Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Haruki Murakami Books
25 books — 841 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
554 books — 354 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
7,701 books — 14,261 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Books for Teachers/Educators
786 books — 641 voters
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de BottonThe Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand RussellThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Philosophy Introductions
226 books — 286 voters

Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny  Lawson
Funny Women Memoirs
461 books — 1,552 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,678 voters
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,866 books — 3,611 voters

The Odyssey by HomerThe Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
Best Books About Mythology
1,398 books — 2,222 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Most Difficult Novels
592 books — 2,048 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...
11,904 books — 10,539 voters
If You Want to Write by Brenda UelandThe Right to Write by Julia Cameron
Best Books on Writing
799 books — 1,328 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
1,606 books — 3,282 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!
3,357 books — 7,972 voters

Spider by Patrick McGrath
Schizophrenic Characters
95 books — 118 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
927 books — 2,381 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
1,428 books — 2,343 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Changed My World
3,289 books — 3,260 voters

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Books I Regret Reading
2,299 books — 3,225 voters
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,842 books — 26,089 voters


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