And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
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The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Books With Worlds I Was Lost In
80 books — 16 voters

The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
Best Fantasy Books Under the Radar
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Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
Best Fantasy Books with Gay Main Characters
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Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesDealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
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Lolita by Vladimir NabokovInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
(good!) Hipster Literature
132 books — 247 voters

The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
Neuroplasticity
70 books — 138 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Book Recommendations
365 books — 40 voters
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterSideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis SacharElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Favorite books from my childhood
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Half Magic by Edward EagerThe Magic Within by Melody Collins Thomason
The Out-of-Print/Backlist Challenge
524 books — 98 voters
World Without End by Ken FollettThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Give These A Go...
76 books — 43 voters

Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,121 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.1984 by George OrwellPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,107 books — 1,719 voters

I Know This Much Is True by Wally LambThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslAirborn by Kenneth Oppel
Best Books Ever
76,085 books — 282,706 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambThe Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 517 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,916 voters
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,908 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultDown the Drain by Daniel PyleTarnsman of Gor by John  Norman
Nope, nope, nope nope nope.
84 books — 14 voters
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughWill Grayson, Will Grayson by John GreenThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best Gay Fiction
2,649 books — 3,865 voters

Awake and Dreaming by Kit PearsonAirborn by Kenneth OppelCat's Eye Corner by Terry Griggs
What Book Got You Hooked?
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Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Can't Wait Books of 2013
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Awake and Dreaming by Kit PearsonAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Wars by Timothy Findley
Best Canadian Literature
2,333 books — 1,146 voters
Alanna by Tamora PierceThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,228 books — 68,158 voters

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslLooking for Alaska by John Green
Best New Author Debuts
421 books — 607 voters
You Are Not So Smart by David McRaneyNoisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That A... by Eli HorowitzAlphabet Juice by Roy Blount Jr.My Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me by Hilary WinstonDon't Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff
Books with Really Long Titles
1,670 books — 342 voters

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,778 voters


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