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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Girls of Slender Means by Muriel SparkGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Books with 'Girl' in the Title
2,374 books — 278 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellBlack Beauty by Anna SewellAccordion Crimes by Annie ProulxThe Collector Collector by Tibor FischerThe Illumination by Kevin Brockmeier
The Best Books that Follow an Object Through Time
80 books — 76 voters

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Deserve a Higher Rating (Avg Rating < 4)
734 books — 253 voters
Lateral Thinking by Edward de BonoTroubles by J.G. Farrell84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Best Books 1970
210 books — 77 voters

Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George OrwellA Gun for Sale by Graham GreeneIn Dubious Battle by John SteinbeckEyeless in Gaza by Aldous HuxleyPigeon Post by Arthur Ransome
Best Books 1936
116 books — 52 voters
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence SterneThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Unfortunates by B.S. JohnsonThe Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienThe New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Style as Text
251 books — 128 voters

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayHemlock and After by Angus WilsonThe Borrowers by Mary NortonIslands in the Sky by Arthur C. ClarkeThey Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
Best Books 1952
111 books — 52 voters
King by John BergerA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensAn Inspector Calls by J.B. PriestleyA Single Man by Christopher IsherwoodTales of the Night by Peter Høeg
A Single Day
141 books — 104 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel García MárquezGuards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Best Books of 1989
378 books — 227 voters
No Way of Telling by Emma SmithWatership Down by Richard AdamsRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyThe Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman by Angela Carter
Best Books 1972
234 books — 68 voters

Creation by Peter ConradAll in the Mind by Ludovic KennedyThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe Young Atheist's Handbook by Alom ShahaGod Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
God
1,147 books — 117 voters
A Seventh Man by John BergerThe Ascent of Man by Jacob BronowskiThe History Man by Malcolm BradburyHigh-Rise by J.G. BallardDanny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
Best Books 1975
255 books — 69 voters

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin by David NobbsThe Human Factor by Graham GreeneWilt by Tom SharpeThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsChristopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood
Best Books 1976
279 books — 65 voters
A Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Naked Ape by Desmond MorrisZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigHiroshima by John Hersey
Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Best Non-Fiction Books
100 books — 180 voters

The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian AndersenMary Poppins by P.L. TraversA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Candidates for the Celebrity Death Match Review Elimination Tournament
229 books — 103 voters
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareMorality Play by Barry UnsworthThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Sea, the Sea by Iris MurdochAn Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge
Thespians
159 books — 46 voters

Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma by Kerry HudsonDeath in Venice by Thomas MannThe End of the Affair by Graham GreeneDance On My Grave by Aidan ChambersHow I Killed Margaret Thatcher by Anthony Cartwright
Thanks for the Tip: Spoileriffic Titles
111 books — 89 voters
Lionel Asbo by Martin AmisNarcopolis by Jeet ThayilThe Book of Memory by Petina Gappah
2012: The Runners and Riders
31 books — 31 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleDark As the Grave Wherein My Friend Is Laid by Malcolm Lowry
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,926 books — 2,059 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Goodreads 100—Fiction
100 books — 73 voters

Logan's Run by William F. NolanThe Ministry of Fear by Graham GreeneThe 39 Steps by John BuchanThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick NessThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
On the Run
282 books — 91 voters
Chinaman by Shehan KarunatilakaReef by Romesh GunesekeraThe Fountains Of Paradise by Arthur C. ClarkeFunny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai
Sri Lankan English Fiction
106 books — 119 voters

Portraits by Derren BrownHidden Faces by Salvador DalíThe Gun Seller by Hugh LaurieAnita and Me by Meera SyalLife Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee by Meera Syal
Doubly Gifted
269 books — 35 voters
Billy Liar by Keith WaterhouseTwenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky by Patrick HamiltonSaturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan SillitoeSkin Lane by Neil BartlettBrighton Rock by Graham Greene
Best Novels Set in 20th-century Britain
397 books — 213 voters

Dance on My Grave by Aidan ChambersThe Ghost Road by Pat BarkerDark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid by Malcolm LowryThe Ghost in the Machine by Arthur KoestlerGhostwritten by David Mitchell
Spectral Titles
341 books — 56 voters
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe World According to Garp by John Irving
Over 500 pages
434 books — 108 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav HašekMASH by Richard HookerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Absurdity of War
124 books — 52 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonThe Revenge of Gaia by James E. Lovelock
The Guardian's Top 100 Non-Fiction Books
102 books — 71 voters

On the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Midwich Cuckoos by John WyndhamRoom at the Top by John BraineThe Comforters by Muriel Spark4 by Agatha Christie
Best Books 1957
147 books — 39 voters
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigPorterhouse Blue by Tom SharpeThe Abbess of Crewe by Muriel SparkThe Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich BöllThe Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge
Best Books 1974
194 books — 56 voters