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Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
Most Difficult Novels
600 books — 2,065 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Red and the Black by Stendhal
Hemingway's List
16 books — 3 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyFinnegans Wake by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleUlysses by James JoyceThe Nibelungenlied by Unknown
Pompous Books to Read in Public
270 books — 157 voters
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Literary thrillers
156 books — 99 voters

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Boxall's 1001 overlap with Guardian's 1000
150 books — 4 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
1,021 books — 604 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Quality Dark Fiction
2,704 books — 3,994 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Adult Dystopian Books
150 books — 253 voters

Meneer Beerta by J.J. VoskuilDe morgenster by Karl Ove KnausgårdVuile handen by J.J. Voskuil
2022: What People Born in the 1980's are reading in 2022
1,149 books — 71 voters
Ik ben er niet by Lize SpitThe Mahabharata by Ramesh MenonDe pest by Albert CamusDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannHet smelt by Lize Spit
2021: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2021
1,317 books — 128 voters

Ik ben er niet by Lize SpitThe Mahabharata by Ramesh MenonDe pest by Albert CamusDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannHet smelt by Lize Spit
2021: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,537 books — 164 voters
Meneer Beerta by J.J. VoskuilVuile handen by J.J. VoskuilDe morgenster by Karl Ove Knausgård
2022: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,331 books — 129 voters

Het achtste leven [voor Brilka] by Nino HaratischwiliWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëMeneer Beerta by J.J. VoskuilDe uitvreter, Titaantjes, Dichtertje by NescioHet verhaal van de dienstmaagd by Margaret Atwood
Best of FNL 2021
328 books — 65 voters
1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
One Million Ratings!
246 books — 1,087 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 22,339 voters
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
What We've Read So Far in 2018
6,518 books — 755 voters

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Huffington Post: 12 Books You NEED On Your Bookshelf
12 books — 36 voters
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Indian Books - Fiction
1,132 books — 2,467 voters

Ulysses by James Joyce
Thickest Books Ever
893 books — 2,489 voters
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
What Women Born in the 80s are Reading in 2016
760 books — 89 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,228 books — 2,437 voters
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,133 books — 3,685 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,839 books — 124,599 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWater for Elephants by Sara GruenDune by Frank HerbertDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Huh? I Thought That Book Would Be Better Than It Was
879 books — 749 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Bad / overrated Hipster Literature
31 books — 12 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannDune by Frank Herbert
Overrated Award-winning Books
27 books — 19 voters