American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Darkest Books of All Time
1,302 books — 1,719 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck PalahniukBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,239 books — 11,436 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,550 books — 24,853 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyPlayer Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,790 books — 26,050 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,379 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCatch-22 by Joseph HellerAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Best Antiheroes
701 books — 585 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSurvivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Transgressive Fiction
871 books — 968 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCatch-22 by Joseph HellerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Books Ever
76,926 books — 286,216 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,940 books — 121,257 voters