Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
Most Difficult Novels
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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
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 22,327 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Fiction
1,518 books — 2,682 voters

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
15,255 books — 19,437 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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The Giver by Lois LowryThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeFight Club by Chuck PalahniukI Am the Messenger by Markus ZusakThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Ending
8,139 books — 6,278 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,461 books — 123,598 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
78,028 books — 291,029 voters