Double Indemnity by James M. CainStrangers on a Train by Patricia HighsmithA Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes
Best Hardboiled Crime Novels
110 books — 78 voters
Double Indemnity by James M. CainStrangers on a Train by Patricia HighsmithA Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
740 books — 998 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonGone Girl by Gillian FlynnBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartySharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Thrillers with big Plot Twists
139 books — 171 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Psychological Suspense/Thriller
350 books — 279 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnRebecca by Daphne du MaurierGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Novels with best plot twists
124 books — 61 voters
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Classic SF Novels (1930-1950)
64 books — 92 voters

Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
Best of the Pulps
381 books — 204 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieDouble Indemnity by James M. Cain
Best Murder Mysteries Of All-Time
1,020 books — 749 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieOne by One by Ruth Ware
And Then There Were None: Deadly Parties
117 books — 112 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Plot Twist
408 books — 652 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Nordic Noir
167 books — 72 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
52 Book Club 2023: #24 Nordic Noir
129 books — 97 voters

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovBreakdowns by Art Spiegelman
Nontraditional Formats
49 books — 11 voters
Pale Fire by Vladimir NabokovIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoCent mille milliards de poèmes by Raymond Queneau
Ergodic Literature
60 books — 63 voters

The Rest Is Noise by Alex  RossSonata Forms by Charles RosenWords Without Music by Philip GlassStructural Functions of Harmony by Arnold SchoenbergSilence by John Cage
Classical Music: Nonfiction
301 books — 74 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertCyrano de Bergerac by Edmond RostandThe Misanthrope by MolièreTartuffe by Molière
Best French Literature
884 books — 1,574 voters

Theory of Harmony by Arnold Schoenberg
Books for Musicians
66 books — 11 voters
Mathematical Basis Of The Arts by Joseph SchillingerThe Jazz Harmony Book by David Berkman
Music Theory and What Not
15 books — 5 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Political Novels
159 books — 200 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Timothy Snyder's Suggested Reading
20 books — 4 voters

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Nazi novels!
45 books — 43 voters

The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and Other Plays by MolièreThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanKiss Kiss by Roald Dahl
Best Satires
306 books — 366 voters


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