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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Deferred Gratification: 2011's Most Eagerly Awaited New Books
126 books — 378 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Libros en Español
727 books — 650 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy1984 by George OrwellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,653 books — 25,867 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,295 books — 4,444 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Latin American Fiction
868 books — 1,152 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,106 books — 25,574 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Dystopia!
1,212 books — 2,756 voters
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Best Books of 2010
1,578 books — 2,474 voters

The Passage by Justin Cronin
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,232 books — 10,140 voters
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best of Cyberpunk
359 books — 1,165 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Times Online 100 Best Books of the Decade (2000-2009)
100 books — 283 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 118 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,976 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,362 voters

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,982 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,062 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,851 books — 21,776 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,251 books — 24,497 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 952 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
World Fantasy Award Winners
57 books — 272 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Fantasy Books
1,726 books — 1,476 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Great Debut Novels
1,567 books — 1,462 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite World Fiction & Literature
733 books — 435 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph HellerHamlet by William ShakespeareAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Must Read Classics
1,851 books — 4,608 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books Ever
74,891 books — 277,725 voters
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,381 books — 12,470 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,736 voters