On the Road by Jack KerouacHowl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
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The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerDouble Indemnity by James M. CainThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Noir Fiction
164 books — 204 voters
On the Road by Jack KerouacWatchmen by Alan             Moore
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Finnegans Wake by James JoyceA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
260 books — 363 voters
Notes From Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Opening Line Of A Book
25 books — 21 voters

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,418 books — 2,335 voters