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A Splendid Conspiracy by Albert CosseryLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books about Pedophiles
18 books — 16 voters
Selected Poems by Gwendolyn BrooksThe City in Which I Love You by Li-Young LeeSleeping With the Dictionary by Harryette MullenDon’t Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia RankineThe Heat Bird by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
Favorite Poets of Color
600 books — 199 voters

The Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfSelected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton ChekhovMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,709 voters
Women of the Left Bank by Shari BenstockMalina by Ingeborg BachmannNotes on Thought and Vision and The Wise Sappho by H.D.Zami by Audre Lorde
Books About Women Artists
232 books — 65 voters

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West
Best Historical Travel Journals
335 books — 239 voters
Zami by Audre LordeGo Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
507 books — 143 voters

Women Without Men by Shahrnush ParsipurWomen of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia DjebarSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâWomen of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan Al-Shaykh
Best Books by Muslim Women
287 books — 409 voters
The Laugh of the Medusa by Hélène CixousThe Newly Born Woman by Hélène CixousZami by Audre Lorde
Radical Feminist Texts
296 books — 100 voters

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiMoon Palace by Paul AusterWomen by Charles Bukowski
"...if _______ is not the book version of everything horrible and unjust that the patriarchy stands for, I do not know what is."
162 books — 94 voters
Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing by Hélène CixousJoseph and His Brothers by Thomas MannMount Analogue by René DaumalThe Iguana by Anna Maria OrteseThe Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil
The Book Bucket "Top 10 Books" Challenge Compilation
1,081 books — 369 voters

Collected Works by Lorine NiedeckerThe Complete Poems 1927-1979 by Elizabeth BishopSelected Writings by Charles OlsonThe Collected Books by Jack SpicerThe Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara by Frank O'Hara
Modern Poetry/ Poetics List
62 books — 36 voters
The Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilAusterlitz by W.G. SebaldLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeDuino Elegies by Rainer Maria RilkeThe Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
975 books — 958 voters

Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing by Hélène CixousCollected Works by Lorine NiedeckerMrs Dalloway by Virginia WoolfTwo Serious Ladies by Jane BowlesPlainwater by Anne Carson
Great Women Authors
1,207 books — 333 voters
Selected Poems by Francis PongeThe Complete Poems 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop
Neustadt International Prize Laureates
76 books — 38 voters

Collected Works by Lorine NiedeckerThe Collected Books by Jack SpicerSelected Writings by Charles Olson
Sorrentino's Syllabus
60 books — 31 voters
Last Stories and Other Stories by William T. VollmannA Place in the Country by W.G. SebaldMin kamp 3 by Karl Ove KnausgårdLeaving the Sea by Ben MarcusEurope in Sepia by Dubravka Ugrešić
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2014 Book Preview
94 books — 402 voters

Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas MannA Time for Everything by Karl Ove KnausgårdBarabbas by Pär Lagerkvist
Best Biblical Fiction
401 books — 637 voters
Double Oblivion of the Ourang-Outang by Hélène Cixousg-point almanac by Kevin Varrone
Ridiculously Underrated Books (20 Ratings or fewer)
2,033 books — 212 voters

Can You Spot the Spotted Dog ? by John Alfred Rowe
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
260 books — 363 voters
A Naked Singularity by Sergio de la PavaThe Lost Scrapbook by Evan DaraThe Easy Chain by Evan Dara
Books that should get more attention
2,497 books — 1,769 voters

The Emigrants by W.G. Sebaldalphabet by Inger ChristensenAn Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter by César AiraThe Rings of Saturn by W.G. SebaldVisitation by Jenny Erpenbeck
Best New Directions Books
262 books — 179 voters
Jakob von Gunten by Robert WalserStoner by John WilliamsA High Wind in Jamaica by Richard HughesThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonSelected Stories by Robert Walser
New York Review Books - Classics
531 books — 890 voters

The Witches by Roald DahlThe BFG by Roald DahlCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteMatilda by Roald DahlJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Favorite books from my childhood
4,430 books — 7,441 voters
Collected Poems by Stéphane MallarméCharlotte Sometimes by Penelope FarmerAn Elemental Thing by Eliot WeinbergerStanzas in Meditation by Gertrude SteinGhosts by César Aira
Best Book Cover Art
12,378 books — 7,093 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Complete Short Novels by Anton ChekhovThe Essential Tales of Chekhov by Anton ChekhovThe Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol by Nikolai GogolSelected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Best Russian Literature
514 books — 2,283 voters