- 500+ Best Books About Forbidden Love
No love, that is, no idea of love, is more alluring than forbidden love. Not surprisingly, this list of stories involving forbidden love is a really long list. Enjoy.
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments)
Forbidden by…
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- 500 Best Fairytales and Retellings Books & Stories
These fairytale books and retelling books are long time favorites of Goodreads members.
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast…
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- 500 Best Spy Novels
These spy novels are favorites of Goodreads members.
Tinker
The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan Universe)
The Day of the Jackal …
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- 500 Best Microhistory Books
Microhistory is the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (most often a single event.Today, microhistory has been made popular by the success of books like Hilary Mantell's 'Wolf H…
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- 30+ Best Books About Religion
Religion, the thing that has got us all confused about what is faith and what is right. Some books set around the same confusions and conflicts are listed here:
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Priest…
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- 100 Best Scandinavian and Nordic Novels You Should Read
Most of the time we think about Nordic literature, we are thinking about Nordic Noir - Dark crime stories set in desolate, cold places. But this list will show you that Nordic literature is more than the 'Girl with a dra…
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- 50+ Best High School Stories
Ah, high school! The place we are sad to think about in past tense, and happy that we left.
Eleanor & Park
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Harry Potter and the Go…
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- The 45 Best Sales Books For Every Salesperson
Sales is a pretty competitive field. Use these top books on sales as your personal mentors.
New Sales. Simplified. The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development by Mike Weinberg (2012)
Fana…
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- 95 Best Books On Indian History
Indian history, aka, something many Indians don't take / like a lesson from.
The list was compiled based on votes from the Goodreads community.
India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy …
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- The 30+ Best Southern Novels of All Time (As Voted by Scholars)
These were the top southern novels, as voted for in a poll of 134 scholars.
Absalom
All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren (80 votes)
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (64 votes)
The Adventures of …
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- 100 Best Books That Make Us Think About Reality in 21st CenturyÃâÃÂ
These are some of the best books from various genres that help frame / shape our thinking about reality in the ever-changing 21st Century.
1984 by George Orwell
Being and Time by Martin Heidegger
Guns
The…
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- 250+ Best Speculative Novels
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Literature defines speculative novels as story (ies) “that treats supernatural and/or nonexistent phenomena (such as the future) as a special class of objectively real things or events.” Specul…
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- 35 Best Business Biographies
Read these 35+ favorite business biographies about successful business people for sheer inspiration.
Steve Jobs
Shoe Dog A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight (2016)
Business Adventures Twelve Classic Tales…
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- 100 Best Alternate History Novels
Wikipedia defines 'alternate history' (AH) as one or more historical events happen differently. These stories usually contain "what if" scenarios at important points in history and present outcomes other than those in th…
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- 100 Best Techno Thriller Books
A techno thriller story is a mix of science fiction, thrillers, spy fiction, action, and war stories. These books are favorite of Goodreads readers.
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park)
The Andromeda Strain by Mic…
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- 50 Best Home and Garden Books
Starter Vegetable Gardens by Pleasant
Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades 35th Anniversary: The Complete Guide to Organic Gardening by Steve Solomon and Marina McShane
The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature’s Gr…
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- 100 Best Dystopian novels like The Hunger Games
If you liked dystopian stories (e.g. repressive / police state) / futuristic stories such as The Hunger Games, then you will also like these.
Divergent
Insurgent
The Moon Dwellers
The Maze Runner
Matched
D…
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- Reddit's Favorite 1000 Books
If you google 'reddit books' you will find plenty of results. This list is going around as an accumulation of many Reddit favorite lists:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGame of Thrones by George R.…
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- 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read
In 2009, The Guardian published a popular list of 1000 novels everyone must read. Here's the list:
Comdey
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Money by Martin Amis
The Information by Martin Amis
The Bottle Factory Outing…
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- 15 books everyone must read and keep at all times to survive an apocalypse
Apocalypse reading is big nowadays. It is a staple of modern existence. We always think the worst is around the corner. And personally, I think so too. So, it is best to stay prepared. Lists of essential survival items c…
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