Waiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettSlaves of New York by Tama JanowitzWhat Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles BukowskiDare Me by Megan AbbottThe Room by Hubert Selby Jr.
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,522 books — 5,824 voters
And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick CaveGone Girl by Gillian FlynnPygmy by Chuck PalahniukChild of God by Cormac McCarthyThe Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,210 books — 17,134 voters

Pygmy by Chuck PalahniukIn the Miso Soup by Ryū MurakamiSlaves of New York by Tama JanowitzThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekDare Me by Megan Abbott
Books I Will Never Forget
11,123 books — 7,993 voters
Child of God by Cormac McCarthyThe Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis JohnsonSlaves of New York by Tama JanowitzWhat Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles Bukowski
Best for Book Clubs
15,068 books — 19,031 voters

Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldWhat Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles BukowskiThe Room by Hubert Selby Jr.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Books Ever
77,122 books — 287,215 voters
Cosmic Banditos by Allan C. WeisbeckerThe Secret History by Donna TarttSurvivor by Chuck PalahniukCloser by Dennis Cooper
READ IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN!
11,842 books — 7,941 voters

Child of God by Cormac McCarthyDare Me by Megan AbbottThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoWe Disappear by Scott HeimHam on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Best Book Cover Art
12,378 books — 7,093 voters

The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeEmpire of the Senseless by Kathy AckerCosmic Banditos by Allan C. WeisbeckerHam on Rye by Charles BukowskiSurvivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Ending
8,110 books — 6,144 voters
Darkness at Noon by Arthur KoestlerThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonRoom by Emma DonoghueWe Disappear by Scott HeimThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
I Wish I Could Read it Again for the First Time
11,724 books — 7,654 voters

In the Miso Soup by Ryū MurakamiThe Zombie Room by R.D. RonaldIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoSometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Book Titles
11,928 books — 8,224 voters
And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick CaveThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekCosmic Banditos by Allan C. WeisbeckerWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettThe Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,895 books — 8,267 voters

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonDarkness at Noon by Arthur KoestlerThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Unforgettables
12,026 books — 7,718 voters
Dreams of Leaving by Rupert ThomsonThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekThe 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeSometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
Original Stories . . . a Breath of Fresh Air
12,143 books — 12,272 voters

Room by Emma DonoghueLittle Birds by Anaïs NinWhat Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles BukowskiMy Loose Thread by Dennis Cooper
Smart Summer Reads
13,082 books — 10,991 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaMy Loose Thread by Dennis CooperThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekGone Girl by Gillian FlynnDare Me by Megan Abbott
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,140 books — 11,622 voters

Three Hundred Million by Blake ButlerWe Disappear by Scott HeimThe Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis JohnsonSuicide Casanova by Arthur NersesianThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Books you have read more than one time
12,939 books — 7,807 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
MUST READS!!!
14,984 books — 10,542 voters

My Loose Thread by Dennis CooperThe Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis JohnsonGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Zombie Room by R.D. Ronald
All-Time Awesome Books
12,425 books — 8,115 voters

Pygmy by Chuck PalahniukCloser by Dennis CooperWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettChild of God by Cormac McCarthy
Favorite Books
14,786 books — 10,259 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueSlaves of New York by Tama JanowitzThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonThe Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson
Books You Could Not Put Down
11,869 books — 7,843 voters