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Ulysses by James JoyceInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Rabelais' Codpiece
135 books — 146 voters
The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonPower And Prediction by Ajay Agrawal
Best Unappreciated Books
4,391 books — 2,287 voters

Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihCities of Salt by Abdul Rahman Munifعزازيل by Youssef ZiedanWomen of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan Al-ShaykhGate of the Sun by Elias Khoury
Arabic Literature in English Translation
202 books — 54 voters
Captive Prince by C.S. PacatCaptive Prince by C.S. PacatLuck in the Shadows by Lynn FlewellingKings Rising by C.S. PacatStalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling
Best Gay Fantasy Romance
838 books — 1,593 voters

The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig ClevengerSkagboys by Irvine WelshKiss Me, Judas by Will Christopher BaerBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeGallant by V.E. Schwab
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 790 voters
Stoner by John WilliamsChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy CasaresA Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
New York Review Books - Classics
632 books — 904 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherOver the Edge of the World by Laurence BergreenIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Trigger by Tim ButcherPapillon by Henri Charrière
Best Historical Travel Journals
335 books — 239 voters
1984 by George OrwellFight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
977 books — 614 voters

The Door by Magda SzabóVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukThe Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie by Ágota KristófThe Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya
Women Writers from Central & Eastern Europe in English Translation
237 books — 177 voters
The Vegetarian by Han KangHollow Heart by Viola Di GradoThe Story of the Lost Child by Elena FerranteA Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan PamukHuman Acts by Han Kang
Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2016
152 books — 98 voters


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