Stewart Brand's Long Now Reading List

1.
A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects 4.19 avg rating — 9,175 ratings
2.
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations 4.05 avg rating — 1,564 ratings
3.
Meditations
Meditations 4.28 avg rating — 320,795 ratings
4.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,723 ratings
5.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,703 ratings
6.
Memory of the World: The treasures that record our history from 1700 BC to the present day
Memory of the World: The treasures that record our history from 1700 BC to the present day
by: UNESCO
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
7.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,682 ratings
8.
History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,937 ratings
9.
The Complete Greek Tragedies
The Complete Greek Tragedies liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
10.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,432 ratings
11.
On the Nature of Things
On the Nature of Things
by: Lucretius
3.97 avg rating — 14,247 ratings
12.
The Art Of The Long View: Planning For The Future In An Uncertain World
The Art Of The Long View: Planning For The Future In An Uncertain World 3.80 avg rating — 898 ratings
13.
The Way Life Works
The Way Life Works 4.30 avg rating — 86 ratings
14.
Venice: A Maritime Republic
Venice: A Maritime Republic 4.02 avg rating — 134 ratings
15.
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages 3.87 avg rating — 3,559 ratings
16.
The Map Book
The Map Book 4.07 avg rating — 148 ratings
17.
Conceptual Physics
Conceptual Physics 3.98 avg rating — 811 ratings
18.
The Encyclopedia of Earth: A Complete Visual Guide
The Encyclopedia of Earth: A Complete Visual Guide 4.44 avg rating — 52 ratings
19.
The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3) 4.42 avg rating — 107,104 ratings
20.
Star Maker
Star Maker 3.91 avg rating — 9,116 ratings
21.
The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property 3.91 avg rating — 3,109 ratings
22.
Powers of Ten: About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe
Powers of Ten: About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe 4.33 avg rating — 251 ratings
23.
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe 4.43 avg rating — 5,371 ratings
24.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 4.02 avg rating — 15,255 ratings
25.
Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance
Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance 3.65 avg rating — 31 ratings
26.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 3.93 avg rating — 73,875 ratings
27.
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) 4.42 avg rating — 5,327 ratings
28.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,640 ratings
29.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined 4.16 avg rating — 29,271 ratings
30.
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier 3.92 avg rating — 6,285 ratings
31.
The Causes of War
The Causes of War 3.83 avg rating — 275 ratings
32.
Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War
Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War 3.75 avg rating — 265 ratings
33.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,852 ratings
34.
The Past From Above: Aerial Photographs of Archaeological Sites
The Past From Above: Aerial Photographs of Archaeological Sites 4.56 avg rating — 54 ratings
35.
Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe 3.60 avg rating — 4,673 ratings
36.
Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future 4.11 avg rating — 5,829 ratings
37.
The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community
The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community 4.11 avg rating — 568 ratings
38.
A History of Civilizations
A History of Civilizations 3.86 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
39.
The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work
The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work 4.06 avg rating — 809 ratings
40.
Imagined Worlds
Imagined Worlds 3.76 avg rating — 165 ratings
41.
The Story of Writing
The Story of Writing 3.86 avg rating — 367 ratings
42.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,849 ratings
43.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,481 ratings
44.
The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology 3.93 avg rating — 12,333 ratings
45.
Infinite in All Directions
Infinite in All Directions 3.95 avg rating — 387 ratings
46.
What Technology Wants
What Technology Wants 3.73 avg rating — 7,175 ratings
47.
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games (Culture, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 78,349 ratings
48.
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 98,002 ratings
49.
Look to Windward (Culture, #7)
Look to Windward (Culture, #7) 4.23 avg rating — 28,828 ratings
50.
The State of the Art (Culture, #4)
The State of the Art (Culture, #4) 3.83 avg rating — 19,246 ratings
51.
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 51,314 ratings
52.
Excession (Culture #5)
Excession (Culture #5) 4.20 avg rating — 33,416 ratings
53.
Across Realtime
Across Realtime 4.15 avg rating — 2,421 ratings
54.
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 4.11 avg rating — 11,776 ratings
55.
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) 4.21 avg rating — 1,200 ratings
56.
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order 3.78 avg rating — 13,748 ratings
57.
The Idea of Decline in Western History
The Idea of Decline in Western History 4.17 avg rating — 236 ratings
58.
Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers
Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers 3.77 avg rating — 655 ratings
59.
Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility 3.74 avg rating — 7,345 ratings
60.
One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism
One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism 3.61 avg rating — 71 ratings
61.
The Future of Life
The Future of Life 4.15 avg rating — 3,233 ratings
62.
The Coming Population Crash: and Our Planet's Surprising Future
The Coming Population Crash: and Our Planet's Surprising Future 3.85 avg rating — 286 ratings
63.
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth 3.81 avg rating — 2,284 ratings
64.
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization 3.88 avg rating — 749 ratings
65.
Medieval Civilization 400-1500
Medieval Civilization 400-1500 4.17 avg rating — 1,172 ratings
66.
The Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of Medieval History, the Life and Death of a Civilization
The Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of Medieval History, the Life and Death of a Civilization 3.96 avg rating — 2,705 ratings
67.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,069 ratings
68.
The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples
The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples 4.09 avg rating — 922 ratings
69.
The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic, Vol. II
The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic, Vol. II liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
70.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,048 ratings
71.
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built 4.35 avg rating — 1,842 ratings
72.
Grand Design, the earth from above
Grand Design, the earth from above 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
73.
The complete Oxford Shakespeare
The complete Oxford Shakespeare 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
74.
The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook: Third Home Edition
The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook: Third Home Edition 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
75.
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating — 176,955 ratings
76.
The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil
The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil 4.24 avg rating — 483 ratings