Catch-22 by Joseph HellerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThank You, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseDecline and Fall by Evelyn WaughCandide by Voltaire
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,404 books — 2,277 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAnimal Farm by George Orwell
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,320 books — 5,822 voters
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James Joyce
James Joyce Reading List
51 books — 38 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Now That's REALLY Freakin' Weird...
714 books — 559 voters
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Boat Books
771 books — 499 voters

Finnegans Wake by James JoyceGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
261 books — 363 voters

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov1984 by George Orwell
Most Disturbing Books
252 books — 239 voters
Night by Elie WieselA Light in the Attic by Shel SilversteinBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,549 books — 11,151 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,239 books — 10,012 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë1984 by George OrwellMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Beginning of a Novel
148 books — 171 voters

The Monk by Matthew Gregory LewisFanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John ClelandClarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady by Samuel RichardsonJacques the Fatalist by Denis Diderot
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,005 voters
The Inferno of Dante Alighieri by Dante AlighieriDead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
New York Review Books - Classics
534 books — 889 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonNicholas Nickleby by Charles DickensTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Characters We Wish Existed
1,037 books — 778 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Good Books for Men
31 books — 21 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,267 books — 118,689 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Dystopia!
1,217 books — 2,761 voters

Blink by Malcolm GladwellWalden Two by B.F. SkinnerThe Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay GouldThe Varieties of Religious Experience by William  James
Greatest Psychology Books
792 books — 1,333 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Young Adult Books
13,055 books — 80,112 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboThe 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeBlindness by José Saramago
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,178 books — 11,131 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftBleak House by Charles DickensBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best British and Irish Literature
1,182 books — 1,110 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyClarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady by Samuel RichardsonAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Thickest Books Ever
890 books — 2,492 voters


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