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
508 books — 584 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
449 books — 767 voters

1984 by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shining by Stephen  KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Quality Dark Fiction
2,508 books — 3,222 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
585 books — 513 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
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Ulysses by James JoyceIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Style as Text
251 books — 129 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 — 143 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
807 books — 304 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
8,061 books — 5,740 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
433 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
1,193 books — 1,184 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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