Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonThe Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiA Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,482 books — 24,750 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,997 voters

V. by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonNova Express by William S. BurroughsThe Soft Machine by William S. BurroughsThe Ticket That Exploded by William S. Burroughs
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,360 books — 1,778 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoWhite Noise by Don DeLilloSlow Learner by Thomas PynchonFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoThe Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,433 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. BallardCrash by J.G. BallardThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe History of Sexuality, Volume 1 by Michel Foucault
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,955 books — 1,880 voters
Mason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceVineland by Thomas PynchonThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiQ by Luther Blissett
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. BallardThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Best for Book Clubs
14,815 books — 18,702 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. BallardThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonThe Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,107 books — 1,718 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. BallardThe Soft Machine by William S. BurroughsInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Cult Classics
1,568 books — 2,120 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon2666 by Roberto BolañoAgainst the Day by Thomas PynchonThe Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. BallardThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 583 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiQ by Luther BlissettMr. Vertigo by Paul Auster
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,237 books — 68,720 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon2666 by Roberto BolañoMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonThe Savage Detectives by Roberto BolañoInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Best Unappreciated Books
4,366 books — 2,204 voters

Digital Fortress by Dan    BrownThe A.B.C. Murders by Agatha ChristieThe Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan DoyleEvil Under the Sun by Agatha ChristieThe Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Mysteries of the 20th Century
171 books — 82 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen  KingThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownMr. Mercedes by Stephen  KingInferno by Dan    BrownThe Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Best Mysteries of the 21st Century
203 books — 269 voters

2666 by Roberto BolañoThe Savage Detectives by Roberto BolañoBy Night in Chile by Roberto BolañoDistant Star by Roberto BolañoPutas asesinas by Roberto Bolaño
Chilean Literature
274 books — 125 voters

Twilight of the Idols/The Antichrist by Friedrich NietzscheMythologies by Roland BarthesOn the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo by Friedrich NietzscheWhy I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Rel... by Bertrand RussellA Collection Of Essays by George Orwell
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
554 books — 248 voters
Against the Day by Thomas PynchonGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonV. by Thomas PynchonMason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
10 books — 261 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiA Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Best Haruki Murakami Books
26 books — 841 voters
The Iliad by HomerThe Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerC.P. Cavafy by Constantinos P. CavafyThe Axion Esti by Odysseas Elytis
Best Poetry Books
2,989 books — 2,438 voters

Η Αποκάλυψη του Ιωάννη by Umberto EcoInferno by Dante AlighieriThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriAntigone by Sophocles1984 by George Orwell
Darkest Books of All Time
1,302 books — 1,718 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos KazantzakisBaudolino by Umberto EcoThe Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,672 books — 3,603 voters

The Trial and Death of Socrates by PlatoPolitics by AristotleThe Histories by HerodotusPoetics by AristotleTheogony / Works and Days by Hesiod
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
4,098 books — 1,498 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Republic by PlatoΗ Αποκάλυψη του Ιωάννη by Umberto Eco
Dystopia!
1,220 books — 2,750 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoInferno by Dan    Brown
Thrillers
4,615 books — 5,630 voters

Origin by Dan    BrownInferno by Dan    Brown11/22/63 by Stephen  KingMr. Mercedes by Stephen  King
Best Mysteries from the 2010s
606 books — 555 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownThe Lost Symbol by Dan    Brown
Best Mysteries from the 2000s
198 books — 130 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoThe Big Nowhere by James Ellroy
Best Mysteries from the 1980s
202 books — 92 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Best Literary Mysteries
2,557 books — 4,618 voters


« previous 1