V. by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
10 books — 261 voters
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
Best Philosophical Literature
1,181 books — 2,730 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Challenging Religious Fiction
205 books — 73 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweLight in August by William FaulknerNovels 1930-1935 by William Faulkner
Best Southern Literature
1,344 books — 2,573 voters

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel ProustSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Metafiction
442 books — 579 voters
Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer by Joseph ConradSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustV. by Thomas Pynchon
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters