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
18th out of 1,929 books — 3,626 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanStuff Matters by Mark MiodownikA Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. KraussWhat If? by Randall Munroe
Best Physical Science Books
2nd out of 69 books — 45 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
1225th out of 7,893 books — 49,819 voters

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
2nd out of 131 books — 33 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondMath Jokes by Ralph LaneThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanThe Lessons of History by Will DurantThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Polymath's Library
3rd out of 258 books — 73 voters

The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanCosmos by Carl SaganLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyIf This Is a Man / The Truce by Primo LeviAnimal by Smithsonian Institution
Non-Fiction, >4.30, >100 votes
1st out of 123 books — 26 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm GladwellFactfulness by Hans RoslingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Bill Gates Booklist
20th out of 289 books — 206 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsCosmos by Carl SaganGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best General Science Books
48th out of 591 books — 497 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
7126th out of 78,126 books — 291,283 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
Works of Pure Genius
116th out of 747 books — 640 voters
The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanQuantum Mechanics by Claude Cohen-TannoudjiQED by Richard P. FeynmanPrinciples of Quantum Mechanics by Ramamurti ShankarQuantum Mechanics by Albert Messiah
The physicists' library (Physics World)
1st out of 62 books — 7 voters

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Ravenclaw's Rationality
18th out of 131 books — 86 voters
Cosmos by Carl SaganNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman
Books Read By Photon In A Double Slit In His Lifetime
70th out of 401 books — 32 voters

The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard SusskindThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanQUANTUM STORY by BaggottQuantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind
Physics.
3rd out of 9 books — 2 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsCosmos by Carl SaganThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking
Best Popular Science Books on Goodreads
218th out of 226 books — 26 voters
AI Doctor by Ronald M. RazmiLife 3.0 by Max TegmarkThe Book of Why by Judea PearlThe C Programming Language by Brian W. KernighanSuperintelligence by Nick Bostrom
Best Popular Computer Science Books on Goodreads
100th out of 296 books — 133 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
26th out of 88 books — 10 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Notable Atheist Books
191st out of 584 books — 995 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.2 and Above
270th out of 908 books — 451 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)
31st out of 50 books — 1 voter

A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreenePale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Cosmology
188th out of 216 books — 189 voters
Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul SartreMoral Tribes by Joshua D. GreenePragmatism by William  JamesThe Brain that Changes Itself by Norman DoidgeFlow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
Nonfiction List
15th out of 89 books — 1 voter


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