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149 books — 96 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainWise Blood by Flannery O'ConnorA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
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The Wreckage of Agathon by John GardnerThe Plot to Save Socrates by Paul Levinson
Historical Fiction: Ancient Greece
144 books — 219 voters
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Oulipo,etc.
254 books — 250 voters

Killman by Graeme KentCountdown City by Ben H. Winters
most anticipated mysteries 2013
150 books — 545 voters
Stone Arabia by Dana SpiottaShoot the Piano Player by David GoodisThe Guermantes Way by Marcel ProustGun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan LethemReservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
Fiction Involving Rock/Pop Music
885 books — 1,025 voters

Swann’s Way by Marcel ProustInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceHamlet by William Shakespeare
Books You Must Read!
11,393 books — 7,317 voters
Eye of the Needle by Ken FollettA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,555 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,208 books — 8,955 voters
La Maravilla by Alfredo VéaGods Go Begging by Alfredo VéaWhat You See in the Dark by Manuel MuñozDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Hispanic Fiction
264 books — 94 voters

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanBring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,203 voters
Stone Arabia by Dana SpiottaWhat You See in the Dark by Manuel Muñoz
Best Books of 2011
2,669 books — 6,704 voters

Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
Best French Literature
872 books — 1,573 voters
Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta
From Fresh Air
105 books — 83 voters

At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'BrienThe Horse's Mouth by Joyce CaryThe Guards by Ken Bruen
Best Irish Books
686 books — 603 voters
Just So Stories by Rudyard KiplingA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonMartin Eden by Jack London
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 855 voters

Swann’s Way by Marcel ProustDeath in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas Mann
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 775 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterThe Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton WilderEmil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,132 voters

At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,255 voters
Ubik by Philip K. DickCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,777 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeWhite Noise by Don DeLilloPresumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters
The Shipping News by Annie ProulxMotherless Brooklyn by Jonathan LethemTimeline by Michael Crichton
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,677 voters

Solaris by Stanisław LemAs She Climbed Across the Table by Jonathan LethemTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisThe Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. DickChronic City by Jonathan Lethem
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
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La Maravilla by Alfredo VéaInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustTime Regained by Marcel ProustKing Lear by William Shakespeare
Best Books Ever
76,132 books — 283,027 voters

Stone Arabia by Dana SpiottaWhat You See in the Dark by Manuel MuñozDriving Mr. Albert by Michael Paterniti
New Authors to Read
4,526 books — 4,944 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Double Cross Blind by Joel N. Ross
World War II Fiction
1,391 books — 2,020 voters


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