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
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12,512 books — 8,415 voters
Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
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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 Shun-Ru Chang
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,538 books — 8,277 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
14,688 books — 12,616 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Best Gonzo Books
26 books — 37 voters

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
The Worst Books of All Time
8,129 books — 19,915 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,816 books — 22,870 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceEast of Eden by John SteinbeckA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Thickest Books Ever
896 books — 2,496 voters

Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,501 books — 5,325 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
3,132 books — 3,697 voters
The Red Tent by Anita DiamantYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Best Historical Fiction
8,397 books — 27,573 voters

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Books that Made You Cry!
3,370 books — 8,154 voters
The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Books Ever
80,157 books — 298,840 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
7,801 books — 49,896 voters
Utopia by Thomas More
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,157 books — 27,061 voters