Endling by Maria RevaFlesh by David Szalay
Booker Prize 2025 Longlist
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Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico
International Booker Longlist 2025
13 books — 2 voters

James by Percival EverettThe Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh KennedyThe Dream Years by Lisa GoldsteinSeverance by Ling  MaHuysman's Pets by Kate WilhelmWelcome, Chaos by Kate Wilhelm
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
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Life Ceremony by Sayaka MurataAn Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo IshiguroThe Memory Police by Yōko OgawaConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataA Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Japanese Books That Are Not Manga
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1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
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Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette WintersonThe Claw of the Conciliator by Gene WolfeConcrete Island by J.G. BallardChild of God by Cormac McCarthyIce by Anna Kavan
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,121 books — 1,771 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
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The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
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On Wings of Song by Thomas M. DischEngine Summer by John Crowley
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,884 voters

Something Happened by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
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The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Day of the Locust by Nathanael WestTales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Novels Set in California
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldYoung Goodman Brown by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee CharnasSome of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon
Best Books Ever
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1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William GoldingOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyDracula by Bram Stoker
Quality Dark Fiction
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The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee CharnasWhite Tears by Hari KunzruThe Face That Must Die by Ramsey CampbellThe Shining by Stephen  King
Best Horror Novels
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The Quiet American by Graham GreeneRegeneration by Pat BarkerFlow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. DickThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
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