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
112th out of 1,953 books — 3,642 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Evolution Of Desire by David M. BussEvolutionary Psychology by David M. BussThe Moral Animal by Robert  Wright
Evolutionary Psychology
5th out of 238 books — 98 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsWhy Evolution Is True by Jerry A. CoyneYour Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
Best Books on Evolution...
24th out of 281 books — 220 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellQuiet by Susan CainPredictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Greatest Psychology Books
93rd out of 795 books — 1,338 voters

The Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Moral Animal by Robert  WrightOur Inner Ape by Frans de WaalThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
The Psychology of Morality
3rd out of 82 books — 56 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterBlindsight by Peter WattsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Less Wrong Recommended Reading
13th out of 46 books — 52 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
5174th out of 15,219 books — 15,903 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
1200th out of 5,429 books — 5,149 voters

Born To Rise by Lorna  BlakeFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFirst Time Dad by James        MacdonaldLean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
895th out of 4,566 books — 3,329 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
109th out of 401 books — 32 voters

Quiet by Susan CainOutliers by Malcolm GladwellHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Best Nonfiction Psychology Books on Goodreads
160th out of 371 books — 64 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
227th out of 400 books — 74 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
111th out of 155 books — 63 voters
Science and Spiritual Practices by Rupert SheldrakeTaoTuning by Adrian EmeryBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer30 Years Behind Bars by Karen  GedneyThe Sacred Depths of Nature by Ursula Goodenough
Spiritual Naturalism
56th out of 128 books — 56 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
131st out of 197 books — 87 voters

The Trigger by Tim ButcherThe 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneMeditations by Marcus AureliusLetters from a Stoic by SenecaMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Holiday Reading List
13th out of 57 books — 22 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariCollapse by Jared DiamondDebt by David GraeberFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty
Best Popular Anthropology Books on Goodreads
164th out of 324 books — 50 voters

After Liberalism by Paul Edward GottfriedSex and Power in History by Amaury De RiencourtAsian Waters by Humphrey HawksleyThe Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley by Carroll QuigleyDisunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
Whatifalthist books
50th out of 266 books — 4 voters
How by R. GEOFFREY BLACKBURNMan Of A Thousand Fails by Bernie DowlingMental Immunity by Andy NormanMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Critical Thinking
142nd out of 203 books — 247 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
272nd out of 305 books — 28 voters
Shamanism by Manvir   SinghA Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century by Heather E. HeyingRace Marxism by James   LindsayCynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
Decoding the Gurus Podcast
27th out of 86 books — 2 voters

Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall SmithThe Immoralist by André GideHow Darwinism Corrodes Morality by Jerry BergmanCitizens Dissent by Wendell BerryThe Genesis of Political Correctness by Michael William
Morality and Immorality
140th out of 140 books — 15 voters
Doing Good Better by William MacAskillGalileo's Error by Philip GoffAntifragile by Nassim Nicholas TalebWhy Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. SapolskyThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Pismo
23rd out of 35 books — 1 voter

Grit by Angela DuckworthMindset by Carol S. DweckGrounded by Nancy M. DahlLeadership by Craig B. WheldenExtreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Impact Theory
29th out of 31 books — 4 voters
The Peregrine by J.A. BakerThe Pursuit of the Millennium by Norman CohnKolyma Tales by Varlam ShalamovRat by Andrzej ZaniewskiKaputt by Curzio Malaparte
Philosopher John N Gray's Recommended Books
22nd out of 50 books — 5 voters

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganCosmos by Carl SaganBad Science by Ben GoldacreWhy People Believe Weird Things by Michael ShermerThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
A Skeptic's Library
166th out of 170 books — 126 voters

You Are Not So Smart by David McRaneyThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorThe Secret Method for Growing Younger by Ellen  WoodThe Four Agreements by Miguel RuizThe Practicing Stoic by Ward Farnsworth
Humpty Dumpty Elegy
48th out of 72 books — 3 voters

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