1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFight Club by Chuck PalahniukSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Postmodern cult classics
85 books — 89 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Ulysses by James JoyceIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Style as Text
251 books — 128 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
506 books — 583 voters
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Metafiction
442 books — 576 voters

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfUlysses by James JoyceThe Waste Land by T.S. EliotTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Modernist Literature
189 books — 67 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky1984 by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Philosophical Fiction
303 books — 549 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Books That Make You Go "Hmm"
368 books — 185 voters
The Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Philosophical Literature
1,147 books — 2,741 voters

1984 by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph HellerDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
White Collar Holler
128 books — 96 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleCatch-22 by Joseph HellerCoinman by Pawan MishraRight Ho, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Comic Novels
83 books — 82 voters