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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

ByJ.D. Vance

The Left Hand of Darkness

#4 of 9 in Hainish Cycle

The Left Hand of Darkness

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly

ByPhilip K. Dick

The Blade Itself

#1 of 6 in The First Law

The Blade Itself

ByJoe Abercrombie

Mistborn: The Final Empire

1 The Cosmere

Mistborn: The Final Empire

ByBrandon Sanderson

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On Intelligence

On Intelligence

Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World

Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World

ByNoel Malcolm

Lost Stars

9 Star Wars Disney Canon Novel

ByClaudia Gray

The Dark Forest

#2 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past

The Dark Forest

ByCixin Liu,Joel Martinsen(Translator)

The Colour of Magic

#1 of 41 in Discworld

The Color of Magic

ByTerry Pratchett

Shōgun

#1 of 6 in Asian Saga: Chronological Order

ByJames Clavell

Legend

#1 of 11 in The Drenai Saga

ByDavid Gemmell

Aurora

ByKim Stanley Robinson

The Eye of the World

#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time

The Eye of the World

ByRobert Jordan

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

#1 of 6 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

ByDouglas Adams

One Summer: America, 1927

One Summer: America, 1927

ByBill Bryson

The Rage of Dragons

#1 of 3 in The Burning

The Rage of Dragons

ByEvan Winter

Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It

Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It

ByJohn Ferling

Who Owns the Future?

Who Owns the Future?

ByJaron Lanier

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Meditations

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Gödel, Escher, Bach

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

ByDouglas R. Hofstadter

The Martian

#1 of 1 in The Martian

ByAndy Weir

The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

ByDan Carlin

The Fires of Vengeance

#2 of 3 in The Burning

The Fires of Vengeance

ByEvan Winter

Leviathan Wakes

#1 of 9 in The Expanse

Leviathan Wakes

ByJames S. A. Corey

The Greatest Knight

The Greatest Knight

ByThomas Asbridge

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The Self-Driven Child

The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives

ByWilliam Stixrud, Ned Johnson

Death's End

#3 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past

ByCixin Liu,Ken Liu(Translator)

Red Rising

#1 of 7 in Red Rising Saga

ByPierce Brown

The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line

ByJames Jones

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

ByBrian Greene

A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II

A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II

ByGerhard L. Weinberg

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

A Mathematician's Apology

A Mathematician's Apology

ByG.H. Hardy

The Last Wish

#0.5 of 5 in The Witcher

ByAndrzej Sapkowski

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

ByAnne Crow,F. Scott Fitzgerald

Old Man's War

#1 of 6 in Old Man's War

ByJohn Scalzi

Mythago Wood

#1 of 7 in Mythago Wood

ByRobert Holdstock

1776

ByDavid McCullough

The Children of the Sky

#3 of 3 in Zones of Thought

The Children of the Sky

ByVernor Vinge

2011 • 47 Readers • 446 pages • 3.5

Astro City, Vol. 2: Confession

#2 of 16 in Astro City

Astro City, Vol. 2: Confession

ByKurt Busiek,Alex Ross,+1 more

A Prayer for Owen Meany

A Prayer for Owen Meany

ByJohn Irving

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The Demon-Haunted World

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

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Selected Papers on Computer Science

Selected Papers on Computer Science

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One Minute to Midnight

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

ByMichael Dobbs

Spin

#1 of 3 in Spin

ByRobert Charles Wilson

The Guns of August

The Guns of August

ByBarbara W. Tuchman

Blindsight

#1 of 2 in Firefall

ByPeter Watts

The Painted Man

#1 of 5 in The Demon Cycle

ByPeter V. Brett

A Guide to the Good Life

A Guide to the Good Life

ByWilliam B. Irvine

A Fire Upon the Deep

#1 of 3 in Zones of Thought

A Fire Upon the Deep

ByVernor Vinge

The Name of the Wind

#1 of 3 in The Kingkiller Chronicle

The Name of the Wind

ByPatrick Rothfuss

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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

ByAldo Leopold

Daemon

#1 of 1 in Daemon

ByDaniel Suarez

A Deepness in the Sky

#2 of 3 in Zones of Thought

A Deepness in the Sky

ByVernor Vinge

Foundation

#1 of 7 in Foundation (Publication Order)

ByIsaac Asimov

Cryptonomicon

ByNeal Stephenson

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

#1 of 7 in The Chronicles of Narnia (Publication Order)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

ByC. S. Lewis

A Wizard of Earthsea

#1 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

A Wizard of Earthsea

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

Walden

ByHenry David Thoreau

Guns, Germs and Steel

#1 of 3 in Civilizations Rise and Fall

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

ByJared M. Diamond

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

ByDan Simmons

Diaspora

ByGreg Egan

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

#1 of 2 in Phaedrus

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

ByRobert M. Pirsig

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

ByJane Jacobs

On the Road

Duluoz Legend

ByJack Kerouac

Flowers for Algernon

Flowers for Algernon

ByDaniel Keyes

The Last Kingdom

#1 of 13 in The Last Kingdom

The Last Kingdom

ByBernard Cornwell

Neuromancer

#1 of 3 in Sprawl

ByWilliam Gibson,Giampaolo Cossato(Translator),+1 more

Catch-22

#1 of 2 in Catch-22

ByJoseph Heller

And Then There Were None

#3 of 6 in Agatha Christie Graphic Novels

And Then There Were None

ByAgatha Christie

Dreadnought

#1 of 2 in Dreadnought

ByRobert K. Massie

The Two Towers

#2 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

Middle-earth Legendarium

The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again

ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

A Game of Thrones

#1 of 7 in A Song of Ice and Fire

A Game of Thrones

ByGeorge R.R. Martin

Astro City, Vol. 1: Life in the Big City

#1 of 16 in Astro City

Astro City, Vol. 1: Life in the Big City

ByKurt Busiek

The Fellowship of the Ring

#1 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Fellowship of the Ring

ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

Post Office

ByCharles Bukowski

The Eyes of the Dragon

The Eyes of the Dragon

ByStephen King

The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings

#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Return of the King

ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

Battle Cry of Freedom

#4 of 10 in The Oxford History of the United States

Battle Cry of Freedom

ByJames M. McPherson

East of Eden

ByJohn Steinbeck