Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Critical Thinking
198 books — 136 voters
The Complete Essays by Michel de MontaigneMonkey by Wu Cheng'en
Best Books of the 16th Century
192 books — 543 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Sot-Weed Factor by John BarthThe Recognitions by William GaddisPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovTerra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes
Rabelais' Codpiece
135 books — 144 voters

The Recognitions by William GaddisMolloy / Malone Dies / The Unnamable by Samuel BeckettWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,182 books — 1,510 voters

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Best Unappreciated Books
4,366 books — 2,204 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceUnderworld by Don DeLillo
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters

The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll by Álvaro MutisThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
New York Review Books - Classics
532 books — 892 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceUnderworld by Don DeLilloThe Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
The Great American Novel
671 books — 1,092 voters