The Sword of Shannara by Terry BrooksThe Wheel of time series by Robert Jordan by Robert JordanMagician by Raymond E. FeistThe Book of Words by J.V. JonesInheritance by Christopher Paolini
Most Generic Fantasy World
15 books — 11 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfUlysses by James JoyceThe Waste Land by T.S. EliotTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Modernist Literature
189 books — 66 voters

The Black Company by Glen CookBlindsight by Peter WattsShadow & Claw by Gene WolfeAmong Others by Jo WaltonChina Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
Tor Essentials
34 books — 17 voters

Pantheon by Jörg RüpkeVestal Virgins, Sibyls, and Matrons by Sarolta A. TakácsPaganism in the Roman Empire by Ramsay MacMullenAn Introduction to Roman Religion by John ScheidReligions of Rome, Volume 1 by Mary Beard
Resources on Ancient Roman Religion
78 books — 7 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Most Difficult Novels
592 books — 2,047 voters

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuDream of the Red Chamber by Cao XueqinThe Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonTao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Arabian Nights by Anonymous
Asian Classics
183 books — 58 voters
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuIf Not, Winter by SapphoThe Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de PizanOroonoko by Aphra BehnThe Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
Early Female Fiction Writers
89 books — 30 voters