The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickWatchmen by Alan MooreFatherland by Robert HarrisCoilhunter by Dean F. WilsonJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Alternate History
68th out of 361 books — 679 voters
Bad Blood by John CarreyrouWorm by WildbowThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven PinkerReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Wages of Destruction by Adam Tooze
4+ Stars on Gwern.net
39th out of 95 books — 7 voters

The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAnimal Farm by George OrwellBloodlands by Timothy SnyderGulag by Anne ApplebaumDarkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Communist Genocide
58th out of 202 books — 58 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
23rd out of 364 books — 106 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Cambridge University
96th out of 238 books — 62 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellSkippy Dies by Paul MurrayStarted Early, Took My Dog by Kate AtkinsonLittle Hands Clapping by Dan Rhodes
Not the Booker Prize 2010
48th out of 86 books — 179 voters

Mao's Great Famine by Frank DikötterBloodlands by Timothy SnyderWhy the West Rules—for Now by Ian MorrisGame Change by John HeilemannWhere Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
The Economist - Books of the Year 2010
8th out of 44 books — 9 voters
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne CollinsAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Wedding People by Alison EspachBlood Over Bright Haven by M.L. WangThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Your Top 5 Reads in 2025
112th out of 390 books — 108 voters

Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickOne Vast Winter Count by Colin G. CallowayNo Good Men Among the Living by Anand GopalDebt by David GraeberTheodore Rex by Edmund Morris
Camilo's NF Next Up
36th out of 70 books — 1 voter
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryAll Systems Red by Martha WellsHidden Valley Road by Robert KolkerAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryDealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
MRTT Book group recommendations
43rd out of 56 books — 3 voters

Blackshirts and Reds by Michael ParentiChaos by Tom O'NeillBefore the Storm by Rick PerlsteinNixonland by Rick PerlsteinReconstruction by Eric Foner
Books recommended by Matt "Cushbomb" Christman
19th out of 38 books — 6 voters
Power, Interest and Psychology by David SmailThe Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. BallardCivilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund FreudCrash by J.G. BallardEthics by Baruch Spinoza
Books Referenced in "K-Punk" by Mark Fisher
40th out of 68 books — 4 voters

Capitalist Realism by Mark FisherTalking to my Daughter about the Economy by Yanis VaroufakisProposed Roads to Freedom by Bertrand RussellThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich EngelsCapital by Karl Marx
Reading Left Economics
11th out of 28 books — 5 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnWhat Then Must We Do? by Gar AlperovitzHow to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century by Erik Olin WrightDebt by David GraeberThe Socialist Manifesto by Bhaskar Sunkara
An Idiosyncratic Introduction to Democratic Socialism (i.e. economic democracy)
107th out of 128 books — 15 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidBeartown by Fredrik BackmanCode Girls by Liza MundyThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Audie Awards 2018
21st out of 84 books — 15 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithBeloved by Toni Morrison
Childbirth in Fiction
35th out of 134 books — 21 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacThe Machinery of Freedom by David D. FriedmanAlbion's Seed by David Hackett FischerZero to One by Peter ThielThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
Books reviewed by Slate Star Codex
36th out of 66 books — 13 voters
Four Futures by Peter FraseRise of the Robots by Martin FordEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillThe Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Bibliography of Peter Frase's Four Futures
42nd out of 54 books — 2 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
587th out of 732 books — 536 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineElon Musk by Ashlee VanceThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinRed Plenty by Francis Spufford
Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?
5th out of 97 books — 2 voters

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. MassieGulag by Anne Applebaum
Best Russian History Books
310th out of 563 books — 388 voters
Into Siberia by Gregory J. WallanceBaboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth RobbinsThe Endless Steppe by Esther HautzigThe Tale of Tsar Saltan by Alexander PushkinThe Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome
Tour of Russia
57th out of 92 books — 23 voters

Cryptonomicon by Neal StephensonNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Shockwave Rider by John BrunnerThe Information by James GleickThis Machine Kills Secrets by Andy Greenberg
CSCI 4830 History and Future of Computing
25th out of 35 books — 4 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkBrooklyn by Colm TóibínLet's Talk About Love by Carl WilsonJust Kids by Patti Smith
More Baths Less Talking
9th out of 45 books — 5 voters

The Sea of Tranquility by Katja MillayThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanThe Valley of Unknowing by Philip SingtonTell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Underdog Literature: 2012
213th out of 237 books — 76 voters


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