Ulysses by James JoyceInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceWar and Peace by Leo TolstoySwann's Way by C.K. Scott MoncrieffCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pompous Books to Read in Public
307 books — 153 voters

This Book Is Full of Spiders by David  WongTony Hogan Bought Me an Ice Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma by Kerry HudsonSwallowing a Donkey's Eye by Paul TremblayThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMy Mother Was An Upright Piano by Tania Hershman
The Best Titles of 2012
23 books — 62 voters
Slade House by David  MitchellHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Noise of Time by Julian BarnesWhat Belongs to You by Garth GreenwellMy Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2016
176 books — 196 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Medical Microhistories
96 books — 88 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Stranger by Albert Camus
World's Greatest Novellas
714 books — 1,442 voters

False Choices by Liza FeatherstoneDark Money by Jane MayerBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe "S" Word by John Harrison NicholsInjustices by Ian Millhiser
Democracy Now! 2016
92 books — 18 voters
The Mirror Thief by Martin SeayBorn on a Tuesday by Elnathan JohnSpill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara BaumeFull Tilt by Emma   ScottYour Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa
Indies Introduce Winter/Spring 2016
12 books — 11 voters

When the Future Comes Too Soon by Selina Siak Chin YokeThe Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin YokeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Multicultural Female Authors
179 books — 51 voters

The Westing Game by Ellen RaskinFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Best Mysteries for Young Readers
585 books — 472 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,400 voters