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The Stranger by Albert CamusMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaSiddhartha by Hermann HesseCandide by Voltaire
Myth, Meaning, and Experience
271 books — 94 voters
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkTrauma and Recovery by Judith Lewis HermanMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankIn an Unspoken Voice by Peter A. Levine
Trauma Wisdom
357 books — 251 voters

Rosalind Franklin by Brenda MaddoxHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyNobel Prize Women in Science by Sharon Bertsch McGrayneThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLise Meitner by Ruth Lewin Sime
Biographies About Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
89 books — 66 voters
"Believing Women" in Islam by Asma BarlasWomen and Gender in Islam by Leila AhmedThe Veil and the Male Elite by Fatema MernissiDo Muslim Women Need Saving? by Lila Abu-LughodCasting off the Veil by Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi
Gender in Islamic Cultures
180 books — 29 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,245 books — 1,166 voters
The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanNight Shift by Stephen KingScary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Most Terrifying Short Stories
376 books — 497 voters

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas LigottiThe King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. ChambersGalveston by Nic PizzolattoThe Stranger by Albert CamusTime is a Flat Circle by Melissa Milazzo
HBO's True Detective
114 books — 117 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiMetamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
Best Surrealist Literature
268 books — 234 voters

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBonjour tristesse by Françoise SaganMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
Europe Minus Men and English
855 books — 230 voters
This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaPornography by Andrea DworkinRight-Wing Women by Andrea DworkinIntercourse by Andrea DworkinThe Dialectic of Sex by Shulamith Firestone
Radical Feminist Texts
297 books — 102 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
751 books — 1,925 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Best Books of 2014 That Are NOT Erotica
523 books — 375 voters


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