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White Noise by Don DeLilloUnderworld by Don DeLilloLibra by Don DeLilloMao II by Don DeLilloGreat Jones Street by Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo ranked
6th out of 18 books — 81 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1049th out of 1,319 books — 5,865 voters

Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerneyA Fan's Notes by Frederick ExleyRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesRock Springs by Richard FordCathedral by Raymond Carver
Best of Vintage Contemporaries
7th out of 55 books — 38 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
A Postmodernist "Canon"
110th out of 273 books — 172 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
14579th out of 77,612 books — 289,676 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMatilda by Roald DahlBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
869th out of 2,256 books — 2,434 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingThe BFG by Roald DahlDifferent Seasons by Stephen King
Best Books of 1982
102nd out of 287 books — 183 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
7673rd out of 10,565 books — 5,912 voters

The Female Eunuch by Germaine GreerThe Threat by Andrew G. McCabeSpeedboat by Renata AdlerRecollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca SolnitListen, Liberal by Thomas Frank
Books with 5,001 - 10,000 Ratings (OVERFLOW)
32nd out of 32 books — 1 voter
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
[ATY 2026] 1001 Books To Read Before You Die
296th out of 339 books — 57 voters

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
"Names" Will Never Hurt Me
364th out of 540 books — 41 voters
American Pastoral by Philip RothOperation Shylock by Philip RothAll The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckRavelstein by Saul Bellow
Big American Novels
29th out of 33 books — 1 voter

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Literary Fiction
1058th out of 1,562 books — 1,386 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMisery by Stephen KingSelected Stories of Morley Roberts by Morley RobertsLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottGaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
Writers Who Write About Writers
347th out of 379 books — 107 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Greatest Works of Literature
81st out of 205 books — 9 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
4409th out of 7,889 books — 49,802 voters

On the Road by Jack Kerouac1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Books for the Modern Day Hippie, Bohemian, Free Spirit
352nd out of 430 books — 332 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAtonement by Ian McEwanSong of Myself by Walt WhitmanThe Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Elissa's All Time Favorites & Recommendations
26th out of 45 books — 3 voters

Tripticks by Ann QuinFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoThreats by Amelia GrayRunning Dog by Don DeLilloThe Names by Don DeLillo
Anti-Thrillers
5th out of 7 books — 1 voter
Reckless Traveler by Walter RheinChasing Athens by Marissa TejadaSpoils of the Moon by Mark ShearmanLotusland by David JoinerFlip Flop Flamenco by Mark Shearman
The best Ex-pat lit
19th out of 44 books — 55 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryDune by Frank Patrick HerbertThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
The Desert
153rd out of 488 books — 90 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Essential Man's Library
273rd out of 327 books — 123 voters


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