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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
168 books — 163 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
441 books — 755 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
713 books — 1,438 voters
Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley
Best Horse Books
609 books — 367 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Top Dog Reads
655 books — 669 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 — 683 voters
Lord of Misrule by Jaimy GordonHorse Heaven by Jane SmileyWounded by Percival Everett
Horse Books/Novels
1,547 books — 712 voters

God's Country by Percival EverettWounded by Percival Everett
Best Westerns
1,371 books — 1,492 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
1,500 books — 1,212 voters

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
Best Medieval Literature
164 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 — 416 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Pirates!
653 books — 782 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
431 books — 480 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
343 books — 233 voters
Middlemarch by George EliotPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane Austen
Kick-ass Women in Nineteenth Century Novels
77 books — 84 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
1,038 books — 604 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
1,242 books — 3,896 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
7,285 books — 15,425 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
217 books — 176 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
731 books — 1,890 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
3,140 books — 3,671 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
3,691 books — 25,898 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,180 books — 1,506 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
1,632 books — 6,785 voters

Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
The Best of Gay Romance
3,540 books — 3,351 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?
3,825 books — 10,280 voters