Literary 'ly' Speaking

There seem to be innumerable booklists of what others deem to be great works so we decided to create our own! If you have any suggestions for additions or categories, please leave your comments!
A book review is also 'in the works'...for those of us who prefer to talk about what we are currently reading or have recently read. This might help us find some 'new' favorites!

History:
1491 by Charles Mann --GDW*****
1776 by David McCullough --GDW
Vicksburg by Winston Groom (all)-- TPW
The Art of War by Sun Tsu -- TPW; GDW
The Greatest Thing in the World – RSP ****
The Path Between the Seas – RSP ****
Undaunted Courage – RSP ***

Fiction:
The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway -- GDW

Historical Fiction:
New Found Land by Allan Wolf --GDW
Catch -22 by Joseph Heller -- GDW
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque -- GDW
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy --GDW
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen -- GDW,DMP
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy -- GDW

Dystopian:
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley --GDW; RSP
Lord of the Flies by William Golding -- GDW; RSP
1984 by George Orwell -- RSP
Alas Babylon – RSP; GDW,DMP
Animal Farm by George Orwell -- GDW

Political:
Common Sense by Thomas Pain -- GDW

Children's:
Beatrix Potter Complete Tales by Beatrix Potter -- GDW *****
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban (all) – GDW -- RSP
Frog and Toad (all) by Arnold Lobel – GDW (include Mouse Tails ) RSP
The Velveteen Rabbit by Marjorie Williams -- GDW
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White -- GDW
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey -- GDW
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell -- GDW
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster -- GDW
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl -- GDW
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne -- GDW
The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett -- GDW
The Crow’s Wish – RSP
Call it Courage – RSP ****
OLd Noah's Elephants-DMP
The Riddle-DMP
Fantasy:
The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien -- GDW; RSP *****
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass – GDW
The Worm Ouroborous by ERR Eddison – RSP ***
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley – RSP; TPW
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley – RSP
The Riddle Master of Hed by Patrica McKillip – RSP
The Heir of Sea and Fire by Patrica McKillip – RSP
The Harpist in the Wind by Patrica McKillip – RSP
A Wizard of EarthSea by Ursala LeGuin – RSP ****;TPW
The Wind's Twelve Quarters and others by Ursula K. LeGuin -- GDW
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle -- GDW
Watership Down by Richard Adams --GDW; TPW,DMP
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale -- GDW; TPW

Science Fiction:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card – RSP *****
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut – GDW
That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis – RSP ****
Cities in Flight – RSP

Religion:
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis – GDW – RSP ***, DMP
The Inferno by Dante -- RSP

Science:
Mummy Congress, DMP
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin -- GDW
Zero – RSP ***
The Hot Zone-RSP :)
The Blue Death by Robert D. Morris -- GDW

Biography:
The Map that Changed the world -- RSP
Longitude – RSP
The Man Who Made Lists by Joshua Kendall -- GDW
The Seashell on the Mountaintop by Alan Cutler -- GDW; TPW

Philosophy:
Fear and Trembling and A Sickness unto Death by Soren Kiergarrard – RSP
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver -- GDW

Essays:
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift – RSP
Lives of a Cell -- RSP

Poetry:
Beowulf – RSP

Mathematics:
The Man Who Counted -- TPW