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Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,268 books — 794 voters
Fear and Loathing by Hunter S. ThompsonFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
The Best of Hunter S. Thompson
10 books — 25 voters

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,362 voters
Dreams from My Father by Barack ObamaA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,466 books — 16,032 voters

Naked by David SedarisMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartAssassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Best Humorous Books
4,285 books — 7,883 voters
Human, All Too Human by Friedrich NietzscheThe Gay Science by Friedrich NietzscheDaybreak by Friedrich NietzscheTwilight of the Idols/The Antichrist by Friedrich NietzscheOn the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
552 books — 247 voters

Beyond Theology by Alan W. WattsThe Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Flight of the Wild Gander by Joseph CampbellMeeting Jesus Again for the First Time by Marcus J. BorgEssays and Lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Different Takes on Religion & Spirituality
1,374 books — 1,108 voters
Tao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Upanishads by Anonymous
Best Holy Books
268 books — 530 voters

Batman by Frank MillerBatman by Frank MillerDaredevil by Frank MillerSwamp Thing, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,008 voters
The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols, and Other ... by Friedrich NietzscheSuperstition In All Ages by Jean MeslierThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Notable Atheist Books
540 books — 934 voters

Misery by Stephen KingThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingThe Long Walk by Richard BachmanThe Stand by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
176 books — 3,862 voters
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonThe Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
Thickest Books Ever
890 books — 2,494 voters

1984 by George OrwellWhat Uncle Sam Really Wants by Noam Chomsky
This Is the End...
997 books — 1,587 voters
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLes Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Epistolary Fiction
850 books — 821 voters

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
510 books — 2,273 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireThe Complete Essays by Michel de MontaigneMaxims by François de La RochefoucauldThe Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus
Best French Literature
870 books — 1,548 voters

Batman by Frank MillerWatchmen by Alan MooreBatman by Frank MillerDaredevil Visionaries by Frank MillerV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,433 books — 6,754 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Waste Lands by Stephen KingThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters

Notes from Underground & The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,403 books — 8,328 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,110 voters

The Invaders Plan by L. Ron HubbardMind Siege by Tim LaHayeThe Heart of Mid-Lothian by Walter Scott
The Worst Books of All Time
8,178 books — 19,863 voters
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,104 books — 25,561 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,651 books — 25,853 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Gay Science by Friedrich NietzscheLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
Best Books Ever
74,790 books — 277,640 voters