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The Great Depression by Benjamin RothThe Prize by Daniel YerginThe Quest by Daniel YerginThe Travels Of A T-Shirt In The Global Economy by Pietra RivoliA Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume
From Planet Money
18 books — 11 voters
Open by Andre AgassiThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellThe Tender Bar by J.R. MoehringerThe Company We Keep by Robert B. Baer
From Fresh Air
105 books — 83 voters

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganAll the President's Men by Carl BernsteinHow to Master The Times Crossword by Tim Moorey
2011: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
1,801 books — 441 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoQ by Luther BlissettWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Medieval and Renaissance historical fiction
462 books — 380 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoParzival by Wolfram von EschenbachThe Song of Roland by UnknownTristan and Isolde by Gottfried von Strassburg
Best Middle Ages Books
1,220 books — 1,680 voters
The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford StollHackers by Steven Levy
Hackers Gonna Hack
60 books — 16 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSnow Crash by Neal StephensonNeuromancer by William GibsonFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesContact by Carl Sagan
NPR Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
100 books — 22 voters
Snowdrops by A.D. Miller
Man Booker 2011 Longlist
13 books — 20 voters

What Is the What by Dave EggersThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckZeitoun by Dave Eggers
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,071 books — 5,779 voters
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom RobbinsCharlie Wilson's War by George CrileReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Best Books Full of Sass
89 books — 84 voters

All the Devils are Here by Bethany McLeanRestoring Financial Stability by Viral V. AcharyaToo Big to Fail by Andrew Ross SorkinFool's Gold by Gillian TettThe Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan
Crash of 2008
26 books — 21 voters
The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford StollKingpin by Kevin PoulsenSnow Crash by Neal StephensonNeuromancer by William GibsonReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Hackers
151 books — 428 voters

Cloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford StollOne Day by David Nicholls
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,665 books — 6,000 voters
The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford StollThe Geek Atlas by John Graham-CummingThe C Programming Language by Brian W. KernighanAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
A Book My Father Gave Me
265 books — 225 voters

High Fidelity by Nick HornbyBel Canto by Ann PatchettCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Fiction Involving Rock/Pop Music
880 books — 1,021 voters
The Cider House Rules by John IrvingOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
1,833 books — 1,989 voters

What Is the What by Dave EggersThe Nine by Jeffrey ToobinMan Gone Down by Barry Thomas Thomas
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2007 (fiction and nonfiction)
78 books — 60 voters
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellAll the Devils are Here by Bethany McLeanA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters

Open by Andre AgassiZeitoun by Dave Eggers
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 118 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The "BBC" Book List Challenge
100 books — 19 voters

Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross SorkinThe Age of Turbulence by Alan GreenspanAll the Devils are Here by Bethany McLeanLiar's Poker by Michael LewisFool's Gold by Gillian Tett
Understanding the Financial Crisis 2008
164 books — 248 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,233 books — 118,054 voters


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