House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiS. by J.J. AbramsCloud Atlas by David  MitchellKetchup Clouds by Annabel PitcherThe Gin Queens by Ann Perry
Unusual Books
24 books — 18 voters
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
267 books — 152 voters

Finnegans Wake by James JoyceUlysses by James JoycePhenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
260 books — 363 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
76,723 books — 285,384 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,336 books — 5,853 voters
Neoreaction a Basilisk by Elizabeth SandiferThe Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas LigottiIn the Dust of This Planet by Eugene ThackerStarry Speculative Corpse by Eugene ThackerFanged Noumena by Nick Land
The Speculative Turn
36 books — 19 voters

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 — 583 voters