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Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde1984 by George OrwellNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Literary Fiction
1,537 books — 1,341 voters
The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter
Weirdest Books Ever
1,189 books — 1,184 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,736 voters
The Hours by Michael CunninghamMaurice by E.M. ForsterAt Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'NeillMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gay Fiction
2,638 books — 3,821 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodNaked by David SedarisFingersmith by Sarah Waters
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,362 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsFingersmith by Sarah Waters
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,851 books — 21,776 voters