The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether
Cult fiction
538 books — 465 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,996 voters

Blubber Island by Guillermo GalvanThe Combinations by Louis ArmandIf by Nicholas BourbakiH by Philippe SollersThe Journal of Albion Moonlight by Kenneth Patchen
A1 Anti-Novels
14 books — 11 voters
Cloud Atlas by David  MitchellHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoSophie’s World by Jostein GaarderThe Unfortunates by B.S. Johnson
Uniquely Structured Books
105 books — 77 voters

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Combinations by Louis ArmandThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Golem by Gustav Meyrink
Best Books Set in Prague
137 books — 131 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiIce by Anna KavanNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonUlysses by James Joyce
Avant Garde books
114 books — 71 voters

Eunoia by Christian BökI'll Drown My Book by Caroline BergvallAgainst Expression by Craig DworkinUnoriginal Genius by Marjorie PerloffSoliloquy by Kenneth Goldsmith
Conceptual Writing
152 books — 23 voters