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50 Self-Help Classics
A self–help book is one that is written with the intention to instruct its readers on solving personal problems. The books take their name from Self–Help, an 1859 best-seller by Samuel Smiles, but are also known and classified under “self–improvement”, a term that is a modernized version of self–help. Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu The … Continue reading 50 Self-Help Classics
Reddit History Reading List
MOST COMMENTED BOOKS IN THE /R/HISTORY SUBREDDIT.
24 Books Recommended by Eckhart Tolle’s
Eckhart Tolle was born in Germany. When he was 29, a profound spiritual transformation virtually dissolved his old identity and radically changed the course of his life. He is now a counsellor and spiritual teacher, and the author of The Power of Now, Practising the Power of Now and Stillness Speaks. The Fall: The Insanity of the Ego in … Continue reading 24 Books Recommended by Eckhart Tolle’s
40 Books Elon Musk Recommends
Elon Reeve Musk is a South African-born American business magnate, investor, engineer, and inventor. He is the founder, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX.
The 500 best Books Boyfriends of Your Life
Voted on by Goodreads readers. The more votes a book gets, the higher it ranks on the list. 1. Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1) by Jamie McGuire 2. Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) by E.L. James 3. Hopeless (Hopeless, #1) by Colleen Hoover 4. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 5. Divergent (Divergent, … Continue reading The 500 best Books Boyfriends of Your Life
500 Best Books With Unexpected Plot Twists
A plot twist is a radical change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a books. Ranking based on numbers of votes on Goodreads user forums. 1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) by J.K. Rowling 2. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 3. My Sister’s Keeper by … Continue reading 500 Best Books With Unexpected Plot Twists
The 1000 Best Romance Novels of All-Time
The 1000 Best Romance Novels of All-Time Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Emma by Jane Austen Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte A Room with a View by E.M. Forster Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell Persuasion by … Continue reading The 1000 Best Romance Novels of All-Time
Noam Chomsky Reading List
Africa The Black Man’s Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State Basil Davidson Qaddafi and the United States Since 1969 Edward P. Haley Anarchism Anarchism Daniel Guerin Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice Rudolf Rocker Bakunin on Anarchy: Selected Works by the Activist-Founder of World Anarchism Sam Dolgoff Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism Peter H. Marshall Homage to Catalonia George Orwell … Continue reading Noam Chomsky Reading List
Harvard Top 100
In early 2010 Harvard Book Store employees worked together to come up with a list of our favorite books. Each staff member submitted a list of their favorite books of all time, in (rough) order of preference. Their selections were then weighted according to the order and the results were tabulated. It was by no … Continue reading Harvard Top 100
189 Book Recommendations From Bill Gates
William Henry “Bill” Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, author, and philanthropist. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world’s largest PC software company. The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (P.S.) by Matt Ridley Capital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing … Continue reading 189 Book Recommendations From Bill Gates
171 Books Recommended by Sam Harris
The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness by Erich Fromm The Archaic Revival: Speculations on Psychedelic Mushrooms, the Amazon, Virtual Reality, UFOs, Evolution, Shamanism, the Rebirth of the Goddess, and the End of History by Terence McKenna The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul by Francis Crick The Atomic Bazaar: Dispatches from the Underground World of Nuclear Trafficking by … Continue reading 171 Books Recommended by Sam Harris
400 Most Popular Books on Hacker News
Ranked by number of comments Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold (Amazon) 2. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Amazon) 3. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent by Harvey A. Silverglate (Amazon) 4. JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford (Amazon) 5. The Elements of … Continue reading 400 Most Popular Books on Hacker News
The 287 Best Libertarian Books
The list was compiled based on votes from the Goodreads community. 1. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (65 people voted) 2. The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek (45 people voted) 3. 1984 by George Orwell (42 people voted) 4. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics by … Continue reading The 287 Best Libertarian Books
1000 most mentioned books on Reddit
Sorted based on the number of upvotes and the number of different users linking to them in post and comments on reddit.com The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. … Continue reading 1000 most mentioned books on Reddit
Reddit’s 200 Most Recommended Fiction
Children’s Various by Dr. Seuss Geisel published 46 children’s books, often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of anapestic meter. His most celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears a … Continue reading Reddit’s 200 Most Recommended Fiction
