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Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae BrownOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Fruity
129 books — 29 voters
Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniParadise by Toni MorrisonShirley by Charlotte BrontëKnots by Nuruddin FarahThe Agüero Sisters by Cristina García
Sisterhood
165 books — 148 voters

The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullersThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Tartar Steppe by Dino BuzzatiThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Existential Fiction
439 books — 750 voters
Immortality by Milan Kundera
Best Fiction of Milan Kundera
12 books — 120 voters

The Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Age of Grief by Jane SmileyDaisy Miller by Henry JamesThe Beast in the Jungle by Henry JamesDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
World's Greatest Novellas
712 books — 1,437 voters
Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley
Best Horse Books
609 books — 368 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Top Dog Reads
634 books — 665 voters
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The dog dies...a cautionary list.
361 books — 248 voters

The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy
Best Talking-Animal Books
706 books — 678 voters
Lord of Misrule by Jaimy GordonHorse Heaven by Jane SmileyWounded by Percival Everett
Horse Books/Novels
1,538 books — 693 voters

God's Country by Percival EverettWounded by Percival Everett
Best Westerns
1,352 books — 1,466 voters
The House of Mirth by Edith WhartonInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonCall It Sleep by Henry RothThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Tales of New York City
1,483 books — 1,199 voters

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
Best Medieval Literature
162 books — 130 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSelected Stories by Alice MunroBlindness by José SaramagoRegeneration by Pat Barker
Top 100 New Classics
262 books — 417 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Pirates!
648 books — 777 voters
The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib MahfouzThe Liberated Bride by A.B. YehoshuaI'jaam by Sinan AntoonThe Lover by A.B. YehoshuaMr. Mani by A.B. Yehoshua
Best Middle East Fiction
428 books — 470 voters

The Betrothed by Alessandro ManzoniZeno's Conscience by Italo SvevoThe Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi PirandelloL'isola di Arturo by Elsa MoranteInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Notable Novels by Italian Authors
354 books — 232 voters
Middlemarch by George EliotPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane Austen
Kick-ass Women in Nineteenth Century Novels
77 books — 85 voters

Selected Stories by Alice MunroAutobiography of Red by Anne CarsonRunaway by Alice MunroAnil's Ghost by Michael OndaatjeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Canadian Fiction
1,036 books — 600 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonEthan Frome by Edith WhartonThe Professor's House by Willa CatherNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,245 books — 3,825 voters

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter MosleyLittle Scarlet by Walter MosleyA Little Yellow Dog by Walter MosleyBlack Betty by Walter MosleyThe Long Fall by Walter Mosley
african american mysteries
172 books — 67 voters
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter MosleyA Little Yellow Dog by Walter MosleyWhite Butterfly by Walter Mosley
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,287 books — 15,248 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonFlight by Sherman Alexie
books with compelling young narrators
216 books — 175 voters
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriSuch a Long Journey by Rohinton MistryThe Shadow Lines by Amitav GhoshAnil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
Best South Asian Fiction
723 books — 1,882 voters

Regeneration by Pat BarkerA Thousand Acres by Jane SmileyBlindness by José SaramagoA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,135 books — 3,647 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,636 books — 25,742 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,193 books — 1,493 voters
A Person of Interest by Susan ChoiUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Boat by Nam LeThe Plague of Doves by Louise ErdrichOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Best Books of 2008
1,624 books — 6,833 voters

Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
The Best of Gay Romance
3,531 books — 3,342 voters
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,776 books — 10,005 voters