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Moby Dick by Herman MelvilleGravity's Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Flavorwire's 50 Incredibly Tough Books for Extreme Readers
50 books — 105 voters
Mikey and the Chickadee by Kid BoiseInclination by Mia KerickThe Two Krishnas by Ghalib Shiraz DhallaCalendar Boy by Andy QuanWallflower by Heidi Belleau
Gaysia
79 books — 13 voters

Finnegans Wake by James JoyceUlysses by James JoycePhenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
260 books — 363 voters
Independent People by Halldór LaxnessJar City by Arnaldur IndriðasonThe Blue Fox by SjónSilence of the Grave by Arnaldur IndriðasonThe Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
Icelandic Literature - Past and Present
92 books — 61 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,838 books — 3,601 voters
Crush by Richard SikenLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanThe Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara by Frank O'HaraIf Not, Winter by SapphoHowl by Allen Ginsberg
Gay/Queer Poetry
287 books — 121 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Postmodern Novels
102 books — 111 voters
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. SebaldLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Hour of the Star by Clarice LispectorJourney to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineSatantango by László Krasznahorkai
Best New Directions Books
262 books — 179 voters

Lost in Yaba by Walt GleesonThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngThe Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasThe Beach by Alex Garland
Best for Backpacking through Southeast Asia
315 books — 335 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Big Fat Fiction - Best of the Heavyweights
292 books — 156 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Goodreads Top 100 Literary Novels of All Time
106 books — 988 voters
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffEx Libris by Anne FadimanThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterBook Lust by Nancy PearlThe Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
Best Non-Fiction Books About Books and Reading
1,037 books — 530 voters


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