by Mark ZwonitzerThe President and the Assassin by Scott Miller
US Empire
161st out of 171 books — 16 voters

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandEvicted by Matthew DesmondGhettoside by Jill LeovyFive Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
National Book Critics Circle Award General Nonfiction Winners and Finalists 2000-2019
46th out of 100 books — 9 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
26004th out of 32,285 books — 123,184 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)
43rd out of 99 books — 29 voters
The Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezPrivate Empire by Steve CollZealot by Reza AslanHorns by Joe Hill
Books Read - Sep. 2013 to Sep. 2014
3rd out of 7 books — 1 voter

State of Wonder by Ann PatchettTwilight of the Elites by Christopher L. HayesThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBehind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine BooIn the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Colbert Report Book List
37th out of 65 books — 29 voters
A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
What To Read Next
18463rd out of 20,757 books — 24,797 voters


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