The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyPerfume by Patrick Süskind
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,239 books — 11,427 voters
Junky by William S. BurroughsJunk by Melvin BurgessThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Under the Influence
364 books — 121 voters

Live Through This by Anwen Crawford
33⅓
139 books — 67 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,789 books — 26,050 voters

Junky by William S. BurroughsA Million Little Pieces by James FreyTrainspotting by Irvine WelshFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
Addicts
270 books — 350 voters
Everybody Loves Our Town by Mark Yarm
Best Books on Rock and Roll
895 books — 1,279 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Best True Crime
1,360 books — 1,937 voters

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Shining by Stephen  KingFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Godfather by Mario Puzo2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,098 voters

King Lear by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
104 books — 1,247 voters
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 345 voters

Stargirl by Jerry SpinelliHoles by Louis Sachar
Books for twelve-year-old children
1,709 books — 1,116 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,143 books — 80,217 voters