Rip it Up and Start Again. Post-punk 1978-1984 by Simon ReynoldsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael AzerradBlack Postcards by Dean WarehamTouching from a Distance by Deborah CurtisWho Killed Martin Hannett? by Colin Sharp
'New Music' Books
115 books — 32 voters
Who Hears Here? by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.The Audible Past by Jonathan SterneNoise by Jacques AttaliThe Soundscape by R. Murray SchaferNoise Uprising by Michael Denning
Music, Listening, and Modernity
73 books — 12 voters

Code Girls by Liza MundyThe Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney PaduaTuring's Cathedral by George DysonThe Culture Code by Daniel CoyleThe Inevitable by Kevin Kelly
Tech Books for Life-Long Learners
102 books — 17 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,249 voters

Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerDubliners by James JoyceA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Collections of Short Stories
2,895 books — 2,040 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,779 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMatilda by Roald DahlBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,677 voters


« previous 1