A Nerd's Guide to Reading

1.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character 4.27 avg rating — 213,228 ratings
2.
Cosmos
Cosmos 4.40 avg rating — 155,630 ratings
3.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,202 ratings
4.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,858 ratings
5.
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid 4.29 avg rating — 51,684 ratings
6.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 4.01 avg rating — 885,855 ratings
7.
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time 4.21 avg rating — 467,056 ratings
8.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,070 ratings
9.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,970 ratings
10.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 4.34 avg rating — 1,201,943 ratings
11.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,644 ratings
12.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference 4.01 avg rating — 844,295 ratings
13.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,868 ratings
14.
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character 4.19 avg rating — 30,241 ratings
15.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,065,638 ratings
16.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,968 ratings
17.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,185 ratings
18.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,147 ratings
19.
Chaos: Making a New Science
Chaos: Making a New Science 4.03 avg rating — 40,243 ratings
20.
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene 4.16 avg rating — 189,066 ratings
21.
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 4.05 avg rating — 93,187 ratings
22.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer 4.34 avg rating — 111,153 ratings
22.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,557 ratings
24.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 4.05 avg rating — 239,830 ratings
25.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 4.03 avg rating — 29,127 ratings
26.
Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,254 ratings
27.
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History 3.98 avg rating — 7,043 ratings
28.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,117 ratings
29.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable 3.96 avg rating — 119,255 ratings
30.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,260,053 ratings
31.
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing 4.15 avg rating — 1,604 ratings
32.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 330,514 ratings
33.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,503 ratings
34.
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood 4.04 avg rating — 16,839 ratings
35.
The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev's Adaptability, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War
The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev's Adaptability, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War 3.62 avg rating — 110 ratings
36.
MindHub: Personality Profiler
MindHub: Personality Profiler 4.34 avg rating — 74 ratings
37.
The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive
The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive 3.94 avg rating — 4,652 ratings
38.
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries 4.10 avg rating — 31,878 ratings
39.
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code 4.01 avg rating — 3,646 ratings
39.
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,594,326 ratings
41.
The Fractal Geometry of Nature
The Fractal Geometry of Nature 4.23 avg rating — 1,276 ratings
42.
Ideas and Opinions
Ideas and Opinions 4.12 avg rating — 3,290 ratings
43.
Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1)
Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 58,218 ratings
44.
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History 4.14 avg rating — 10,151 ratings
45.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,776 ratings
46.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,594 ratings
47.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3.85 avg rating — 218,579 ratings
48.
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension 4.15 avg rating — 23,942 ratings
49.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,276 ratings
50.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,052 ratings
50.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,836 ratings
52.
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 453,250 ratings
53.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,719,352 ratings
54.
Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science 4.02 avg rating — 2,310 ratings
55.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,841 ratings
56.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,336 ratings
57.
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character 4.27 avg rating — 213,228 ratings
58.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,977 ratings
59.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,434 ratings
60.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,596,013 ratings
61.
The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story 4.18 avg rating — 215,984 ratings
62.
Darwinia
Darwinia 3.38 avg rating — 4,153 ratings
62.
Nation Builder: John Quincy Adams and the Grand Strategy of the Republic
Nation Builder: John Quincy Adams and the Grand Strategy of the Republic 3.89 avg rating — 73 ratings
64.
Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time
Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time 4.07 avg rating — 2,106 ratings
65.
Connections
Connections 4.25 avg rating — 2,480 ratings
65.
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 93,522 ratings
65.
The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems
The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems 4.18 avg rating — 1,910 ratings
68.
Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1)
Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 49,457 ratings
69.
Capital in the Twenty First Century
Capital in the Twenty First Century 4.06 avg rating — 33,859 ratings
70.
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements 4.20 avg rating — 11,544 ratings
71.
The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture
The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture 4.11 avg rating — 1,479 ratings
72.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,674 ratings
73.
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 4.16 avg rating — 27,262 ratings
74.
Les Miserables (Classics Illustrated #9)
Les Miserables (Classics Illustrated #9) 4.28 avg rating — 5,055 ratings
74.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,086 ratings
76.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,671 ratings
77.
Cleopatra: A Life
Cleopatra: A Life 3.73 avg rating — 121,460 ratings
78.
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind 4.08 avg rating — 15,339 ratings
79.
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,827 ratings
80.
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic 4.09 avg rating — 2,733 ratings
81.
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions 4.13 avg rating — 34,099 ratings
82.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,687 ratings
83.
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 3.89 avg rating — 55,254 ratings
83.
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil 3.91 avg rating — 26,133 ratings
85.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating — 30,222 ratings
86.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong 3.97 avg rating — 72,726 ratings
87.
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating — 43,237 ratings
88.
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern 3.87 avg rating — 34,488 ratings
89.
Rainbows End
Rainbows End 3.77 avg rating — 18,765 ratings
90.
Spin (Spin, #1)
Spin (Spin, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 43,595 ratings
91.
Eisenhower in War and Peace
Eisenhower in War and Peace 4.08 avg rating — 11,057 ratings
92.
The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl 3.75 avg rating — 77,345 ratings
93.
Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment
Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment 4.31 avg rating — 5,055 ratings
94.
Glasshouse
Glasshouse 3.88 avg rating — 11,565 ratings
95.
Anthem
Anthem
by: Ayn Rand
3.61 avg rating — 164,233 ratings
96.
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 129,830 ratings
96.
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation 4.20 avg rating — 8,529 ratings
98.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 4.15 avg rating — 136,881 ratings
99.
The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6) 4.05 avg rating — 588,352 ratings
99.
The Chronicles of Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1-5)
The Chronicles of Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1-5) 4.36 avg rating — 11,454 ratings
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