Here’s a list of lists, or rather THE List of Lists! It’s all of my top fives by genre (that I regularly read). Of course lists change over time, and there’s a book for every situation, but this is what I’ve got for you at the moment.
SCIENCE FICTION
- Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Expanse by James S.A. Corey (series)
- Gateway by Fredrick Pohl
- Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (series)
- Dune by Frank Herbert
LITERATURE
- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
- Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
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GRAPHIC NOVELS
- Heart by Blair Butler
- Secret Identity by Kurt Busiek
- The Crow by James O’Barr
- The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures by Dave Stevens
- Wolverine by Clarement/Miller
HISTORY
- The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth
- Russia: A 1000-Year Chronicle of the Wild East by Martin Sixsmith
- At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
- A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage
- The Templars by Dan Jones
PHILOSOPHY
- The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- The Tree of Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
- Ecclesiastes
SPIRITUAL TEXTS
- The Rule of Saint Benedict
- The Bhagavad Gita
- Proverbs
- The Kingdom of God Is Within You by Tolstoy
- I Am a Church Member by Rainer
