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The Invention of Angela Carter by Edmund GordonSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandThe Endurance by Caroline AlexanderGoing Solo by Roald DahlFrank by James Kaplan
Best Biographies
1,762 books — 3,126 voters
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,708 voters

Geek Love by Katherine DunnKleinzeit by Russell HobanFremder by Russell HobanMr. Rinyo-Clacton's Offer by Russell HobanAn Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
Weird, Addictive, Psychological, Must Reads
469 books — 257 voters
American Pastoral by Philip RothL.A. Confidential by James EllroySeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandAmerican Tabloid by James EllroyWise Children by Angela Carter
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,182 books — 3,684 voters

Riddley Walker by Russell HobanHaunted by Chuck PalahniukLondon Fields by Martin AmisThe Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris LessingDiary by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,012 books — 26,697 voters
Waterlog by Roger DeakinInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe World Without Us by Alan WeismanAndy Goldsworthy by Andy GoldsworthyThe Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
1,100 books — 1,261 voters

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneOur Man In Havana by Graham GreeneMr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher IsherwoodCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Vintage Classics (Red Spine)
218 books — 78 voters
Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles BukowskiGorilla, My Love by Toni Cade BambaraTwo-Minute Mysteries by Donald J. SobolMay We Borrow Your Husband? and other comedies of the sexual... by Graham GreeneThe Umbrella Man and Other Stories by Roald Dahl
Collections of Short Stories
2,931 books — 2,071 voters

Fremder by Russell HobanKleinzeit by Russell Hoban
Unsung Works of Genius
315 books — 40 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward AbbeyGeek Love by Katherine Dunn
FICTION Books That Opened Your Eyes to a Social or Political Issue
426 books — 294 voters

The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert EvansKinski Uncut by Klaus KinskiAdventures of a Suburban Boy by John BoormanMoney into light by John BoormanMy Movie Business by John Irving
Books ABOUT Movies
848 books — 279 voters
Kleinzeit by Russell HobanRed Shelley by Paul FootThe Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-GarrardWise Children by Angela Carter
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,433 books — 10,185 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneLife of Pi by Yann MartelOut of Sight by Elmore Leonard
Books As Good As The Movie And Visa Versa
60 books — 9 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGorky Park by Martin Cruz SmithThe Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che GuevaraThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,137 books — 10,098 voters

Riding the Rap by Elmore LeonardBe Cool by Elmore LeonardFreaky Deaky by Elmore LeonardThe Island at the Top of the World by Ian CameronBilly Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,651 books — 18,686 voters
The Black Stallion by Walter FarleySafari Adventure by Willard PriceGorilla Adventure by Willard PriceSouth Sea Adventure by Willard PriceUnderwater Adventure by Willard Price
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,981 books — 10,900 voters

It's Not About the Bike by Lance ArmstrongThe Psychopath Test by Jon RonsonChoke by Chuck PalahniukLullaby by Chuck PalahniukPost Office by Charles Bukowski
Best Dark Humor
742 books — 1,656 voters
Turtle Diary by Russell HobanThe Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz by Russell HobanJim's Lion by Russell HobanThe Mouse and His Child by Russell HobanMarley and Me by John Grogan
Best Books About Animals
1,865 books — 1,927 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelMatilda by Roald DahlThe Witches by Roald DahlHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
582 books — 480 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Fourth Hand by John IrvingAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotAmerican Pastoral by Philip RothDo No Harm by Henry Marsh
Medicine and Literature
2,000 books — 2,255 voters

The Imperfectionists by Tom RachmanRed or Dead by David PeaceThis Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You by Jon McGregorDjibouti by Elmore LeonardColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,749 books — 14,423 voters
The Fatal Shore by Robert HughesTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonWatching the English by Kate FoxThe Songlines by Bruce ChatwinWall and Piece by Banksy
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,270 books — 8,165 voters

Geek Love by Katherine DunnOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Exploring Taboos
207 books — 143 voters
Scar Tissue by Anthony KiedisCrazy from the Heat by David Lee RothHeavier Than Heaven by Charles R. CrossChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanCan You Feel the Silence? by Clinton Heylin
Best Books on Rock and Roll
907 books — 1,287 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Most Overrated Books
725 books — 667 voters
Jim's Lion by Russell HobanA Baby Sister for Frances by Lillian HobanThe Mouse and His Child by Russell HobanCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Tearjerker Children's Books
34 books — 19 voters

LaBrava by Elmore LeonardStick by Elmore LeonardGlitz by Elmore LeonardSwag by Elmore LeonardThe Switch by Elmore Leonard
The Best in Prose: High Caliber Crime
144 books — 68 voters
Minor Characters by Joyce JohnsonThe Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward AbbeyHell's Angels by Hunter S. ThompsonPost Office by Charles BukowskiBig Sur by Jack Kerouac
The Counter-Culture of the 1960s (fiction and nonfiction)
436 books — 190 voters

After the Quake by Haruki MurakamiLoon Lake by E.L. DoctorowA Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,356 books — 4,692 voters
Red or Dead by David PeaceThe Rocky Road by Eamon DunphyThe Football Man by Arthur HopcraftFever Pitch by Nick HornbyThe Damned Utd by David Peace
Best Football (Soccer) Books
529 books — 456 voters


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