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The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLooking for Alaska by John GreenSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
YA Realistic Fiction
595 books — 543 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll1984 by George OrwellThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Reality Warping Fiction
330 books — 170 voters

The Ultimate Human Secrets - The Hidden Power in our Mysterio... by Ramzi NajjarThe You Beyond You by Ramzi NajjarThe Kyanite Alliance by Nora HalliwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseImpermanence by Daniel Frisano
Expand Your Consciousness
132 books — 165 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyMythologies by Roland Barthes
For Culture Watchers
203 books — 101 voters

Not in the Script by Amy FinneganThis Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. SmithL.A. Candy by Lauren ConradStarlet's Web by Carla J. HannaThe Fame Game by Lauren Conrad
YA Celebrities
128 books — 81 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineSnow Crash by Neal StephensonAlterWorld by D. RusUbik by Philip K. DickThe Clan by D. Rus
Best Fiction About Virtual Worlds
122 books — 80 voters

The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyBlood River by Tim ButcherAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Trigger by Tim ButcherPro Truth by Gleb Tsipursky
Books That Enlighten You
95 books — 73 voters
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherJust Listen by Sarah DessenSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Truth About Forever by Sarah DessenBoot Camp by Todd Strasser
Reality head-on
80 books — 67 voters

The Power of Shamanism and Energy Medicine by Sheldon ShalleyThe Kybalion by Three InitiatesThe Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. HallThe Enneads by PlotinusThe Emerald Tablets of Thoth The Atlantean by Maurice Doreal
Library of Gnosis
146 books — 50 voters
The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Humanity's best current picture of reality
51 books — 48 voters

Ubik by Philip K. DickNeuromancer by William GibsonSnow Crash by Neal StephensonPermutation City by Greg EganThe Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
Life is a Simulation
112 books — 42 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
"Slow Descent into Madness"
63 books — 33 voters

Reality Boy by A.S. KingThe Real Real by Emma McLaughlinPizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous by Kathryn WilliamsL.A. Candy by Lauren ConradThe Fame Game by Lauren Conrad
YA Reality TV
99 books — 22 voters
The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher WrightPrincesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodríguez McRobbieReal Florida by Jeff KlinkenbergLady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona CarnarvonThe Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins
Get 'Real'
654 books — 20 voters

Our Mathematical Universe by Max TegmarkPale Blue Dot by Carl SaganRelativity by Albert EinsteinThe Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by Jeffrey Alan BarrettThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman
Max Tegmark's Mathematical Universe
91 books — 19 voters
The Focus Equation by Thinker MindsetThe Order of Time by Carlo RovelliA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingTime Travel by James GleickTimefulness by Marcia Bjornerud
Time: What it is and how to use it
94 books — 17 voters

Ubiety by Grzegorz KunowskiLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeHeart of the Earth by Robin Craig ClarkSherry and the Butterfly Lady by Celeste Boudreaux
Best Philosophical Magical Realism Books
11 books — 8 voters
My Dirty California by Jason MosbergThe Veldt by Ray BradburyThe Book of Koli by M.R. CareyThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinThe Lion of Comarre by Arthur C. Clarke
Virtual Reality Matrix Realms In Literature
18 books — 7 voters

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris GrabensteinCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlGrey by Jon ArmstrongThe Factory by Hiroko OyamadaReality Leak by Joni Sensel
Freaky Factory
38 books — 6 voters
Dark Matter by Blake CrouchStormbringer by Michael MoorcockStardust by Neil GaimanNeverwhere by Neil GaimanCrossroads of Destiny by H. Beam Piper
Parallel Worlds And Universes
36 books — 6 voters

1984 by George OrwellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardNeuromancer by William GibsonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Great Brain Twisting Science Fiction
30 books — 5 voters
Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie GonzalesCan I Steal You for a Second? by Jodi McAlisterLove & Other Disasters by Anita KellyOne Measure of Love by Annie McDonaldHere for the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen
Sapphic Reality Show Romances
15 books — 5 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Dawn of Evil by L.E. ParkerMistletoe by Richard K. AlisonOf Another Dimension by Jeanette Lynn
Culture Shock
42 books — 4 voters
Beyond the Edge of the Universe by Indu L. ShakyaThe Designed World of Information by Sergei V. ChekanovWho Banged the Big Bang! by Prabha KaranDeep Listening by Emily KasrielThe Universe in a Single Atom by Dalai Lama XIV
Best Books Combining Science and Spirituality
10 books — 4 voters

Girl Against the Universe by Paula StokesSimon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky AlbertalliThe Strange Courtship of Abigail Bird by John BlumenthalLola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie PerkinsGoodbye, Rebel Blue by Shelley Coriell
Best Realistic Fiction Romance
21 books — 3 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelLamentation by C.J. SansomHeartstone by C.J. SansomSovereign by C.J. SansomThe Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
The Best Books to Escape Reality With
87 books — 3 voters

Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersQuichotte by Salman RushdieDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesAutobiography of Red by Anne Carson
Real and Reimagined
16 books — 2 voters
Oh, Rats! by H.N. TaylorReality 2.0 by William TruaxA Teen's Life by Uchenna L. Umeh MDThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis CarrollLook at the Harlequins! by Vladimir Nabokov
Play! Invent the word! Invent Reality!
33 books — 2 voters

The Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienHouse of Stairs by William SleatorVALIS by Philip K. DickLiminal Spaces by Kevin LuciaIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Liminal Spaces, Timeslips and Matrix Glitches in Fiction
72 books — 2 voters
Story of a Lonely Lady by Aryan DhimanI Need You by Aryan DhimanA Mystic Saint by Aryan DhimanThe World of Illusions by Aryan Dhiman
Favourite books 2017
4 books — 1 voter

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