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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 A Canticle for Leibowitz

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Walter M. Miller Jr.

4.0

1959

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 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

4.0

2005

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

Cover of The Magic Mountain

The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann, John E. Woods

4.1

1924

Cover of Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

Tony Kushner

4.3

1992

Cover of Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Guy Delisle

3.9

2003

Cover of Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Thomas Mann, John E. Woods, T.J. Reed

4.1

1901

Cover of Silence

Silence

Shūsaku Endō, William Johnston

4.1

1966

Cover of The Beet Queen

The Beet Queen

Louise Erdrich

3.9

1985

Cover of Angels in America

Angels in America

Tony Kushner

4.3

1993

Cover of Istanbul: Memories and the City

Istanbul: Memories and the City

Orhan Pamuk

3.8

2003

Cover of The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

Bill Bryson

3.7

2015

Cover of The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself

The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself

Daniel J. Boorstin

4.1

1983

Cover of Season of Migration to the North

Season of Migration to the North

Tayeb Salih, Denys Johnson-Davies

3.7

1966

Cover of The Road

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

4.0

2006

Cover of Lolita

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov, Craig Raine

3.9

1955

Cover of Ready Player One

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

4.3

2011

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 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Robert M. Pirsig

3.8

1974

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 Congo

Congo

Michael Crichton

3.5

1980

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 The Year of the Flood  (MaddAddam, #2)

The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)

Margaret Atwood

4.0

2009

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 god is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

god is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Christopher Hitchens

4.0

2007

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 Wool (Wool, #1)

Wool (Wool, #1)

Hugh Howey

4.1

2011

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 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 The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

Michael Pollan

4.0

2001

Cover of The Gods Themselves

The Gods Themselves

Isaac Asimov

4.1

1972

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 MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)

MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)

Margaret Atwood

4.0

2013

Cover of Dust (Silo, #3)

Dust (Silo, #3)

Hugh Howey

4.3

2013

Cover of Invisible Cities

Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino, William Weaver

4.2

1972

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

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

4.3

1979

Cover of Catherine, Called Birdy

Catherine, Called Birdy

Karen Cushman

3.7

1994

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 Heart Goes Last

The Heart Goes Last

Margaret Atwood

3.4

2015

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

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