The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

The Double Helix
ByJames D. Watson

    1968 • 43 Readers • 208 pages • 3.7

    How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

      2014 • 192 Readers • 480 pages • 4

      The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

        1985 • 605 Readers • 300 pages • 3.9

        The Xenophobe's Guide

          1993 • 1 Reader

          The Neon Bible

          The Neon Bible
          ByJohn Kennedy Toole

            1989 • 10 Readers • 162 pages • 2.7

            Age of Reason, Part 1

            The Age of Reason
            ByThomas Paine

              1794 • 29 Readers • 59 pages • 4

              Cat's Cradle

              Cat's Cradle
              ByKurt Vonnegut

                1963 • 1,163 Readers • 192 pages • 4.1

                Ulysses : a critical and synoptic edition

                Ulysses
                ByJames Joyce

                  1920 • 689 Readers • 656 pages • 3.8

                  Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

                    1993 • 39 Readers • 182 pages • 4.1

                    Headstrong

                    Headstrong
                    ByRachel Swaby

                      2015 • 12 Readers • 288 pages • 5

                      Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

                        2014 • 34 Readers • 278 pages • 3.9

                        The Greatest Stories Never Told

                          2003 • 6 Readers • 224 pages • 4

                          What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

                          #1 of 2 in What If?

                            14 • 948 Readers • 320 pages • 4.2

                            An Underground Education

                              1997 • 9 Readers • 432 pages • 4

                              The Book of General Ignorance

                              #1 of 5 in The Quite Interesting Ignorant Books

                              The Book of General Ignorance
                              ByJohn Mitchinson,John Lloyd

                                2006 • 40 Readers • 252 pages • 3.4

                                An Incomplete Education

                                An Incomplete Education
                                ByJudy Jones,William Wilson

                                  1987 • 28 Readers • 699 pages • 3.9

                                  The God that Failed

                                  The God that Failed
                                  ByRichard Wright,Stephen Spender

                                    1949 • 6 Readers • 272 pages

                                    The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History

                                      2014 • 11 Readers • 400 pages • 3.5

                                      John Adams

                                      John Adams
                                      ByDavid McCullough

                                        2001 • 199 Readers • 751 pages • 4.3

                                        Memoirs Of The Second World War
                                        ByWinston S. Churchill

                                          1948 • 2 Readers

                                          Churchill

                                          Churchill: A Life
                                          ByMartin Gilbert

                                            1974 • 15 Readers • 300 pages • 4

                                            The World Crisis, 1911-1918

                                            The World Crisis, 1911-1918
                                            ByWinston Churchill

                                              1 Reader • 4

                                              Martyrdom of Man, The
                                              ByWilliam Winwood Reade

                                                1872 • 1 Reader

                                                The Picture of Dorian Grey

                                                  1890 • 2,510 Readers • 186 pages • 4.1

                                                  Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

                                                  Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series

                                                  Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
                                                  ByMartin Dugard,Bill O'Reilly

                                                    2012 • 26 Readers • 325 pages • 4.2

                                                    1493

                                                    1493
                                                    ByCharles C. Mann

                                                      2011 • 51 Readers • 557 pages • 4.3

                                                      The Hot Zone

                                                      The Hot Zone
                                                      ByRichard Preston

                                                        1994 • 187 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1

                                                        The Sleepwalkers

                                                        The Sleepwalkers
                                                        ByChristopher Clark

                                                          2014 • 59 Readers • 736 pages • 4.1

                                                          Nudge: The Final Edition

                                                          Nudge
                                                          ByRichard H. Thaler,Cass R. Sunstein

                                                            2008 • 248 Readers • 229 pages • 3.6

                                                            Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

                                                              2014 • 249 Readers • 353 pages • 3.5

                                                              The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

                                                                2010 • 80 Readers • 291 pages • 3.6

                                                                What is Philosophy?

                                                                What is Philosophy?
                                                                ByGilles Deleuze,Félix Guattari

                                                                  1994 • 23 Readers • 272 pages • 4.3

                                                                  Team of Rivals

                                                                  Team of Rivals
                                                                  ByDoris Kearns Goodwin

                                                                    2005 • 240 Readers • 1,277 pages • 4.6

                                                                    Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

                                                                      2011 • 663 Readers • 384 pages • 4.2

                                                                      American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

                                                                        2012 • 73 Readers • 331 pages • 3.4

                                                                        The Battle for God

                                                                        The Battle for God
                                                                        ByKaren Armstrong

                                                                          2000 • 9 Readers • 480 pages • 4

                                                                          A History Of God

                                                                          A History of God
                                                                          ByKaren Armstrong

                                                                            1993 • 51 Readers • 562 pages • 3.9

                                                                            The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

                                                                            The Emperor of All Maladies
                                                                            BySiddhartha Mukherjee

                                                                              2010 • 400 Readers • 571 pages • 4.2

                                                                              The Origin of Species

                                                                              The Origin of Species
                                                                              ByCharles Darwin

                                                                                1859 • 295 Readers • 439 pages • 4.2

                                                                                Les mots

                                                                                The Words
                                                                                ByJean-Paul Sartre

                                                                                  1964 • 14 Readers • 255 pages • 3.6

                                                                                  The Selfish Gene

                                                                                  The Selfish Gene
                                                                                  ByRichard Dawkins

                                                                                    1976 • 492 Readers • 396 pages • 4.2

                                                                                    Crime and Punishment

                                                                                    Crime and Punishment
                                                                                    ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

                                                                                      19 • 2,092 Readers • 602 pages • 4.3

                                                                                      We Were Liars

                                                                                      #1 of 1 in We Were Liars

                                                                                      We Were Liars
                                                                                      ByE. Lockhart

                                                                                        2014 • 907 Readers • 256 pages • 3.5

                                                                                        The Fellowship of the Ring

                                                                                        #1 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

                                                                                          1954 • 3,359 Readers • 398 pages • 4.4

                                                                                          Morrie

                                                                                          Morrie
                                                                                          ByMorrie Schwartz

                                                                                            1996 • 2 Readers • 127 pages

                                                                                            The Last Lecture

                                                                                            The Last Lecture
                                                                                            ByRandy Pausch

                                                                                              2008 • 204 Readers • 206 pages • 4.2

                                                                                              A Farewell To Arms

                                                                                              A Farewell to Arms
                                                                                              ByErnest Hemingway

                                                                                                199 • 609 Readers • 352 pages • 3.7

                                                                                                Death of a Salesman

                                                                                                Death of a Salesman
                                                                                                ByArthur Miller

                                                                                                  1940 • 478 Readers • 144 pages • 3.5

                                                                                                  The History of Western Philosophy

                                                                                                  #1-3 of 1 in A History of Western Philosophy

                                                                                                    A Short History of Nearly Everything

                                                                                                      2003 • 1,074 Readers • 4.2

                                                                                                      Thus Spoke Zarathustra

                                                                                                      Thus Spoke Zarathustra
                                                                                                      ByFriedrich Nietzsche

                                                                                                        1883 • 439 Readers • 356 pages • 3.8

                                                                                                        Guns, Germs and Steel

                                                                                                        #1 of 3 in Civilizations Rise and Fall

                                                                                                          1998 • 787 Readers • 480 pages • 3.9