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 Lord Of The Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. TolkienWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Best Literary Fantasy Novels
119 books — 42 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakPaper Towns by John GreenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Young Adult Literary Fiction
104 books — 69 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Dune by Frank Herbert
Literary Science Fiction
309 books — 235 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellQuiet by Susan CainPredictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Greatest Psychology Books
794 books — 1,332 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Literary Fiction
1,548 books — 1,335 voters

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldIf I Stay by Gayle FormanBefore I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Best Depressing Books
429 books — 429 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboNight by Elie Wiesel
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,228 books — 3,919 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Literary Mysteries
2,574 books — 4,651 voters