The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Nobel Prize Contenders
77 books — 66 voters
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleRoseanna by Maj SjöwallThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Best Series
3,444 books — 9,503 voters

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,713 books — 1,563 voters
Thor by Jason AaronCable and X-Force, Vol. 1 by Dennis HopelessAvengers Arena, Vol. 1 by Dennis HopelessCaptain America, Vol. 1 by Rick RemenderX-Men Legacy by Simon Spurrier
Marvel Now!
231 books — 310 voters

Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleStorm Front by Jim  ButcherNight Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoSnake Agent by Liz Williams
Best Urban Fantasy SERIES
630 books — 3,741 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyBook of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price by The Church of Jesus Christ ...The Holy Bible by AnonymousLook Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
MOST BORING BOOK EVER!
891 books — 468 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinGhostwritten by David  MitchellCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Computers in Literature
244 books — 243 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan PoeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Thieves
662 books — 1,264 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Young Adult Books
13,195 books — 80,292 voters

From Hell by Alan             MooreChina Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHughThe Prophet Unarmed by Isaac DeutscherThe Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le GuinHuman Smoke by Nicholson Baker
40 for 2012
63 books — 10 voters
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayLolita by Vladimir NabokovWatchmen by Alan             MooreWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëHamlet by William Shakespeare
The Goodreads 100—Fiction
100 books — 73 voters

Cows by Matthew StokoeDeath by Zamboni by David David KatzmanRazor Wire Pubic Hair by Carlton Mellick III
Books That Make You Vomit With Joy!
130 books — 135 voters
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Best 10 Books That You've Read
826 books — 472 voters

Jhereg by Steven BrustShepherds by Stephen T. HarperTeckla by Steven Brust
SF/F Assassins!
314 books — 814 voters
The Complete Chronicles of Conan by Robert E. HowardElric of Melniboné by Michael MoorcockThe Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael SwanwickHyperborea by Clark Ashton Smith
Sword and Sorcery
608 books — 364 voters

Cloud Atlas by David  MitchellGhostwritten by David  MitchellNumber9Dream by David  Mitchell
David Mitchell
11 books — 105 voters
Batman by Alan             MooreBatman by Jim StarlinBatman by Jeph LoebBatman by Jeph LoebBatman by Frank Miller
Best of Batman
624 books — 937 voters

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,929 books — 8,363 voters

Crash by J.G. BallardAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Darkest Books of All Time
1,302 books — 1,716 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinRed Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonDune by Frank Herbert
Nebula Award for Best Novel
64 books — 393 voters

Master & Commander by Patrick O'BrianRegeneration by Pat BarkerThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoSacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,743 books — 3,680 voters

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,176 books — 11,715 voters

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Best Books Ever
77,405 books — 288,882 voters
Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. SeussThe Stranger by Albert CamusBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
821 books — 1,148 voters


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