Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonV. by Thomas PynchonMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonAgainst the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
6th out of 10 books — 261 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
349th out of 9,854 books — 22,189 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
489th out of 7,185 books — 28,365 voters
Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettCity of Glass by Cassandra ClareAn Echo in the Bone by Diana GabaldonBlood Promise by Richelle Mead
Best Books of 2009
146th out of 1,764 books — 6,930 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
140th out of 740 books — 998 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisWhite Oleander by Janet FitchThe Day of the Locust by Nathanael WestThe Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
27th out of 323 books — 290 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
43rd out of 313 books — 115 voters
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyAmerican Tabloid by James EllroyThe Cold Six Thousand by James EllroyBlood's a Rover by James EllroyL.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
The Best in Prose: High Caliber Crime
7th out of 142 books — 67 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonCity of Quartz by Mike Davis
Must reads for Angelenos
3rd out of 24 books — 29 voters
Titanshade by Dan StoutThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe New York Trilogy by Paul AusterThe City & the City by China MiévilleThe Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry
Post-modern Detective Novels
8th out of 47 books — 36 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAngels & Demons by Dan BrownRebecca by Daphne du MaurierA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo
Best Crime & Mystery Books
1285th out of 7,353 books — 15,975 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyJourney to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
FSU /lit/-core Race of 2015
36th out of 100 books — 11 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonV. by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonBleeding Edge by Thomas PynchonMason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon: A Beginner's Guide
7th out of 9 books — 8 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa1984 by George OrwellThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sonemic / Rate Your Music: Favorite Books
213th out of 1,053 books — 182 voters

Brazen Violations by Jonathan MacphersonThe Black Dahlia by James EllroyLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisWhite Jazz by James EllroyAmerican Dream Machine by Matthew Specktor
My favorite books about home (Los Angeles)
10th out of 17 books — 24 voters
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Polymorph by Max NowazTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
3952nd out of 6,116 books — 4,633 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert RankinDead Bitch Army by Andre DuzaBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
There Ought to be a Band
418th out of 2,423 books — 1,102 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
16616th out of 77,183 books — 287,710 voters

AfterTastes and Tales from Russia by Jake DanishevskyInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonMidnight At The Palace by Pam TentThe Albino Album by Chavisa WoodsRotten by John Lydon
Radical Reading for 2013
2nd out of 48 books — 16 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroCloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Goodreads 21st Century Literature Group - Most Important Books of the 21st Century
123rd out of 202 books — 234 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Most Difficult Novels
328th out of 592 books — 2,047 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Detective Fiction
433rd out of 1,206 books — 1,093 voters

City of Ashes by Cassandra ClareHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareCity of Glass by Cassandra ClareMarked by P.C. Cast
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
4861st out of 32,385 books — 69,234 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsUna historia de ayer by Sergio CoboCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
4007th out of 6,485 books — 4,859 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. Ritz
Best Book Titles
5196th out of 11,935 books — 8,242 voters
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph CampbellIsland by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Book Club 2014
11th out of 67 books — 8 voters

Summer of '69 by Todd StrasserThe Drug Users Bible by Dominic Milton TrottFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Road To Purification by Harry WhitewolfThe Drug Users Bible [Extended Edition] by Dominic Milton Trott
Stoner Books
7th out of 69 books — 49 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
209th out of 922 books — 371 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWild by Cheryl StrayedStill Alice by Lisa Genova
87th Academy Awards
8th out of 10 books — 18 voters
The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodStrength in What Remains by Tracy KidderThe Line of Beauty by Alan HollinghurstInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonNazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño
Village Voice 2000s
4th out of 197 books — 4 voters

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