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Cover of The Road

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

4.0

2006

Cover of Lolita

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov, Craig Raine

3.9

1955

Cover of Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Leo Tolstoj, Aylmer Maude

4.0

1877

Cover of Foundation (Foundation #1)

Foundation (Foundation #1)

Isaac Asimov

4.1

1951

Cover of Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

3.9

1961

Cover of I, Robot (Robot #0.1)

I, Robot (Robot #0.1)

Isaac Asimov

4.2

1950

Cover of Neuromancer

Neuromancer

William Gibson

3.9

1984

Cover of A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole, Walker Percy

3.9

1980

Cover of The Story of Art

The Story of Art

E.H. Gombrich

3.8

1950

Cover of Beowulf

Beowulf

Unknown, Seamus Heaney

3.4

975

Cover of Ways of Seeing

Ways of Seeing

John Berger

3.8

1972

Cover of The Martian Chronicles

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

4.1

1950

Cover of Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein

4.0

1959

Cover of Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf, Maureen Howard

3.8

1925

Cover of Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

3.8

1952

Cover of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

Dan Simmons

4.2

1989

Cover of The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

4.1

1976

Cover of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard Feynman

4.3

1984

Cover of Contact

Contact

Carl Sagan

4.1

1985

Cover of Childhood's End

Childhood's End

Arthur C. Clarke

4.1

1953

Cover of The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Eric Ries

4.0

2011

Cover of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

James C. Collins

4.0

2001

Cover of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein

4.2

1966

Cover of Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

Scott McCloud

4.0

1993

Cover of Cryptonomicon

Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

4.3

1999

Cover of The Complete Persepolis

The Complete Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa, Blake Ferris, Anjali Singh

4.4

2003

Cover of A Canticle for Leibowitz

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Walter M. Miller Jr.

4.0

1959

Cover of Native Son

Native Son

Richard Wright

4.0

1940

Cover of The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

4.0

1892

Cover of The Left Hand of Darkness

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin, Lech Jęczmyk

4.0

1969

Cover of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Dan Ariely

4.1

2007

Cover of What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe

4.2

2014

Cover of The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett

3.9

1930

Cover of The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Gareth Stedman Jones

3.5

1848

Cover of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Anne Lamott

4.2

1994

Cover of The Crying of Lot 49

The Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon

3.7

1966

Cover of Anathem

Anathem

Neal Stephenson

4.2

2008

Cover of Seveneves

Seveneves

Neal Stephenson

4.0

2015

Cover of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

4.0

2005

Cover of The Windup Girl

The Windup Girl

Paolo Bacigalupi

3.7

2009

Cover of The Interpretation of Dreams

The Interpretation of Dreams

Sigmund Freud

3.8

1899

Cover of The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

4.3

1995

Cover of Prelude to Foundation

Prelude to Foundation

Isaac Asimov

4.0

1988

Cover of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Mary Roach

3.8

2008

Cover of Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Dava Sobel, Neil Armstrong

4.0

1995

Cover of Player Piano

Player Piano

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.9

1952

Cover of Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Cheryl Strayed

4.3

2012

Cover of Dust (Silo, #3)

Dust (Silo, #3)

Hugh Howey

4.3

2013

Cover of Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

4.3

1979

Cover of Absalom, Absalom!

Absalom, Absalom!

William Faulkner

4.0

1936

Cover of The Stars My Destination

The Stars My Destination

Alfred Bester, Neil Gaiman

4.1

1955

Cover of Alas, Babylon

Alas, Babylon

Pat Frank

4.1

1959

Cover of Sister Carrie

Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser

3.7

1900

Cover of The End of Eternity

The End of Eternity

Isaac Asimov

4.2

1955

Cover of The Collected Poems

The Collected Poems

Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes

4.2

1981

Cover of Time Enough for Love

Time Enough for Love

Robert A. Heinlein

4.0

1973

Cover of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

4.0

2004

Cover of The Castle

The Castle

Franz Kafka, Mark Harman, Regaip Minareci, Şerif Yeşilbucak

4.0

1926

Cover of The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

Steven Johnson

3.9

2006

Cover of The Postman

The Postman

David Brin

3.9

1985

Cover of Timequake

Timequake

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.7

1997

Cover of On Photography

On Photography

Susan Sontag

3.8

1973

Cover of A History of Western Philosophy

A History of Western Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

4.0

1945

Cover of Robots and Empire (Robot #4)

Robots and Empire (Robot #4)

Isaac Asimov

4.2

1985

Cover of Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae

Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae

Steven Pressfield

4.4

1998

Cover of The Aleph and Other Stories

The Aleph and Other Stories

Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley

4.4

1947

Cover of Arcadia

Arcadia

Tom Stoppard

4.2

1993

Cover of All My Sons

All My Sons

Arthur Miller, Christopher Bigsby

3.9

1947

Cover of What Do You Care What Other People Think?

What Do You Care What Other People Think?

Richard Feynman

4.3

1988

Cover of Double Star

Double Star

Robert A. Heinlein

3.9

1956

Cover of The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

Steven Pinker

4.0

1994

Cover of Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

Simon Winchester

3.9

2003

Cover of Rainbows End

Rainbows End

Vernor Vinge

3.8

2006

Cover of The Making of the Atomic Bomb

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Richard Rhodes

4.3

1986

Cover of The Professor

The Professor

Charlotte Brontë

3.6

1857

Cover of Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brilliant Teacher

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brilliant Teacher

Richard Feynman

4.2

1962

Cover of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

John Locke

3.8

1689

Cover of The Double Helix

The Double Helix

James D. Watson

3.9

1968

Cover of Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Albert Einstein, Nigel Calder, Robert W. Lawson

4.2

1916

Cover of Stand on Zanzibar

Stand on Zanzibar

John Brunner

4.0

1968

Cover of Letter to My Daughter

Letter to My Daughter

Maya Angelou

4.1

2008

Cover of The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

James Gleick

4.0

2011

Cover of Johnny Mnemonic

Johnny Mnemonic

William Gibson, Terry Bisson

3.8

1981

Cover of In the Penal Colony

In the Penal Colony

Franz Kafka

4.0

1919

Cover of The House of the Dead

The House of the Dead

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ergin Altay

4.0

1861

Cover of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

William McDonough, Michael Braungart

4.1

2002

Cover of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Jared Diamond

4.0

1997

Cover of Candide

Candide

Voltaire

3.8

1759

Cover of A People's History of the United States

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

4.1

1980

Cover of Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)

Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)

Anne McCaffrey, Teodor Panasiński

4.1

1968

Cover of Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island

Bill Bryson

3.9

1995

Cover of In a Sunburned Country

In a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson

4.0

2000

Cover of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

Chuck Klosterman

3.8

2003

Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

4.4

2011

Cover of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.3

2010

Cover of How the Irish Saved Civilization

How the Irish Saved Civilization

Thomas Cahill

3.8

1995

Cover of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1

Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1

Brynne Stephens, Lela Dowling, Cynthia Martin, Anne McCaffrey

4.4

1991

Cover of The Social Contract

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston

3.8

1762

Cover of Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race

Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race

Jon Stewart, Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Bloomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, David Javerbaum, Elliott Kalan, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross

3.9

2010

Cover of Civilization and Its Discontents

Civilization and Its Discontents

Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Peter Gay

3.8

1930

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