Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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40 books — 15 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
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Best LGBTQIA literature
1,776 books — 2,173 voters
Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay GreshamDouble Indemnity by James M. CainPick-Up by Charles WillefordThey Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoyThe Big Nowhere by James Ellroy
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
707 books — 881 voters

High Cotton by Joe R. LansdaleFreezer Burn by Joe R. LansdaleSunset and Sawdust by Joe R. LansdaleBumper Crop by Joe R. LansdaleBad Chili by Joe R. Lansdale
Best of Joe R. Lansdale
53 books — 72 voters
Thunderball by Ian FlemingAmerican Tabloid by James EllroyManhattan Transfer by John Dos PassosFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyGerald McBoing Boing by Dr. Seuss
Best Book Cover Art
12,378 books — 7,094 voters

The Stories of John Cheever by John CheeverTales of Ordinary Madness by Charles BukowskiCollected Stories, 1939-1976 by Paul BowlesThe Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer by Isaac Bashevis SingerHigh Cotton by Joe R. Lansdale
Collections of Short Stories
2,897 books — 2,041 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollOn the Road by Jack KerouacA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Books Ever
76,792 books — 285,777 voters