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 — 1,817 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Great Short Short Books
583 books — 519 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Etched City by K.J. BishopHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiAuthority by Jeff Vandermeer
New Weird Books
208 books — 154 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónOutlander by Diana GabaldonMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Historical Fiction With a Dash of Magic
440 books — 720 voters
Graceling by Kristin CashoreThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasAlanna by Tamora PiercePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,605 books — 18,733 voters

The Three Privileges by A.V. DavinaThe Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterBone Gap by Laura RubyBlue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie StiefvaterThe Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
YA Magical Realism
87 books — 97 voters
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternPractical Magic by Alice HoffmanThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Best Magical Realism: Witchy Fiction
281 books — 466 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovSolaris by Stanisław LemThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Translated Speculative Fiction
385 books — 209 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,797 voters


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