Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David SedarisHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,349 books — 7,958 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,332 books — 5,852 voters

The Wasp Factory by Iain BanksSurvivor by Chuck PalahniukThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Transgressive Fiction
871 books — 968 voters
The Wasp Factory by Iain BanksA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerMaus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Darkest Books of All Time
1,302 books — 1,719 voters

Lazy by Peter SotosA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,237 books — 11,379 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Books that Make you Laugh
3,502 books — 5,079 voters
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,068 books — 2,424 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,884 books — 121,167 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books Ever
76,836 books — 285,885 voters