Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroOne Day by David NichollsOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanWolf Hall by Hilary MantelA Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Contemporary British Novels
506 books — 430 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul SartreThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Existential Fiction
445 books — 762 voters

Steal Like an Artist by Austin KleonThe Where, the Why, and the How by Jenny VolvovskiTiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl StrayedHow to Be an Explorer of the World by Keri SmithA Technique for Producing Ideas by James Webb Young
Best of Brain Pickings 2012
11 books — 9 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Best Children's Books
5,308 books — 6,701 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Mind
436 books — 464 voters