The Histories by HerodotusA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
History as Literature
102nd out of 732 books — 536 voters
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
636th out of 3,726 books — 3,765 voters

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerIslands in the Stream by Ernest HemingwayLandscape and Memory by Simon SchamaThe Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
Michael Chabon's Suggested Reads
4th out of 84 books — 2 voters
Watership Down by Richard  AdamsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueDune by Frank HerbertJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
In a Brown Mood
403rd out of 644 books — 76 voters

The Children's Book by A.S. ByattA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithWest By Sea by Michelle M.B. BealeMy Name is Joe by Stefan BourquePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Books for a Lifetime
2nd out of 23 books — 8 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)
2746th out of 6,239 books — 8,069 voters

The Triumph of the Moon by Ronald HuttonThe Mabinogion by UnknownKeeping a Nature Journal by Clare Walker LeslieThe Druids by Peter Berresford EllisLiving Druidry by Emma Restall Orr
ADF Dedicant Program Reading List
51st out of 52 books — 15 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
20022nd out of 20,574 books — 24,414 voters

Metamorphoses by OvidUnder the Hill by Aubrey BeardsleyThe Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne by Algernon Charles SwinburneThe Lives of the Gods by Alberto SavinioAtala and Rene by François-René de Chateaubriand
Guy Maddin Recommends...
8th out of 33 books — 2 voters

A History of Pagan Europe by Prudence J. JonesComparative Mythology by Jaan PuhvelIn Search of the Indo-Europeans by J.P. MalloryThe Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory by Cynthia EllerThe Lost Gods of England by Brian Branston
Druidic Pagan Scholar Reads
48th out of 53 books — 1 voter
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienCarrie by Stephen  KingThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Complete 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die
931st out of 990 books — 17 voters