Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen  KingJust After Sunset by Stephen  King1922 by Stephen  KingA Good Marriage by Stephen  KingA Winter's Tale by John Escott
Best of Stephen King
198 books — 3,929 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonLooking Backward by Edward Bellamy
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
370 books — 423 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterAesop's Fables by Heidi HolderTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
50 Books Every Child Should Read
1,518 books — 1,244 voters
The War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsThe Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Best H.G. Wells
18 books — 21 voters

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerThe Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Best American Plays
255 books — 369 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeHolidays on Ice by David SedarisMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisBossypants by Tina Fey
Books that Make you Laugh
3,579 books — 5,145 voters
Cloud Atlas by David  MitchellBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFactfulness by Hans Rosling1491 by Charles C. Mann
Best Books of THIS Century.
2,250 books — 2,265 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XMaus II by Art SpiegelmanBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahHolidays on Ice by David SedarisThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,347 books — 2,919 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Doomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsTime and Again by Jack Finney
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
908 books — 1,893 voters

Food in History by Reay TannahillDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainCod by Mark KurlanskyEight Flavors by Sarah Lohman
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,270 books — 1,715 voters
Sixty Stories by Donald BarthelmeNine Stories by J.D. SalingerWhere I'm Calling From by Raymond CarverThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Short Stories
1,803 books — 1,125 voters

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki MurakamiThe Elephant Vanishes by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiPalm of the Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata
Best Japanese Books
720 books — 3,271 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.World War Z by Max BrooksThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,332 books — 3,624 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinStarship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,830 books — 4,141 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XMaus I by Art SpiegelmanKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerDown and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,461 books — 1,654 voters

The Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerThe High Window by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Lady in the Lake by Raymond ChandlerIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Literary Mysteries
2,727 books — 5,324 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah1491 by Charles C. MannGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
Books White People Need to Read
1,530 books — 2,039 voters

Catfish and Mandala by Andrew X. PhamMotoring with Mohammed by Eric HansenSahara Unveiled by William LangewiescheInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerBorderlines by Charles Nicholl
Ultimate Backpacking Novels
481 books — 1,152 voters
Homage to Catalonia by George OrwellDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellPolitics and the English Language by George OrwellThe Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Best of George Orwell
83 books — 26 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiGhosts of the Tsunami by Richard Lloyd ParryTokyo Vice by Jake AdelsteinDogs and Demons by Alex KerrTokyo Underworld by Robert Whiting
Understanding Modern Japan
104 books — 39 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Elephant Vanishes by Haruki MurakamiSouth of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki MurakamiMen Without Women by Haruki Murakami
Murakami Ranked
20 books — 63 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFranny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerNine Stories by J.D. SalingerRaise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour by J.D. SalingerTime and Again by Jack Finney
Tales of New York City
1,770 books — 1,355 voters


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