1984 by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
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31,536 books — 120,045 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
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8,219 books — 5,217 voters

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
943 books — 1,247 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,022 books — 3,944 voters
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael AzerradRedemption Song by Chris SalewiczLife by Keith RichardsJust Kids by Patti Smith
Best Books on Rock and Roll
891 books — 1,278 voters

On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,507 voters
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Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,879 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,989 voters