Literature

Literature is the art of written works. The two most basic written literary categories include fiction and non-fiction, although "literature" in popular use can also mean a sub-genre of fiction called literary fiction. ...more

A Violent Masterpiece
Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King
Underlake
The Left and the Lucky
Tailbone
The Palm House
The Oyster Diaries
Everything That Is Beautiful
Son of Nobody
The Adjunct
Python's Kiss
Paradiso 17
The Body Builders
Galahad and the Grail (Merlin's Isle, #1)
Romaanihenkilön elämä
Demon Copperhead
Flesh
Klara and the Sun
Transcription
The Rest of Our Lives
The Emperor of Gladness
La muy catastrófica visita al zoo
Trust
Un animal salvaje
On the Calculation of Volume IV
Lázár
Slags
The Homemade God
‎22 Bahnen (Tilda und Ida, #1)
The Ten Year Affair
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,204 books — 2,526 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Fault in Our Stars by John  GreenDivergent by Veronica RothThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Your Top 5 Reads in 2012
716 books — 799 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeViciously Yours by Jamie Applegate Hunter1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books Every Human Being Should Read
3,059 books — 2,108 voters

Kürk Mantolu Madonna by Sabahattin AliTutunamayanlar by Oğuz AtayAylak Adam by Yusuf AtılganPuslu Kıtalar Atlası by İhsan Oktay AnarSaatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Best of Turkish Literature
500 books — 831 voters
Love Least Expected by Meredith BondForever Friends by Shelagh WatkinsEnd of the Road by Jacques  AntoineGetting Lucky by J.L. BeckThe Adventure of Creation by Holly Lisle
Best Anthologies
1,132 books — 781 voters

The Great Gatsby
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
Animal Farm
Pride and Prejudice
The Catcher in the Rye
Crime and Punishment
Lord of the Flies
Of Mice and Men
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Jane Eyre
The Stranger
Brave New World
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

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