Seabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandContact by Carl Sagan
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,560 books — 18,699 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThe Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,794 books — 49,750 voters

Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,832 books — 3,586 voters
The Stand by Stephen        King
Scariest Books
121 books — 96 voters

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'AulaireThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Favorite books from my childhood
4,397 books — 7,400 voters
The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peake
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,118 books — 25,661 voters

The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
941 books — 1,096 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best American History Books
2,112 books — 2,474 voters
The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneContact by Carl SaganThe Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le GuinFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,267 books — 24,516 voters

The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels by Patrick O'BrianMaster & Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Best Historical Fiction
7,276 books — 25,448 voters
The China Study by T. Colin CampbellThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,076 voters

Fast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,222 books — 1,631 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGod Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
Notable Atheist Books
542 books — 934 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Philosophical Literature
1,147 books — 2,741 voters
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Thickest Books Ever
890 books — 2,492 voters


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