My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataConversations with Friends by Sally RooneyBoy Parts by Eliza  Clark
women vs the void
15th out of 245 books — 603 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Stand by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
152nd out of 1,949 books — 1,888 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
1017th out of 7,878 books — 49,832 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
5306th out of 78,384 books — 292,214 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Novels Set in California
20th out of 956 books — 378 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
732nd out of 1,339 books — 5,886 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels
65th out of 100 books — 295 voters
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren  HoughTruth & Beauty by Ann PatchettMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisWild by Cheryl StrayedDirtbag, Massachusetts by Isaac Fitzgerald
Must-Read Personal Accounts
10th out of 274 books — 213 voters

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanBunny by Mona Awad
The Female Malaise: She's Sad, Mad, and Bad
34th out of 263 books — 235 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghConversations with Friends by Sally RooneyConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
sad girl books
7th out of 44 books — 50 voters

Stoner by John  WilliamsBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy2666 by Roberto BolañoButcher's Crossing by John  WilliamsMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Hip Opinions
62nd out of 313 books — 116 voters

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghNormal People by Sally RooneyThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathBunny by Mona Awad
Hot Girl Books
64th out of 262 books — 161 voters
Normal People by Sally RooneyConversations with Friends by Sally RooneyMen Explain Things to Me by Rebecca SolnitPlay It As It Lays by Joan DidionEverything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
Disillusioned Twenty Something Starter Pack
4th out of 47 books — 12 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleThe Crystal Cave by Mary  Stewart
Best Books 1970
21st out of 309 books — 78 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghThe Girls by Emma ClineThe Pisces by Melissa BroderPlay It As It Lays by Joan Didion
sad woman, big city, questionable decisions
5th out of 45 books — 25 voters

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan DidionThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionThe White Album by Joan DidionPlay It As It Lays by Joan DidionBlue Nights by Joan Didion
Best of Joan Didion
4th out of 36 books — 15 voters
1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Let's rank Time's Top 100 Novels
46th out of 100 books — 29 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboNight by Elie Wiesel
Most Depressing Book of All Time
412th out of 1,229 books — 3,942 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Postmodern Genius
171st out of 519 books — 585 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë1984 by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books on Loneliness
142nd out of 516 books — 497 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAnimal Farm by George OrwellAll Systems Red by Martha WellsNight by Elie WieselThe Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Popsugar 2025 #8 - A Book Under 250 Pages
51st out of 418 books — 102 voters

Brazen Violations by Jonathan MacphersonAll Good Things Die in L.A. by Anhoni PatelSet the Night on Fire by Mike  DavisL.A. Confidential by James EllroyCity of Quartz by Mike  Davis
Best Books About How Totally Screwed up L.A. Is
16th out of 53 books — 87 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
265th out of 1,230 books — 2,453 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
1444th out of 8,776 books — 6,097 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisTrainspotting by Irvine WelshInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Transgressive Fiction
412th out of 893 books — 973 voters
The Great Alone by Kristin HannahOnce Upon a River by Diane SetterfieldThere Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif ShafakNinth House by Leigh BardugoDemon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
[ATY 2025] Serpentine Element on Cover
43rd out of 289 books — 104 voters

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