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My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataConversations with Friends by Sally RooneyBoy Parts by Eliza Clark
women vs the void
236 books — 565 voters
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoSwimming Lessons by Claire FullerAmerican War by Omar El AkkadHuman Acts by Han KangHomesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh
Outlandish Lit 2017 Fiction Preview
51 books — 60 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeCall Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,738 books — 2,138 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonHunger by Knut Hamsun
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,209 books — 1,243 voters

Independent People by Halldór LaxnessJar City by Arnaldur IndriðasonSilence of the Grave by Arnaldur IndriðasonThe Blue Fox by SjónThe Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
Icelandic Literature - Past and Present
91 books — 59 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Canadian Fiction
1,038 books — 604 voters

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony MarraFates and Furies by Lauren GroffThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 205 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,794 books — 49,753 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,597 books — 6,834 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,221 books — 8,060 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëBeloved by Toni Morrison
Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men
1,194 books — 337 voters