Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinA Step Farther Out by Jerry PournelleThe Bell Curve by Richard J. HerrnsteinProbability & Statistics for Engineering & the Physical Sciences by Jay L. DevoreTime Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
Greatest influences on me
189 books — 56 voters

The 10000 Year Explosion by Gregory CochranThe Strange Death of Europe by Douglas MurrayBy the People by Charles MurrayWho We Are and How We Got Here by David  Reich
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,176 books — 934 voters
Jhereg by Steven BrustWorld Without End by Sean RussellBeneath the Vaulted Hills by Sean RussellLibriomancer by Jim C. HinesDog Days by John Levitt
Books with Animal Familiars
266 books — 42 voters

Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank by Phil FoglioThe Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim  ButcherThe Difference Engine by William Gibson
Best Steampunk Books
1,230 books — 4,085 voters

Watership Down by Richard  AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Most original
1,199 books — 658 voters

The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,031 books — 17,222 voters
Storm Front by Jim  ButcherMoon Called by Patricia BriggsChild of Fire by Harry ConnollyRivers of London by Ben AaronovitchFated by Benedict Jacka
Best Urban Fantasy SERIES
724 books — 3,750 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. FeynmanThe Education of a Poker Player by Herbert O. YardleyAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotWhat Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures ... by Richard P. Feynman
Memoirs by Men
1,673 books — 644 voters
The Bell Curve by Richard J. HerrnsteinThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCannery Row by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe g Factor by Arthur R. Jensen
Best Books For Mature Readers
339 books — 36 voters

Engines of Creation by Eric DrexlerThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best Books About Nanotechnology
182 books — 660 voters
Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster BujoldPaladin of Souls by Lois McMaster BujoldGlory Road by Robert A. HeinleinStargirl by Jerry SpinelliNight Calls by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
Girls Who Kick Ass
1,311 books — 830 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsEconomics in One Lesson by Henry HazlittThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Bell Curve by Richard J. HerrnsteinHow to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff
Get Smart!
249 books — 111 voters

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerTime Enough for Love by Robert A. HeinleinMythology by Edith Hamilton
Best Horizon Expanding Books
914 books — 558 voters
The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay GouldThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinBlink by Malcolm GladwellOutliers by Malcolm GladwellCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Most Overrated Books
738 books — 666 voters

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Deep Blue Good-By by John D. MacDonaldChinaman's Chance by Ross ThomasThe Fabulous Clipjoint by Fredric Brown
Favorite Mystery Series
410 books — 136 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Origins of Virtue by Matt RidleyThe 10000 Year Explosion by Gregory CochranThe Blind Watchmaker by Richard DawkinsWhy Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond
Best Books on Evolution...
267 books — 216 voters
Spock, Messiah! by Theodore R. CogswellPlanet of Judgment by Joe Haldeman
Star Trek Books That Don't Actually Suck
213 books — 126 voters

This Kind of War by T.R. FehrenbachModern Times by Paul  JohnsonWar in European History by Michael Eliot HowardOur Oriental Heritage by Will DurantThe Jesus Dynasty by James D. Tabor
Best History Books
3,636 books — 3,667 voters
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCannery Row by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Philosophical Literature
1,145 books — 2,748 voters


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