A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Child Villains
21 books — 18 voters
Amazon by Barbara G. WalkerThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienMonstrous Regiment by Terry PratchettThe Faerie Queene by Edmund SpenserZenobia by Haley Elizabeth Garwood
Amazons, Valkyries, and Warrior Women
697 books — 536 voters

A Mercy by Toni Morrison
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,770 voters
Beowulf by UnknownThe Song of Roland by UnknownThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerSir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain PoetArthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes
Best Medieval Literature
166 books — 134 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,201 books — 1,517 voters
Jude the Obscure by Thomas HardyTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyHedda Gabler by Henrik IbsenThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
494 books — 504 voters

1984 by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir NabokovA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best of Banned and Challenged Books
219 books — 282 voters
The Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,552 books — 17,553 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
books with compelling young narrators
217 books — 177 voters
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleAbsurdistan by Gary ShteyngartBoomsday by Christopher Buckley
Books that Make you Laugh
3,518 books — 5,210 voters

Paradise Lost by John MiltonMacbeth by William ShakespeareSoon I Will Be Invincible by Austin GrossmanFight Club by Chuck PalahniukTest of the Twins by Margaret Weis
Rooting for the Bad Guy
687 books — 1,480 voters

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Books that Made You Cry!
3,367 books — 7,999 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Dialectic of Sex by Shulamith FirestoneA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftThe Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
Top Feminist Books
174 books — 115 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeIshmael by Daniel QuinnA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,283 books — 10,981 voters
The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick JensenThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinWar Against the Weak by Edwin BlackIn the Name of Science by Andrew GoliszekThe Dialectic of Sex by Shulamith Firestone
Disturbing Truths
553 books — 354 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Existential Fiction
452 books — 776 voters
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,602 books — 6,043 voters

The Corrections by Jonathan FranzenFight Club by Chuck PalahniukGhost World by Daniel ClowesAlternadad by Neal Pollack
Talking 'Bout My Generation...
583 books — 446 voters
The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. TepperThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHerland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Science Fiction/Fantasy
707 books — 660 voters

Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,097 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinA Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Fantasy - Best Character Set
110 books — 108 voters

The Women's Room by Marilyn FrenchShōgun by James ClavellSong of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,889 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,221 books — 28,376 voters


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