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Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters
Russian Thinkers by Isaiah BerlinThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynA People's Tragedy by Orlando FigesNatasha's Dance by Orlando Figes
Best Russian History Books
550 books — 384 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Best Nineteenth-Century British and Irish Novels
139 books — 103 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienThe Recognitions by William Gaddis
A Postmodernist "Canon"
273 books — 171 voters

The Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienThe Recognitions by William Gaddis
Postmodern Genius
508 books — 584 voters
Ulysses by James Joyce
Best Irish Literature
632 books — 718 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleUlysses by James Joyce
Rabelais' Codpiece
135 books — 143 voters
Ulysses by James Joyce
The ACTUAL 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
218 books — 320 voters

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,028 books — 955 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
100 Best American Authors
751 books — 615 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Nineteenth Century American List
32 books — 30 voters
Pragmatism by William JamesMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Boston Public Library: The 100 Most Influential Books of the 20th Century
102 books — 86 voters

Pragmatism by William JamesMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Books That Shaped America
88 books — 17 voters
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheOn the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo by Friedrich NietzscheThe Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche
Best World Philosophy Book
953 books — 1,421 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James JoyceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,044 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Young Adult Books
13,116 books — 80,165 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleUlysses by James Joyce
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
261 books — 363 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheBeyond Good and Evil by Friedrich NietzscheMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
The Most Influential Books
1,480 books — 5,282 voters

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,066 voters
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Portrait of a Lady by Henry JamesTwilight of the Idols / The Anti-Christ by Friedrich NietzscheWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,872 voters

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,857 books — 21,937 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Books Ever
75,951 books — 281,962 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Greatest American Novels of the 20th Century
122 books — 105 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesUlysses by James Joyce
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,814 books — 49,784 voters