The Breast by Philip RothThe Plot Against America by Philip RothPortnoy’s Complaint by Philip RothMy Life as a Man by Philip RothGoodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth
Best Philip Roth Books
32 books — 104 voters
Rabbit Redux by John UpdikeRabbit, Run by John UpdikeThe Witches of Eastwick by John UpdikeBrazil by John UpdikeS. by John Updike
Best of John Updike
100 books — 10 voters

The Unicorn by Iris MurdochThe Bell by Iris MurdochThe Sandcastle by Iris MurdochA Severed Head by Iris MurdochUnder the Net by Iris Murdoch
Best of Iris Murdoch
35 books — 67 voters
The New York Trilogy by Paul AusterMoon Palace by Paul AusterThe Brooklyn Follies by Paul AusterThe Book of Illusions by Paul AusterOracle Night by Paul Auster
Best Paul Auster Books
25 books — 117 voters

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenThe Sellout by Paul BeattyBats of the Republic by Zachary Thomas DodsonOreo by Fran RossThe Turner House by Angela Flournoy
The Tournament of Books 2016
17 books — 35 voters
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon JamesAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerDept. of Speculation by Jenny OffillStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2015 Tournament of Books Short List
17 books — 159 voters

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam  JohnsonThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnBeautiful Ruins by Jess WalterDear Life by Alice Munro
2013 Tournament of Books
18 books — 137 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachThe Tiger's Wife by Téa ObrehtThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters

Freedom by Jonathan FranzenA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganSuper Sad True Love Story by Gary ShteyngartNext by James HynesRoom by Emma Donoghue
2011 Tournament of Books
16 books — 117 voters
The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCannThe Lacuna by Barbara KingsolverWolf Hall by Hilary MantelA Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
2010 Tournament of Books
16 books — 14 voters

The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan BoyleThe Road to Wellville by T. Coraghessan BoyleDrop City by T. Coraghessan BoyleBudding Prospects by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Best of T.C. Boyle
19 books — 20 voters
The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaShadow Country by Peter MatthiessenHome by Marilynne RobinsonA Mercy by Toni MorrisonNetherland by Joseph O'Neill
2009 Tournament of Books
16 books — 6 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThen We Came to the End by Joshua FerrisLet the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela VidaTree of Smoke by Denis JohnsonYou Don't Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem
2008 Tournament of Books
16 books — 9 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Echo Maker by Richard PowersApex Hides the Hurt by Colson WhiteheadThe Lay of the Land by Richard FordThe Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
2007 Tournament of Books
16 books — 12 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe History of Love by Nicole KraussNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Accidental by Ali SmithVeronica by Mary Gaitskill
2006 Tournament of Books
16 books — 13 voters
Cloud Atlas by David  MitchellThe News from Paraguay by Lily TuckHeir To The Glimmering World by Cynthia OzickJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Plot Against America by Philip Roth
2005 Tournament of Books
16 books — 12 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Oprah's Book Club Picks
124 books — 2,204 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vonnegut's Best
37 books — 631 voters

The World According to Garp by John IrvingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA Widow for One Year by John IrvingSetting Free the Bears by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 344 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy ToolePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeCold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsWatership Down by Richard  Adams
Best Lighthearted Literature
618 books — 477 voters

White Noise by Don DeLilloThe Body Artist by Don DeLilloUnderworld by Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo ranked
18 books — 79 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe BFG by Roald DahlThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Favorite Comfort Reads
1,548 books — 764 voters
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom RobbinsKilling Mister Watson by Peter Matthiessen
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 791 voters

Disgrace by J.M. CoetzeeThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
African Fiction
600 books — 428 voters