There used to be a website called Canonical Tomes, which provided a way for people to propose and vote on the most essential books on various topics. It's been

There used to be a website called Canonical Tomes, which provided a way for people to propose and vote on the most essential books on various topics. It's been gone for a long time now, but you can browse through it on archive.org here: http://web.archive.org/web/20010616232238/http://www.canonicaltomes.org/index.cgi http://web.archive.org/web/20010616232238/http://www.canonic... . You might find some useful stuff there.