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Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughNW by Zadie Smith
Social mobility
20 books — 20 voters
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Chemistry of Tears by Peter CareyNW by Zadie Smith
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2012
151 books — 269 voters

Underworld by Don DeLilloMao II by Don DeLilloLibra by Don DeLilloWhite Noise by Don DeLilloThe Body Artist by Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo ranked
18 books — 78 voters
On Beauty by Zadie SmithMother's Milk by Edward St. AubynIllywhacker by Peter CareyNumber9Dream by David MitchellTime's Arrow by Martin Amis
Man Booker Shortlist
272 books — 79 voters

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelNW by Zadie SmithHHhH by Laurent Binet
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2012 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 505 voters
End Zone by Don DeLilloTransparent Things by Vladimir NabokovA Month of Sundays by John UpdikeThe Sea, the Sea by Iris MurdochThe Eye of the Storm by Patrick White
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,936 books — 1,870 voters

The Waves by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfIn Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
Great Stream of Consciousness Novels
145 books — 193 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers2666 by Roberto BolañoThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Guardian: The Books of the Decade (2000s)
52 books — 18 voters

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell2666 by Roberto BolañoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Waves by Virginia WoolfThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Non-American books that every American should read
695 books — 494 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeBring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Best Historical Fiction
7,261 books — 25,409 voters

Shakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareUnderworld by Don DeLilloThe Waves by Virginia WoolfWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,224 books — 118,035 voters
The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoTrieste by Daša DrndićThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Reading Italy
443 books — 234 voters

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaNight Train by Martin AmisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Best Transgressive Fiction
866 books — 968 voters
HHhH by Laurent BinetA Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride
Best New Author Books
1,425 books — 1,699 voters

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
765 books — 3,239 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellLittle Brother by Cory Doctorow
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,154 books — 8,891 voters

The Tax Inspector by Peter CareyCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
A right good read
55 books — 7 voters
Schindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyThe Tax Inspector by Peter Carey
Books That Make You Think
130 books — 98 voters

The Chemistry of Tears by Peter CareyBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelNW by Zadie Smith
TO DIE FOR 2012 - 2013 STAND-ALONES
609 books — 3,031 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Contemporary British Novels
504 books — 429 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyCloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersGhostwritten by David Mitchell
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,363 voters
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Best Books of 2008
1,632 books — 6,783 voters

A Life in Secrets by Sarah HelmMoondrop to Gascony by Anne-Marie Walters
World War II Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once
344 books — 252 voters
A Life in Secrets by Sarah HelmFirst Light by Geoffrey WellumMoondrop to Gascony by Anne-Marie Walters
WWII: Recommended non-fiction
54 books — 24 voters

A Life in Secrets by Sarah HelmSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
941 books — 728 voters
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter CareyBliss by Peter CareyThe Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
The Miles Franklin Literary Award
95 books — 47 voters

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Worst Books of All Time
8,178 books — 19,864 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLord of the Flies by William GoldingWhite Noise by Don DeLilloFreedom by Jonathan Franzen
The Best Books for a Book Club
650 books — 446 voters

The Waves by Virginia WoolfThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyUnderworld by Don DeLilloThe Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
74,930 books — 277,874 voters
Underworld by Don DeLillo2666 by Roberto BolañoInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
248 books — 566 voters