Big Books of Spring
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
138th out of 1,926 books — 3,621 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteWalden by Henry David ThoreauBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Guardian's Top 100 Non-Fiction Books
90th out of 102 books — 71 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
15760th out of 77,918 books — 290,644 voters
The Quantum Dream by One IamThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingTimaeus by PlatoGuns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
History and Philosophy of Science
11th out of 71 books — 33 voters

The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanQED by Richard P. FeynmanThe Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I by Richard P. FeynmanSix Easy Pieces by Richard P. FeynmanThe Meaning Of It All by Richard P. Feynman
Physics Colored Glasses
11th out of 88 books — 10 voters
Theory of People by Jakub LasakThe Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che GuevaraBeyond Good and Evil by Friedrich NietzscheHiroshima by John HerseyThe Great Financial Crisis by John Bellamy Foster
How to be well read in non fiction: 100 short non fiction books
36th out of 102 books — 41 voters

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanThe Math Olympian by Richard HoshinoGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyHeavenly Mathematics by Glen van Brummelen
Books Scientists Should Read Before The Age of 20
61st out of 183 books — 84 voters
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnThe Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl PopperPhilosophy of Science by Martin CurdAgainst Method by Paul Karl FeyerabendGenesis and Development of a Scientific Fact by Ludwik Fleck
Philosophy of science
44th out of 90 books — 24 voters

The Intentional Stance by Daniel C. DennettBlasphemy by Alan M. DershowitzThe Case for Israel by Alan M. DershowitzMeditations on First Philosophy by René DescartesCollapse by Jared Diamond
Sam Harris recommended reading (2/5)
30th out of 50 books — 1 voter
Introduction to Electrodynamics by David J. GriffithsThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanIntroduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J. GriffithsClassical Mechanics by Charles P. Poole Jr.Relativity by Albert Einstein
Not Pop-Science - Physics
131st out of 131 books — 33 voters

Python Cookbook, Third Edition by David BeazleyFluent Python by Luciano RamalhoMathematics in Ancient Iraq by Eleanor RobsonWhat Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches by Erwin SchrödingerSix Not So Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman
physics & math
21st out of 36 books — 1 voter
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations (from the Beaten Track) by Richard P. FeynmanThe Pleasure of Finding Things Out/The Meaning of It All by Richard P. FeynmanThe Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 3 by Richard P. FeynmanThe Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 2 by Richard P. FeynmanThe Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 1 by Richard P. Feynman
The Ultimate Feynman Binge
6th out of 15 books — 1 voter

The Universal Sweep Of The Death–Life Law of Nature by Raymond Westbury Maxwell Jr.Making Hate Pay by Tyler O'NeilCATS v. CONNIFF by Frank ConniffBound by Law? by Keith AokiThe Outlaw by Nicole Jordan
Against The "Law"
22nd out of 98 books — 5 voters
Astonishing Hypothesis by Francis CrickConfessions by Jean-Jacques RousseauBreaking the Spell by Daniel C. DennettBreakdown of Will by George AinslieCrowds and Power by Elias Canetti
Sam Harris Website Recommendations: Part 1
72nd out of 100 books — 1 voter

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
112th out of 133 books — 41 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 6,267 books — 8,080 voters

The Children's Machine by Seymour PapertThe Society of Mind by Marvin MinskySoft Architecture Machines by Nicholas NegroponteComputation by Marvin MinskyThe Architecture Machine by Nicholas Negroponte
Alan Kay's Reading List
25th out of 100 books — 2 voters
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil PostmanThe Secret of Childhood by Maria MontessoriInnovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter F. DruckerMindstorms by Seymour PapertThe Gutenberg Galaxy by Marshall McLuhan
Alan Kay's Reading List
65th out of 81 books — 5 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth Schmitt
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
1947th out of 4,122 books — 1,544 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XIs Paris Burning? by Larry Collins
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1960s
25th out of 149 books — 10 voters

Just Listen by Mark GoulstonCanadian History For Dummies by Will FergusonWhy Does E=mc²? by Brian CoxThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanHow to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler
100 non-fiction books in 2017 : Rahul Edition
46th out of 61 books — 2 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Mind-changing Nonfiction
85th out of 99 books — 76 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
14506th out of 15,788 books — 18,390 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingAlien Earths by Lisa KalteneggerThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsCosmos by Carl Sagan
Get Smart!
187th out of 255 books — 117 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Casual Vacancy by J.K. RowlingA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Books You Plan to read 2013
163rd out of 280 books — 71 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussDodger by Terry PratchettNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
100 in 2012
102nd out of 153 books — 30 voters


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