Eye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe Odessa File by Frederick ForsythWhite Flag Down by Joel N. RossDouble Cross Blind by Joel N. Ross
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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
150 books — 233 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
155 books — 549 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
894 books — 1,094 voters

Swann’s Way by Marcel ProustInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceHamlet by William Shakespeare
Books You Must Read!
12,450 books — 8,456 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
7,591 books — 16,889 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,236 books — 9,186 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
268 books — 119 voters

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanBring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Best Books of 2012
3,519 books — 9,185 voters
Stone Arabia by Dana SpiottaWhat You See in the Dark by Manuel Muñoz
Best Books of 2011
2,674 books — 6,697 voters

Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
Best French Literature
832 books — 1,583 voters
Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta
From Fresh Air
106 books — 82 voters

At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'BrienThe Horse's Mouth by Joyce CaryThe Guards by Ken Bruen
Best Irish Books
692 books — 617 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
480 books — 866 voters

Swann’s Way by Marcel ProustDeath in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas Mann
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
524 books — 780 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
758 books — 1,137 voters

At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
876 books — 1,265 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
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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
2,320 books — 2,450 voters
The Shipping News by Annie ProulxMotherless Brooklyn by Jonathan LethemTimeline by Michael Crichton
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,132 books — 3,697 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
80,175 books — 299,026 voters

Stone Arabia by Dana SpiottaWhat You See in the Dark by Manuel MuñozDriving Mr. Albert by Michael Paterniti
New Authors to Read
4,751 books — 5,116 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Double Cross Blind by Joel N. Ross
World War II Fiction
1,521 books — 2,324 voters


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