Long Books
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
86th out of 3,877 books — 3,923 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesThe Prize by Daniel Yergin
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
5th out of 85 books — 343 voters

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!
15th out of 616 books — 200 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiThe Prize by Daniel YerginThe Quest by Daniel Yergin
Best books about energy issues
4th out of 121 books — 72 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
2nd out of 49 books — 30 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
215th out of 1,836 books — 2,231 voters

Salt by Mark KurlanskyBanana by Dan KoeppelUncommon Grounds by Mark PendergrastEating the Empire by Troy BickhamCod by Mark Kurlansky
Commoditgraphs
10th out of 101 books — 29 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.3 and Above
122nd out of 3,134 books — 480 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Thickest Books Ever
343rd out of 889 books — 2,486 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeGulag by Anne ApplebaumPilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie DillardThe Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
Pulitzer Prize-General Nonfiction 1962-2016
15th out of 78 books — 24 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
20449th out of 77,761 books — 290,129 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo the Grave by Steve Robinson
UKAKF Top 100 Books
74th out of 100 books — 36 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanOutliers by Malcolm GladwellCapital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas PikettyThe Big Short by Michael LewisNudge by Richard H. Thaler
Best Popular Economics Books on Goodreads
99th out of 202 books — 32 voters
Naked Economics by Charles WheelanThe Prize by Daniel YerginThe Great Depression by Benjamin RothWhile America Aged by Roger LowensteinBusiness Success Secrets, Principles, Formulas & Ethos by Daryl Urbanski
From Planet Money
2nd out of 18 books — 11 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)
1480th out of 6,261 books — 8,076 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)
205th out of 731 books — 249 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightMaster of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
Pulitzer Prize General Nonfiction Winners and Finalists
66th out of 137 books — 35 voters
The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Popular Nonfiction Politics Books on Goodreads
260th out of 428 books — 54 voters

Putin's People by Catherine BeltonThe Great Successor by Anna FifieldDictatorland by Paul KenyonThe Prize by Daniel YerginTomorrow's Battlefield by Nick Turse
De Wereldmachten podcast
3rd out of 101 books — 4 voters
From the Erzgebirge to Potosi by Sean DalyCadillac Desert by Marc ReisnerDirt by William Bryant LoganBasin and Range by John McPheeThe Control of Nature by John McPhee
Earth Sciences and Environment
40th out of 152 books — 27 voters

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondToms River by Dan Fagin
Pulitzer Winners & Shortlist - General Non-Fiction
14th out of 100 books — 7 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
2876th out of 7,890 books — 49,804 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
9th out of 105 books — 19 voters
The Most Important Thing by Howard MarksCompetitive Advantage by Michael E. PorterCommon Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings by Philip A. FisherMargin of Safety by Seth A. KlarmanThe Snowball by Alice Schroeder
Security Analysis (Reddit)
21st out of 125 books — 13 voters

The Cathedral Within by Bill ShoreWhat Matters Most by Jeffrey HollenderCommon Interest, Common Good by Shirley SagawaFinding Work That Matters by Mark AlbionManaging the Non-Profit Organization by Peter F. Drucker
Social Enterprise Club (SEC) Booklist
37th out of 91 books — 1 voter
Traffic by Tom VanderbiltThe Box by Marc LevinsonThe Works by Kate AscherThe Big Necessity by Rose GeorgeInfrastructure by Brian Hayes
Underpinnings
112th out of 141 books — 45 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe One Year Chronological Bible, NIV by AnonymousNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
Most Excellent Books
192nd out of 226 books — 6 voters
The Great Derangement by Amitav GhoshBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererAfter Nature by Jedediah PurdyField Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth KolbertThis Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
LitHub's 365 Books for Your Climate Change Library (Part 4)
38th out of 40 books — 20 voters

The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony BeevorThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanFounding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
The Scholar’s Bookshelf: Modern and Contemporary History
9th out of 100 books — 1 voter
Bell Hammers by Lancelot SchaubertCoal Wars by Richard MartinThe West Virginia Coal Wars by Charles River EditorsBloody Williamson by Paul M. AngleOil! by Upton Sinclair
Coal and Oil Wars
7th out of 17 books — 1 voter

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