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A Soldier of the Great War by Mark HelprinAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Unforgettables
12,236 books — 8,058 voters
Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Disappointing Books
2,773 books — 4,618 voters

The Ice-Shirt by William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann
20 books — 22 voters
Salt by Mark KurlanskyThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganThe Know-It-All by A.J. JacobsA Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster WallaceThe Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,266 books — 8,148 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSantaLand Diaries by David SedarisBarrel Fever by David SedarisHolidays on Ice by David SedarisWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,343 books — 11,944 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Best Gonzo Books
26 books — 37 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,060 books — 15,804 voters
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,897 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 22,379 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceEast of Eden by John SteinbeckA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Thickest Books Ever
891 books — 2,488 voters

Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,381 books — 4,925 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleUlysses by James Joyce
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,700 books — 13,226 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,155 books — 3,684 voters
The Red Tent by Anita DiamantYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Best Historical Fiction
7,919 books — 26,339 voters

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Books that Made You Cry!
3,367 books — 7,994 voters
The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Books Ever
78,325 books — 292,049 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerLouis de Bernières Box Set of 3 books by Louis BerniéresA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,829 voters
Utopia by Thomas More
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,994 books — 26,646 voters