From f557b647223299f52b00f76a8e1a5a1a78a7beaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Austin Orth Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 02:08:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Separate fiction into sub categories. Added subcategories for Fiction and sorted all of the books that were previously in the 'Others' subcategory into the new subcategories. (#47) --- README.md | 115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2233f43..0d2fa89 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Mind Expanding Books [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) ![Awesome](https://travis-ci.org/hackerkid/Mind-Expanding-Books.svg?branch=master) [![PRs Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](http://makeapullrequest.com) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/hackerkid/bots](https://badges.gitter.im/hackerkid/bots.svg)](https://gitter.im/hackerkid/Mind-Expanding-Books?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) -> Curated list of mind expanding books. +> Curated list of mind expanding books. Table of Contents ----------------- @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Books * [Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8664353-unbroken) by Laura Hillenbrand * [Madame Curie: A Biography](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/341166.Madame_Curie) by Marie Curie * [iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/798635.iWoz) by Steve Wozniak -* [The Last Lecture](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2318271.The_Last_Lecture) by Randy Pausch +* [The Last Lecture](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2318271.The_Last_Lecture) by Randy Pausch ##History @@ -257,12 +257,12 @@ Books * [Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178734.Summerhill) by A. S. Neill, Albert Lamb * [Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703532.Mindstorms) by Seymour A. Papert * [Curious Minds: How a Child Becomes a Scientist](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/409588.Curious_Minds) by John Brockman -* [Teaching as a Subversive Activity](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79681.Teaching_as_a_Subversive_Activity) by Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner +* [Teaching as a Subversive Activity](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79681.Teaching_as_a_Subversive_Activity) by Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner ##Writing * [Hat Box: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12909101-hat-box) by Stephen Sondheim -* [Clear and Simple as the Truth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/120549.Clear_and_Simple_as_the_Truth) by Francis-Noël Thomas, Mark Turner +* [Clear and Simple as the Truth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/120549.Clear_and_Simple_as_the_Truth) by Francis-Noël Thomas, Mark Turner * [The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821371-the-sense-of-style) by Steven Pinker ##Theater and Film @@ -284,72 +284,79 @@ Books ##Fiction -###Science Fiction -* [Ender's Game - Saga](https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=ender%27s+saga&search_type=books&search%5Bfield%5D=on) -* [Foundation](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29579.Foundation) -* [Dune Chronicles](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=dune) -* [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11.The_Hitchhiker_s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy) by Douglas Adams +###Classics -###Fantasy +* [The Catcher in the Rye](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5107.The_Catcher_in_the_Rye) by J.D. Salinger +* [If on a Winter's Night a Traveler](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/374233.If_on_a_Winter_s_Night_a_Traveler) by Italo Calvino and William Weaver +* [Sense and Sensibility](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14935.Sense_and_Sensibility) by Jane Austen +* [A Prayer for Owen Meany](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4473.A_Prayer_for_Owen_Meany) by John Irving +* [Steppenwolf: A Novel](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16631.Steppenwolf) by Hermann Hesse, Basil Creighton +* [The Glass Bead Game](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16634.The_Glass_Bead_Game) by Hermann Hesse, Richard and Clara Winston +* [The Wall: (Intimacy) and Other Stories](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10031.The_Wall) by Jean-Paul Sartre, Lloyd Alexander +* [The Brothers Karamazov](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4934.The_Brothers_Karamazov) Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky +* [Pride And Prejudice](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice) by Jane Austen +* [Mansfield Park](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45032) by Jane Austen +* [Wuthering Heights](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6185.Wuthering_Heights) by Emily Bronte +* [The House of Mirth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17728.The_House_of_Mirth) by Edith Wharton +* [Confessions of a Mask](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62794.Confessions_of_a_Mask) by Yukio Mishima +* [Letters From The Earth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37813.Letters_from_the_Earth) by Mark Twain +* [One Hundred Years of Solitude](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320.One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gregory Rabassa +* [One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/332613.One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo_s_Nest) by Ken Kesey +* [Watership Down: A Novel](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76620.Watership_Down) by Richard Adams +* [Bleak House](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31242.Bleak_House) by Charles Dickens +* [War and Peace](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/656.War_and_Peace) by Leo Tolstoy +* [The Death of Ivan Ilych](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18386.The_Death_of_Ivan_Ilych) by Leo Tolstoy +* [Anna Karenina](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15823480-anna-karenina) by Leo Tolstoy +* [The Picture of Dorian Gray](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5297.The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray) by Oscar Wilde +* [Catch 22](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4610.Catch_22) +* [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2956.The_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn) by Mark Twain + + +###Fantasy * [The Kingkiller Chronicle](https://www.goodreads.com/series/45262-the-kingkiller-chronicle) by Patrick Rothfuss -* [Discworld](https://www.goodreads.com/series/40650-discworld) by Terry Pratchett +* [Discworld](https://www.goodreads.com/series/40650-discworld) by Terry Pratchett * [The Broken Empire](https://www.goodreads.com/series/64473-the-broken-empire) by Mark Lawrence * [A Song of Ice and Fire](https://www.goodreads.com/series/43790-a-song-of-ice-and-fire) by George R.R. Martin * [The Lord of the Rings](https://www.goodreads.com/series/66175-the-lord-of-the-rings) by J.R.R. Tolkien -* [His Dark Materials