Ulysses by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Most Difficult Novels
592 books — 2,047 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Most Poetic Book Titles
1,996 books — 893 voters

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkTrauma and Recovery by Judith Lewis HermanThe Polyvagal Theory in Therapy by Deb DanaExpecting Sunshine by Alexis Marie ChuteCivilianized by Michael  Anthony
Trauma Professionals Book List
99 books — 57 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,241 books — 11,484 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,349 books — 1,590 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Gilmore Girls Complete Reading List
396 books — 659 voters

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie BrownsteinGirl in a Band by Kim  GordonClothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys by Viv AlbertineGirls to the Front by Sara MarcusThe Riot Grrrl Collection by Lisa Darms
Grrrls
69 books — 58 voters
Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris PilkingtonMy Place by Sally MorganTalking to My Country by Stan GrantThat Deadman Dance by Kim ScottThe Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Indigenous Australian Writing
208 books — 79 voters

Embers by Sándor MáraiJourney by Moonlight by Antal SzerbThe Door by Magda SzabóFatelessness by Imre KertészThe Paul Street Boys by Ferenc Molnár
20th Century Hungarian Literature
146 books — 189 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
1,874 books — 2,029 voters

The Bone People by Keri HulmeThe Whale Rider by Witi IhimaeraMister Pip by Lloyd JonesTransference by B.T. KeatonOnce Were Warriors by Alan Duff
Books By New Zealand Authors
874 books — 368 voters
Fingersmith by Sarah WatersTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Price of Salt by Claire  Morgan
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,031 books — 2,656 voters


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