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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
50th out of 1,924 books — 3,618 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Best Cognitive Science Books
4th out of 416 books — 512 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellQuiet by Susan CainPredictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Greatest Psychology Books
28th out of 794 books — 1,332 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Evolution Of Desire by David M. BussEvolutionary Psychology by David M. BussPro Truth by Gleb Tsipursky
Evolutionary Psychology
2nd out of 234 books — 94 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
26th out of 590 books — 495 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books To Frame Thinking
81st out of 1,308 books — 1,440 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
46th out of 576 books — 993 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
7101st out of 77,633 books — 289,783 voters

U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand1984 by George OrwellLiberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
Best Conservative Books
55th out of 536 books — 326 voters
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR by American Psychiatric Associ...The Gift of Therapy by Irvin D. YalomLove's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom
Books Every Psychology and/or Counseling Doctoral Student Should Read
132nd out of 1,364 books — 1,491 voters

Industrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiThe Bell Curve by Richard J. HerrnsteinEnd the Fed by Ron PaulThe War Against Boys by Christina Hoff SommersThe Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
4chan /pol/ Reading List
5th out of 249 books — 26 voters
The Blank Slate by Steven PinkerOutliers by Malcolm GladwellStrangers to Ourselves by Timothy D. WilsonDescartes' Error by António DamásioSynaptic Self by Joseph E. LeDoux
Social Animal
1st out of 78 books — 18 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Best Nonfiction Biology books on Goodreads
43rd out of 414 books — 75 voters
The Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGenome by Matt RidleyThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Best Popular Genetics Books on Goodreads
22nd out of 108 books — 57 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFirst Time Dad by James MacdonaldThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor Bombov
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
729th out of 4,368 books — 2,539 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
The Human Animal
14th out of 142 books — 100 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Tartar Steppe by Dino BuzzatiWhat I Learned Losing a Million Dollars by Jim PaulThe (Mis)Behavior of Markets by Benoît B. MandelbrotThinking and Deciding by Jonathan Baron
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Book Recommendations
8th out of 88 books — 49 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
128th out of 1,233 books — 1,011 voters

A Conflict of Visions by Thomas SowellThe Culture of Critique by Kevin B. MacDonaldThe Bell Curve by Richard J. HerrnsteinIntellectuals and Society by Thomas SowellDemocracy by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
The Neoreactionary Bookshelf
10th out of 59 books — 15 voters
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas MurrayThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtFactfulness by Hans RoslingThe Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan HaidtSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The Intellectual Dark Web
30th out of 256 books — 53 voters

The Madness of Crowds by Douglas MurrayCynical Theories by Helen PluckroseThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtThe Strange Death of Europe by Douglas MurrayThe Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Critical Thinking in the Age of Woke
18th out of 155 books — 59 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondLongitude by Dava Sobel
Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
57th out of 369 books — 285 voters

Coraline by Neil GaimanThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddEragon by Christopher PaoliniMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of 2002
83rd out of 682 books — 241 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Cana Mystery by David BeckettAnimal Farm by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky1984 by George Orwell
Mensa 9-12
28th out of 134 books — 20 voters

The Dark Enlightenment by Nick LandThe Vision of the Anointed by Thomas SowellFingerprints of the Gods by Graham HancockThe Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. HallMaps of Meaning by Jordan B. Peterson
Books Smart People Should Read
6th out of 99 books — 14 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
34th out of 137 books — 35 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Modern Science Nonfiction
72nd out of 455 books — 309 voters
Explaining Postmodernism by Stephen R.C. HicksThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtBeyond the Hoax by Alan SokalHigher Superstition by Paul R. GrossThe Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The New Center Reading List
5th out of 59 books — 19 voters

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeThe Panic Virus by Seth MnookinGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Science Based Medicine Recommends
16th out of 133 books — 102 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Reddit Recommendations
275th out of 577 books — 761 voters

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