Once by Morris Gleitzman
YA Holocaust & WWII Novels
495 books — 790 voters
The Lost Girl by D.H. Lawrence
Best of D.H. Lawrence
100 books — 9 voters

When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant
Orange Prize for Fiction Winners
30 books — 130 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill BrysonAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Humorous Books
4,336 books — 7,938 voters

Vernon God Little by D.B.C. PierreRiotous Assembly by Tom SharpeFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonIndecent Exposure by Tom SharpeWilt by Tom Sharpe
Best Dark Humor
725 books — 1,631 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonSatori in Paris & Pic by Jack Kerouac
Jeff Buckley's Bookshelf
158 books — 41 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Books that make you think.
1,117 books — 1,061 voters
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
Best of James Robertson
5 books — 11 voters

The Fermata by Nicholson Baker
Books On Sex That Don't Suck
34 books — 38 voters
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidMister Pip by Lloyd JonesEmpire of the Sun by J.G. BallardThe Testament of Gideon Mack by James RobertsonHis Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Non-Winners of the Man Booker
274 books — 244 voters

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidNotes on a Scandal by Zoë HellerMister Pip by Lloyd JonesEmpire of the Sun by J.G. BallardHis Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Man Booker Shortlist
272 books — 81 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAsterix the Gaul by René GoscinnyCasino Royale by Ian FlemingThe Way of the Warrior by Chris Bradford
Best Series
3,369 books — 9,453 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigThe Road by Cormac McCarthyOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,107 books — 1,718 voters
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy DoyleThe Finkler Question by Howard JacobsonVernon God Little by D.B.C. Pierre
Booker Prize Winners
61 books — 1,987 voters

Wilt by Tom SharpeDown with Skool! by Geoffrey WillansBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue TownsendBlott on the Landscape by Tom Sharpe
British Wit and Humour
559 books — 303 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonIndecent Exposure by Tom SharpeRiotous Assembly by Tom SharpeAdolf Hitler by Spike Milligan'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?' by Spike Milligan
Gonzo
17 books — 6 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleRiotous Assembly by Tom SharpeIndecent Exposure by Tom SharpeThe Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher BrookmyreAdolf Hitler by Spike Milligan
The Funniest Books of All Time
299 books — 191 voters
Indecent Exposure by Tom SharpeRiotous Assembly by Tom Sharpe
Best of Tom Sharpe
11 books — 6 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction
3,653 books — 6,983 voters
The Looking Glass War by John le CarréDune by Frank Herbert
Best Books 1965
218 books — 64 voters

The Looking Glass War by John le CarréThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonAgent Zigzag by Ben MacintyreCall for the Dead by John le Carré
Espionage
989 books — 1,024 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,436 books — 24,677 voters
The Power of One by Bryce CourtenayA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingDune by Frank HerbertInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Books Ever
76,443 books — 284,337 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Call of the Wild by Jack London1984 by George Orwell
Essential Man's Library
327 books — 123 voters


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