Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Haruki Murakami Books
25 books — 839 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinProfit Over People by Noam ChomskySaving Capitalism by Robert B. ReichDemocracy Incorporated by Sheldon S. WolinOne Nation Under God by Kevin M. Kruse
Market Greed
74 books — 24 voters

Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. HermanA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Disturbing Truths
555 books — 355 voters
Holidays on Ice by David SedarisThe Sellout by Paul Beatty
Best Modern Humor Writing (Slate)
87 books — 23 voters

The Sellout by Paul BeattyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
NPR's Best of Books of 2015
129 books — 43 voters
The Sellout by Paul BeattyWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanMajor Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen SimonsonBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,168 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Books for Teachers/Educators
784 books — 643 voters
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de BottonThe Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand RussellThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Philosophy Introductions
223 books — 281 voters

Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny  Lawson
Funny Women Memoirs
455 books — 1,550 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,677 voters
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters

The Odyssey by HomerThe Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
Best Books About Mythology
1,395 books — 2,218 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,412 books — 10,146 voters
If You Want to Write by Brenda UelandThe Right to Write by Julia Cameron
Best Books on Writing
798 books — 1,327 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Books That Made You Cry
1,607 books — 3,275 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Books that Made You Cry!
3,359 books — 7,921 voters

Spider by Patrick McGrath
Schizophrenic Characters
96 books — 119 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,380 voters

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Sellout by Paul Beatty
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,418 books — 2,290 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,185 voters

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Books I Regret Reading
2,300 books — 3,224 voters
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,989 voters


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