The Big Books of Fall

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History of Beauty by Umberto EcoWays of Seeing by John BergerBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingLeonardo da Vinci by Leonardo da VinciA History of Illuminated Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
The World History of Art
414 books — 140 voters
The Story of Art by E.H. GombrichThe Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van GoghThe Shock of the New by Robert HughesThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneThe Judgment of Paris by Ross King
Best Art and Art History Books
806 books — 347 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
A Journey Through Literary America
170 books — 238 voters
The Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Histories by HerodotusHistory of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Best Books on Ancient Greek History and Literature
364 books — 203 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Most influential books under 100 pages
291 books — 984 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
432 books — 534 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe CodeBreaker Mindset by Chitra NawbattThe Long Game by Dorie ClarkThe Startup of You by Reid HoffmanWild Courage by Jenny Wood
Best Horizon Expanding Books
973 books — 660 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSingle at Heart by Bella DePauloThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,322 books — 1,492 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Pewdiepie's "Literature Club"
87 books — 159 voters