Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWorld War Z by Max BrooksAt the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror by H.P. Lovecraft
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,388 books — 1,987 voters
Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark TwainHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
489 books — 502 voters

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaDubliners by James Joyce
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
534 books — 777 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
779 books — 1,132 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Catch-22 by Joseph HellerGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezDune by Frank Patrick Herbert
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,776 voters
Watchmen by Alan             MooreHyperion by Dan SimmonsDawn by Octavia E. ButlerThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
Classic Science Fiction - 1980-1989
303 books — 261 voters

Dawn by Octavia E. ButlerThe Road by Cormac McCarthyWorld War Z by Max BrooksFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,284 books — 3,448 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDawn by Octavia E. Butler
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,716 books — 1,563 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,403 books — 123,421 voters
Libra by Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo ranked
18 books — 81 voters

Tracks by Louise ErdrichThe Round House by Louise ErdrichThe Beet Queen by Louise ErdrichLove Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Best of Louise Erdrich
42 books — 19 voters
The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Crossing by Cormac McCarthyCities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthyThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Cormac McCarthy Books
17 books — 186 voters

The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
Favorite Travel Books
2,046 books — 3,949 voters
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan SimmonsJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Classic Science Fiction - 1990-1999
326 books — 185 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Hyperion by Dan SimmonsDawn by Octavia E. Butler
Best Science Fiction
3,805 books — 7,405 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Most Difficult Novels
595 books — 2,050 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael ReedCatch-22 by Joseph HellerWatchmen by Alan             MooreThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 585 voters

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLife on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
378 books — 414 voters
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainPudd'nhead Wilson by Mark TwainLife on the Mississippi by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainRoughing It by Mark Twain
Best of Mark Twain
50 books — 111 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainHyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,138 books — 5,395 voters
Independent People by Halldór LaxnessKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,220 books — 1,246 voters

The Rum Diary by Hunter S. ThompsonFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonUnder the Volcano by Malcolm LowryIronweed by William  KennedyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Drunken Masters
281 books — 376 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vonnegut's Best
37 books — 629 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Top Ten Vonnegut Books
17 books — 79 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnHiroshima by John HerseyMiles by Miles DavisThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
favorite non-fiction
2,899 books — 1,319 voters
Flashman by George MacDonald FraserLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Series
3,479 books — 9,572 voters


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