Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 585 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Best Existential Fiction
462 books — 785 voters

1984 by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Shining by Stephen  King
Quality Dark Fiction
2,638 books — 3,644 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
584 books — 524 voters

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiCloud Atlas by David  MitchellPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Oulipo,etc.
254 books — 250 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerUlysses by James JoyceIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Style as Text
251 books — 131 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Rabelais' Codpiece
135 books — 146 voters
1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLes Misérables by Victor HugoHamlet by William Shakespeare
Best European Literature
828 books — 307 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,096 books — 5,823 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Literature of Social Change
435 books — 314 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessHoly Bible by AnonymousNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Weirdest Books Ever
1,184 books — 1,195 voters
The Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1984 by George OrwellOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Le Monde 100 Books of the Century
100 books — 29 voters


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