Black Wave by Michelle Tea
2017 Tournament of Books
18 books — 53 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,867 books — 7,000 voters

Austerlitz by W.G. SebaldLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeThe Emigrants by W.G. SebaldThe Complete Stories by Franz KafkaThe Marquise of O— and Other Stories by Heinrich von Kleist
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,032 books — 951 voters

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin HoffCandide by VoltaireMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Books That Changed My World
3,253 books — 3,190 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William Golding
Must Read Classics
1,852 books — 4,608 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceRemembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Thickest Books Ever
890 books — 2,494 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,735 voters

2666 by Roberto BolañoAusterlitz by W.G. SebaldGilead by Marilynne Robinson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 21,770 voters