Lord of the Flies by William GoldingA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Road by Cormac McCarthyHaunted by Chuck PalahniukAnimal Farm by George Orwell
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,301 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Animal Farm by George Orwell
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,107 books — 1,719 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,170 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomThe Last Lecture by Randy PauschA Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,376 voters

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe World According to Garp by John IrvingTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomTropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,782 voters
A Million Little Pieces by James FreyMy Friend Leonard by James Frey
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
704 books — 1,055 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukDiary by Chuck PalahniukRant by Chuck PalahniukHaunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Plot Twist
409 books — 652 voters