The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Essential Man's Library
327 books — 123 voters
Great Expectations by Charles DickensDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensThe Chosen by Chaim PotokThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerNicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
BILDUNGSROMAN
96 books — 34 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceAlcoholics Anonymous by Alcoholics Anonymous
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,481 books — 5,715 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Abandoned Books
1,474 books — 1,465 voters

The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellHyperion by Dan SimmonsSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardSnow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,326 books — 24,566 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Chosen by Chaim PotokEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardOf Human Bondage by W. Somerset MaughamThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Bildungsroman book
364 books — 322 voters

Stoner by John  WilliamsHard Rain Falling by Don CarpenterThe Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll by Álvaro MutisAlien Hearts by Guy de Maupassant
New York Review Books - Classics
531 books — 890 voters

The Magus by John Fowles
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,189 voters
The Magus by John Fowles
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,617 books — 11,182 voters

The Magus by John FowlesThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll by Álvaro Mutis
Best Philosophical Literature
1,166 books — 2,725 voters