Trilogy](https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=his+dark+materials&search_type=books) by Philip Pullman * [The City & The City](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4703581-the-city-the-city) by China Mieville +* [His Dark Materials](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18116.His_Dark_Materials) + +###Historical Fiction + +* [All the Light We Cannot See](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143977-all-the-light-we-cannot-see) by Anthony Doerr +* [The Book Thief](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19063.The_Book_Thief) by Markus Zusak +* [The Help](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4667024-the-help) by Kathryn Stockett +* [Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10959.Sophie_s_World) by Jostein Gaarder and Paulette Moller +* [Emma](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6969.Emma) by Jane Austen +* [Lonesome Dove](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256008.Lonesome_Dove) by Larry McMurtry +* [Kane and Abel](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78983.Kane_and_Abel) by Jeffrey Archer + ###Humor * [I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9010.I_Hope_They_Serve_Beer_in_Hell) by Tucker Max -###Classics +###Mystery -* [Sense and Sensibility](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14935.Sense_and_Sensibility) by Jane Austen -* [The Catcher in the Rye](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5107.The_Catcher_in_the_Rye) by J.D. Salinger -* [The Brothers Karamazov](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4934.The_Brothers_Karamazov) Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky -* [Pride And Prejudice](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice) by Jane Austen -* [Emma](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6969.Emma) by Jane Austen -* [Mansfield Park](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45032) by Jane Austen -* [Wuthering Heights](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6185.Wuthering_Heights) by Emily Bronte -* [War and Peace](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/656.War_and_Peace) by Leo Tolstoy -* [Anna Karenina](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15823480-anna-karenina) by Leo Tolstoy -* [Catch 22](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4610.Catch_22) -* [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2956.The_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn) by Mark Twain -* [One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/332613.One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo_s_Nest) by Ken Kesey -* [One Hundred Years of Solitude](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320.One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude) byGabriel Garcia Marquez, Gregory Rabassa -* [Watership Down: A Novel](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76620.Watership_Down) by Richard Adams -* [The Death of Ivan Ilych](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18386.The_Death_of_Ivan_Ilych) by Leo Tolstoy -* [The Picture of Dorian Gray](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5297.The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray) by Oscar Wilde -* [The Wall: (Intimacy) and Other Stories](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10031.The_Wall) by Jean-Paul Sartre, Lloyd Alexander -* [The House of Mirth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17728.The_House_of_Mirth) by Edith Wharton -* [Letters From The Earth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37813.Letters_from_the_Earth) by Mark Twain -* [Bleak House](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31242.Bleak_House) by Charles Dickens - - -###Others - -* [The Book Thief](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19063.The_Book_Thief) by Markus Zusak -* [A Prayer for Owen Meany](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4473.A_Prayer_for_Owen_Meany) by John Irving -* [The Help](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4667024-the-help) by Kathryn Stockett -* [Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10959.Sophie_s_World) by Jostein Gaarder and Paulette Moller -* [All the Light We Cannot See](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143977-all-the-light-we-cannot-see) by Anthony Doerr -* [If on a Winter's Night a Traveler](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/374233.If_on_a_Winter_s_Night_a_Traveler) by Italo Calvino and William Weaver * [The Eight](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113310.The_Eight) by Katherine Neville -* [Snow Crash](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830.Snow_Crash) by Neal Stephenson -* [Steppenwolf: A Novel](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16631.Steppenwolf) by Hermann Hesse, Basil Creighton -* [The Glass Bead Game](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16634.The_Glass_Bead_Game) by Hermann Hesse, Richard and Clara Winston -* [The Fifth Sacred Thing](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80689.The_Fifth_Sacred_Thing) by Starhawk -* [The Bone People](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/460635.The_Bone_People) by Keri Hulme -* [Confessions of a Mask](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62794.Confessions_of_a_Mask) by Yukio Mishima -* [Cat's Eye](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51019.Cat_s_Eye) by Margaret Atwood -* [Lonesome Dove](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256008.Lonesome_Dove) by Larry McMurtry -* [The Queen's Gambit](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62022.The_Queen_s_Gambit) by Walter Tevis -* [The Player of Games](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18630.The_Player_of_Games) by Iain M. Banks -* [Kane and Abel](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78983.Kane_and_Abel) by Jeffrey Archer +###Science Fiction +* [Ender's Game - Saga](https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=ender%27s+saga&search_type=books&search%5Bfield%5D=on) +* [Foundation](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29579.Foundation) +* [Dune Chronicles](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=dune) +* [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11.The_Hitchhiker_s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy) by Douglas Adams +* [Snow Crash](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830.Snow_Crash) by Neal Stephenson +* [The Fifth Sacred Thing](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80689.The_Fifth_Sacred_Thing) by Starhawk +* [The Player of Games](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18630.The_Player_of_Games) by Iain M. Banks + +###Miscellaneous + +* [The Bone People](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/460635.The_Bone_People) by Keri Hulme +* [Cat's Eye](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51019.Cat_s_Eye) by Margaret Atwood +* [The Queen's Gambit](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62022.The_Queen_s_Gambit) by Walter Tevis + ##Health * [8 Weeks to Optimum Health](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37124.8_Weeks_to_Optimum_Health) by Andrew Weil