The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanAntigone by SophoclesThe Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Greek Mythology
526 books — 589 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,830 books — 3,587 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenLolita by Vladimir NabokovBirthday Girl by Penelope Douglas
Younger Woman/Older Man
577 books — 671 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
3,636 books — 3,667 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesThe Twelve Caesars by SuetoniusPompeii by Robert   Harris
Best Books About Ancient Rome
731 books — 1,075 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLord of the Flies by William Golding
Darkest Books of All Time
1,268 books — 1,722 voters

Conquest of the Useless by Werner HerzogThe Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del CastilloThe Peregrine by J.A. BakerThe Poetic Edda by UnknownOf Walking in Ice by Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog's reading
35 books — 10 voters