Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de SaussureThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerAn Introduction to Language by Victoria A. FromkinThe Study of Language by George YuleMetaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
Best Books about Linguistics
255 books — 224 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,122 books — 1,818 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiIce by Anna KavanNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonUlysses by James Joyce
Avant Garde books
114 books — 71 voters
Middlemarch by George EliotWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Golden Notebook by Doris LessingBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelMiss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young
Large Experimental Books by Women
87 books — 71 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonCitizen by Claudia RankineCane by Jean ToomerJazz by Toni Morrison
WHERE IS OUR BLACK AVANT GARDE?
30 books — 29 voters
The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanPromethea, Vol. 1 by Alan             MooreWatchmen by Alan             MooreHabibi by Craig ThompsonThe Invisibles, Volume 1 by Grant Morrison
Comics That Challenge the Reader
85 books — 39 voters

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 by Hiromu Arakawa20th Century Boys 1 by Naoki UrasawaBerserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro MiuraNausicaä of the Valley of Wind, Vol. 1 by Hayao MiyazakiA Bride's Story, Vol. 1 by Kaoru Mori
Manga as Voted by Manga Elitist
139 books — 99 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,510 books — 8,722 voters


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