Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerAtonement by Ian McEwanEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
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The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Fiction
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The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldBlindness by José SaramagoExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best for Book Clubs
15,396 books — 19,726 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeOthello by William ShakespeareParadise Lost by Kate Brian
The Best Antiheroes
701 books — 584 voters

Paradise Lost by John MiltonThe Iliad by HomerAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtOthello by William ShakespeareA Separate Peace by John Knowles
Best 10 Books That You've Read
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Best Ending
8,152 books — 6,348 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,698 books — 124,217 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Books Ever
78,623 books — 292,941 voters