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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank BaumThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard PyleAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
The Adventures of...
368 books — 28 voters
The Memory Librarian by Janelle MonáeDark Archives by Megan RosenbloomThe Librarians and the Lost Lamp by Greg CoxThe Librarian and the Orc by Finley FennRevolting Librarians Redux by Katia Roberto
Titles Containing the Word “Librarian”
140 books — 13 voters

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry PinkneyTawny Scrawny Lion by Kathryn JacksonAndy and the Lion by James DaughertyDandelion by Don FreemanPierre by Maurice Sendak
Lion Picture Books and Children's Lit
137 books — 21 voters
Unseen Academicals by Terry PratchettGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanRedshirts by John ScalziCallahan's Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson
Zaphod's Science Fiction & Fantasy - Hilarious List!
79 books — 67 voters

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox FordThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Guardian's 100 greatest novels of all time
106 books — 114 voters
The Complete Peanuts, 1950-1952 by Charles M. SchulzCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonMy Sister Eileen by Ruth McKenneyThe Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles DickensPorgy by DuBose Heyward
Books that Inspired Musicals
100 books — 32 voters

The Agile College by Nathan D GraweThe Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous by Asa Simon Mittman
"Gate"
263 books — 7 voters
Comedy by Robert W. CorriganThe Power of Critical Theory by Stephen D. BrookfieldManifesto for a Post-Critical Pedagogy by Naomi HodgsonOpen at the Margins by Maha BaliEngaging Ideas by John C. Bean
'Critic'
167 books — 5 voters

Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichPlease Kill Me by Legs McNeilWorking by Studs TerkelTalking Jazz by Ben SidranCatching Stories by Donna M. DeBlasio
Best Oral Histories
115 books — 15 voters
Practice for Life by Lee J. CubaPractical Demonkeeping [Demon Keeping] by Christopher MooreRadical Presence by Mary Rose O'ReilleyTeaching to Transgress by Bell HooksNightWatch by Terence Dickinson
Practics
208 books — 5 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.I Love Myself When I Am Laughing And Then Again When I Am Loo... by Zora Neale HurstonThe Foxfire Book of Simple Living by Foxfire Fund IncIt Only Hurts When I Laugh by Stan Freberg
Laughing Ladies In Half
250 books — 6 voters
Appalachian Elegy by Bell HooksAppalachian Reckoning by Anthony HarkinsBlack Bone by Bianca Lynne SpriggsThe Affrilachian Sonnets by Frank X. WalkerAffrilachian Tales by Lyn Ford
Appalachian Stories
60 books — 4 voters

THE GOLDEN TURKEY AWARDS; NOMINEES AND WINNERS - THE WORST AC... by Harry MedvedThe Worst Noel by Cynthia KaplanThe Extra 2% by Jonah KeriThe Worst Day of Your Life by Edward Packard
"Worst"
127 books — 6 voters
The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna LewisMain Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste by Lester Bangs
Everything about Taste
30 books — 4 voters

The Hearse You Came in on by Tim CockeyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussBored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon
Titlemania I: Puns in Titles
444 books — 106 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneNeuromancer by William Gibson
Books with ratings from 200,000 to 500,000
917 books — 146 voters

The Last Human Heart by Allison JosephEngraved by Anna George MeekLife on Mars by Tracy K. SmithActs of Contortion by Anna George MeekPostcard Poems by Jeanne Griggs
Poetry by Women
443 books — 177 voters
Take Time for Paradise by A. Bartlett GiamattiDave Barry's Book of Bad Songs by Dave BarryUnseen Academicals by Terry PratchettRadical Presence by Mary Rose O'ReilleyThe Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
Favorite Books You Recommend
6,775 books — 1,347 voters

Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends by Penn Jillette
Best Books with "Trick" in the Title
101 books — 13 voters
J. D. Vance Is a Fake Hillbilly by Frank Kilgore
"Fake"
133 books — 14 voters

The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanEngraved by Anna George MeekThe Graves Are Walking by John Kelly
They Dig Their Own "Graves" And Hop Right In
353 books — 9 voters
We Don't Know Ourselves by Fintan O'TooleWhen McKinsey Comes to Town by Walt BogdanichThe Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth AlexanderSuper-Infinite by Katherine RundellThe Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2022
100 books — 41 voters

Half Magic by Edward EagerSeven-Day Magic by Edward Eager
[Quality] Magic
387 books — 25 voters
Lirael by Garth NixThe Rival Queens by Nancy Goldstone
Wives, Daughters & Apprentices
584 books — 61 voters

Till We Have Faces by C.S. LewisNorse Mythology by Neil GaimanA Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend and Folklore by Lady Gregory
Myths and Legends Retold (or Told Particularly Well)
21 books — 6 voters
The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyThe Monuments Men by Robert M. EdselWhat Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel PoolAbraham Lincoln by Seth Grahame-SmithThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Best Books with "Hunt" in the Title
386 books — 15 voters

The Crazy Years by Spider RobinsonIt Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason FriedYou'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber RuffinAliens Ate My Trousers by Hunt Emerson
"Crazy"
157 books — 8 voters
Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age by Frederick M. Hess
Achieve Constant "Breakthroughs" Forever, Instantly
107 books — 3 voters

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene ZionThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana ZuboffThe Art of Changing the Brain by James E. ZullThe Future of the Internet and How to Stop It by Jonathan L. ZittrainA Square Meal by Jane Ziegelman
Authors Starting With "Z"
272 books — 37 voters
The Days Are Just Packed by Bill WattersonJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonI'm Just Here for the Food by Alton BrownI'm Just Here for More Food by Alton BrownJust Kids by Patti Smith
Best Books with "Just" in the Title
364 books — 16 voters