Lolita by Vladimir NabokovMoby-Dick by Herman MelvilleHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Everyman's Library 100 Essentials
103 books — 151 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel HawthorneCouples by John Updike
New England Books
780 books — 382 voters
Dream Story by Arthur SchnitzlerWittgenstein’s Nephew by Thomas BernhardA Nervous Splendor by Frederic Morton
Vienna/Wien
256 books — 113 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleUlysses by James JoyceTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Style as Text
251 books — 128 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels
100 books — 296 voters
The Lime Twig by John HawkesSelected Poems by Delmore SchwartzThe Emigrants by W.G. SebaldDistant Star by Roberto BolañoLabyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Best New Directions Books
262 books — 179 voters

Deep River by Shūsaku EndōSome Prefer Nettles by Jun'ichirō TanizakiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Silent Cry by Kenzaburō ŌeBlack Rain by Masuji Ibuse
Best Japanese Books
770 books — 3,247 voters