[psithurism]

Sociology: - The Coddling of the American Mind - The Tao of Pooh - Guns, Germs, and Steel - Weapons of the Weak

Religious:

- Guru Granth Sahib - Bible (King James Version) - Q’uran - The Book of Mormon - Tipitaka

Fantasy:

- Dawn of Wonder by Jonathan Renshaw - The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan - The Way of Kings series by Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn also by Brandon Sanderson - Red Rising by Pierce Brown - The Licanius trilogy by James Islington - Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series by Larry Correia

Biography - John Adams by David McCullough

[kcartlidge]

Good recommendations, but for other readers I'd strongly avoid the KJV Bible as the language isn't just archaic but on occasion even the meanings of words has changed in the intervening hundreds of years. At the very least go for the New King James (NKJV) if you like the language style, but otherwise something like the ESV or CEV will read better for the modern mind.

[pugio]

I've read and loved most of the fantasy you mentioned, except for saga of The forgotten warrior. This makes me an excellent target for that last recommendation, thank you!

[Pietertje]

How did you like the Wheel of Time? The size of the saga scares me a bit...

[crackedbassoon]

In my opinion, not worth it. There are much better and shorter fantasy series out there.