Editors' Top Picks
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
22nd out of 3,872 books — 3,919 voters
The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwinالقرآن الكريم by اللهThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
The Most Influential Books
131st out of 1,489 books — 5,294 voters

The Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Histories by HerodotusHistory of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Best Books on Ancient Greek History and Literature
5th out of 362 books — 198 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Republic by PlatoMeditations by Marcus Aurelius
Best Books of the Ancient World
17th out of 277 books — 294 voters

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
101st out of 2,191 books — 2,506 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
2535th out of 32,337 books — 123,286 voters

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
18th out of 737 books — 550 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienUlysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
227th out of 2,681 books — 13,202 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
232nd out of 753 books — 1,827 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
4399th out of 77,676 books — 289,962 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
287th out of 1,874 books — 6,997 voters
The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Republic by PlatoHonor and Polygamy by Omar FarhadPolitics by Aristotle
Politics
32nd out of 507 books — 511 voters

The Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Aeneid by VirgilThe Republic by PlatoThe Histories by Herodotus
Classical World Reading List
8th out of 115 books — 69 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Odyssey by Homer1984 by George OrwellThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
45th out of 182 books — 106 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best War Novels
180th out of 1,701 books — 1,450 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Art of War by Sun TzuAesop’s Fables by Aesop
Books BCE
12th out of 122 books — 30 voters

The Holy Bible by Anonymousالقرآن الكريم by اللهThe Republic by PlatoThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin1984 by George Orwell
The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written
51st out of 233 books — 358 voters
The Iliad by HomerCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellZorba the Greek by Nikos KazantzakisThe Odyssey by Homer
Books Set in Greece
15th out of 348 books — 144 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainCandide by Voltaire
Good Reading's 100 Significant Books
58th out of 100 books — 56 voters
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonThe Art of War by Sun TzuThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Histories by HerodotusThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Best pre-20th Century Non-Fiction
17th out of 140 books — 25 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceWar and Peace by Leo TolstoySwann's Way by Marcel ProustCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pompous Books to Read in Public
73rd out of 270 books — 157 voters
Macbeth by William ShakespeareOedipus Rex by SophoclesHistory of the Peloponnesian War by ThucydidesThe Pickwick Papers by Charles DickensTwelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Roosevelt's Recommended Reading
3rd out of 119 books — 12 voters

SPQR by Mary BeardRubicon by Tom HollandThe Histories by HerodotusGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGhost on the Throne by James Romm
Best Books About Ancient History
49th out of 458 books — 138 voters
The Concept of the Political by Carl SchmittPolitics by AristotleThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliElements of the Philosophy of Right by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelThe Republic by Plato
History of Political Philosophy
13th out of 116 books — 29 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)
699th out of 6,261 books — 8,075 voters
1984 by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenAnimal Farm by George Orwell
The Best Social Studies Library List
38th out of 234 books — 175 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Daily Telegraph 500 Books That Everyone Should Read
64th out of 131 books — 43 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëShakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare
The Telegraph: The Perfect Library
48th out of 100 books — 28 voters

History of the Peloponnesian War by ThucydidesThe Art of War by Sun TzuGhost on the Throne by James RommThe Greek and Macedonian Art of War by Frank E. AdcockThe Conquest of Gaul by Gaius Julius Caesar
Ancient Warfare
1st out of 48 books — 14 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Penguin Classics
223rd out of 595 books — 311 voters

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