History of Beauty by Umberto EcoWays of Seeing by John BergerBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingLeonardo da Vinci by Frank ZöllnerA History of Illuminated Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
The World History of Art
377 books — 137 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Rabelais' Codpiece
134 books — 144 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Absurdist Fiction
271 books — 281 voters
1984 by George OrwellDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Philosophical Science Fiction
417 books — 387 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky1984 by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Philosophical Fiction
303 books — 548 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
250 books — 927 voters

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheThe Republic by PlatoCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantMeditations by Marcus AureliusFrom Darkness Into Light by A. Helwa
Best World Philosophy Book
953 books — 1,421 voters
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin MaaloufThe Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades by Jonathan Riley-SmithLongsword by Dimitar GyopsalievThe Crusades by Thomas AsbridgeOathbreaker by Dimitar Gyopsaliev
Best History Books on Crusades
115 books — 97 voters

Peace Be Upon You by Zachary KarabellBlood and Faith by Matthew CarrAladdin's Lamp by John FreelyGod's Crucible by David Levering LewisWarriors of God by James Reston Jr.
Islam and the West: 700 to 1700
102 books — 23 voters
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithCandide and Philosophical Letters by VoltaireCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Enlightenment, Volume 1 by Peter Gay
The Enlightenment and its Impact
262 books — 86 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison WeirMarie Antoinette by Antonia FraserCitizens by Simon SchamaThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
French History
272 books — 82 voters
My Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Vegetarian by Han Kang
Women in Translation
922 books — 302 voters