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A Night to Remember by Walter LordTriangle by David von DrehleKrakatoa by Simon WinchesterThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFire in the Grove by John C. Esposito
Books about Horrible Tragedies or Disasters
264 books — 62 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithMaking Rounds with Oscar by David DosaThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Books Written by Physicians
194 books — 82 voters

1984 by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph HellerGrendel by John GardnerFlashman by George MacDonald FraserFlashman in the Great Game by George MacDonald Fraser
The anti-hero in fiction
344 books — 300 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe House on the Borderland by William Hope HodgsonThe Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' by William Hope HodgsonCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuCollected Ghost Stories by M.R. James
The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937
365 books — 721 voters

The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn1984 by George OrwellOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAn Inconvenient Truth by Al GoreAnimal Liberation by Peter Singer
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,911 books — 121,223 voters
An Inconvenient Truth by Al GoreThe Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRush to Judgment by Mark Lane
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,241 books — 8,068 voters

The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynInvisible Allies by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynKolyma Tales by Varlam ShalamovGraphite by Varlam Shalamov
Russian Social History
292 books — 87 voters
A Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Night Lives On by Walter LordTitanic Survivor by Violet JessopTitanic - A Survivor's Story by Archibald Gracie
Best Titanic Books
177 books — 231 voters

Hell in a Very Small Place by Bernard B. FallThe French Foreign Legion by Douglas BoydLegion of the Lost by Jaime SalazarLegionnaire by Simon Murray
The French Foreign Legion - la Légion étrangère
47 books — 32 voters
The Forgotten Soldier by Guy SajerHiroshima by John HerseyA Bridge Too Far by Cornelius RyanThe Day Man Lost by The Pacific War Research So...The Good Man of Nanking by John Rabe
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
686 books — 501 voters

The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream by G.C. EdmondsonThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsTimeline by Michael CrichtonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Time and Again by Jack Finney
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,001 books — 5,294 voters
Gallows Thief by Bernard CornwellSharpe's Eagle by Bernard CornwellFlashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Best Historical Fiction
7,469 books — 25,664 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Best Young Adult Books
13,146 books — 80,222 voters
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlVoyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
Extreme Classics: National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time
101 books — 263 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellThe Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. ChestertonAdolf Hitler by Spike Milligan
Best Humor Writing
841 books — 890 voters
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersShadow of a Broken Man by George C. ChesbroFletch by Gregory McDonaldKennedy for the Defense by George V. HigginsBurglars Can't Be Choosers by Lawrence Block
Favorite Mystery Series
420 books — 137 voters

The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn1984 by George OrwellOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters
Martians, Go Home by Fredric BrownMindswap by Robert SheckleyThe Asutra by Jack VanceThe Anome by Jack VanceThe Brave Free Men by Jack Vance
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,110 books — 2,226 voters

The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynStalingrad by Antony BeevorAlexander Dolgun's story by Alexander DolgunThe Forsaken by Tim Tzouliadis
Best Russian History Books
563 books — 388 voters
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn102 Minutes by Jim DwyerAlexander Dolgun's story by Alexander DolgunThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangThe Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Best Nonfiction Books About Horrifying Events
502 books — 184 voters

A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius RyanThe First and the Last by Adolf GallandGiven Up for Dead by Bill SloanPacific Alamo by John WukovitsBataan by John W. Whitman
Military History
927 books — 395 voters
Dewey by Vicki MyronOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. EliotThe Cat Who Came for Christmas by Cleveland AmoryMaking Rounds with Oscar by David DosaCat by B. Kliban
Great Cat Books
1,580 books — 948 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellDay after Tomorrow by Mack Reynolds
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,781 books — 26,044 voters
The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsA Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice BurroughsThe Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice BurroughsThe Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books set on or about Mars
215 books — 345 voters

The Fallible Fiend by L. Sprague de CampThe Ship That Sailed the Time Stream by G.C. EdmondsonThe Mathematics of Magic by L. Sprague de CampThe Secret People by John WyndhamInkheart by Cornelia Funke
Fantasy Books Set in Two Worlds
668 books — 632 voters
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCancer Ward by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
513 books — 2,282 voters

Night by Elie WieselSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyThe Devil's Arithmetic by Jane YolenSurvival in Auschwitz by Primo LeviBriar Rose by Jane Yolen
Well-Written Holocaust Books
896 books — 2,891 voters
Spandau by Albert SpeerAdolf Hitler by Spike Milligan'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?' by Spike MilliganNight by Elie Wiesel
World War II Memoirs
360 books — 182 voters

A Study in Terror by Ellery QueenThe Mycroft Memoranda, A Novel. by Ray WalshThe Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Edward B. Hanna
Best Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack The Ripper Fiction
31 books — 33 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynA Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Arabian Nights by AnonymousSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Time Passages
1,212 books — 70 voters


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