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King by John BergerBilly Liar by Keith WaterhouseChristie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. JohnsonZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigEmpire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
The Silent Generation Makes Some Noise
228 books — 33 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollGulliver's Travels by Jonathan SwiftHowards End by E.M. Forster
Penguin English Library
135 books — 445 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensRaffles by E.W. HornungThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkA Kestrel For A Knave by Barry HinesFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Popular Penguins
200 books — 102 voters
HHhH by Laurent BinetHow Late It Was, How Late by James KelmanTo Have and Have Not by Ernest HemingwayPaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy DoyleLife Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee by Meera Syal
Repetitive Titles and Titles That Are Repetitive
274 books — 37 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Best Books You Will Never Read... EVER
102 books — 44 voters
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullersThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Oxford American: The Best Southern Novels of All Time
145 books — 91 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Boston Public Library: The 100 Most Influential Books of the 20th Century
102 books — 86 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
The Guardian: The Books of the Decade (2000s)
52 books — 18 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
New York Public Library: 50 Memorable Books From 50 Years (1956 - 2005)
49 books — 21 voters
King by John BergerThe Pigeon by Patrick SüskindPerfume by Patrick SüskindSuper-Cannes by J.G. BallardThe Tenth Man by Graham Greene
Set in France: Fiction
615 books — 150 voters

Genus by Jonathan TrigellThe Carhullan Army by Sarah HallThe Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
Best Dystopian Novels of the Past 25 Years
58 books — 60 voters
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneThe House at Pooh Corner by A.A. MilneThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,133 voters

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin HamidThe Spinning Heart by Donal RyanTransAtlantic by Colum McCannHarvest by Jim CraceThe Childhood of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2013
176 books — 322 voters
The Blackwater Lightship by Colm TóibínThe Lighthouse by Alison MooreFive Go to Demon's Rocks by Enid BlytonThe Black Tower by P.D. JamesThe Lighthouse by P.D. James
Lighthouses
446 books — 152 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerCaptain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de BernièresTrainspotting by Irvine WelshOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Vintage 21
21 books — 28 voters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Short History of a Prince by Jane Hamilton
Novels of the American Midwest
333 books — 157 voters

The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian AndersenThe Owl and the Pussycat by Edward LearLittle Hands Clapping by Dan RhodesBorn Free by Joy AdamsonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Egyptian Hieroglyphical Uniliteral Symbols
222 books — 12 voters
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books by Charles DickensAlice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollHans Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenAesop's Fables by AesopCandide and Other Stories by Voltaire
Oxford World's Classics
257 books — 77 voters

The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat BarkerTwenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky by Patrick HamiltonThe Deptford Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe New York Trilogy by Paul AusterThe Barrytown Trilogy by Roddy Doyle
Trilogies
105 books — 16 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensKing by John BergerBilly Liar by Keith WaterhouseThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkBeing There by Jerzy Kosiński
Great Short Short Books
574 books — 509 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan PoeThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Most influential books under 100 pages
250 books — 926 voters
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. JohnsonWhoops! Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay by John LanchesterCare of Wooden Floors by Will WilesHinterland by Caroline Brothers
What we've read so far in 2012...
5,564 books — 768 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley1984 by George OrwellWatership Down by Richard Adams
Inquest's 100 Books Thou Shalt Read Before You Die
100 books — 22 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTwelve Angry Men by Reginald RoseSchindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
The Atticus Factor
37 books — 13 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingBrighton Rock by Graham GreeneThe End of the Affair by Graham GreeneStrife by John GalsworthyThe Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "G"
848 books — 42 voters
Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua AchebeThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebePortnoy’s Complaint by Philip RothEveryman by Philip RothThe Dying Animal by Philip Roth
Man Booker International Prize Winners
23 books — 16 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSeñor Vivo and the Coca Lord by Louis de BernièresThe Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert BrowningSwann’s Way by Marcel Proust
The Twelve Days of Christmas
388 books — 28 voters
Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. ClarkeBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksSwan Song by Edmund CrispinThe Love Songs of Nathan J. Swirsky by Christopher HopeDeath Scene by Jeremy Beadle
Novels with the word Song in the Title
331 books — 59 voters

The Last Samurai by Helen DeWittJimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris WareThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsThe Strangest Man by Graham FarmeloThe First Lady Chatterley by D.H. Lawrence
The [Superlative] [Noun]
459 books — 36 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Books Set on Islands
1,049 books — 346 voters