Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Best Existential Fiction
445 books — 761 voters

Remainder by Tom McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,375 voters
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,774 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters