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The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell
A Year in the Life
195 books — 314 voters
Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serraillier
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,795 books — 10,240 voters

Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore
Great Short Novels
114 books — 44 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsGone Girl by Gillian FlynnTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
2015: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2015
6,238 books — 1,531 voters

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny OffillAnimal Farm by George OrwellWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidHeartburn by Nora Ephron
46 Brilliant Short Novels You Can Read In A Day
50 books — 47 voters
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,404 books — 2,273 voters

Soldados de Salamina by Javier Cercas
Spain
513 books — 243 voters
Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas
Novels Inspired by the Spanish Civil War
86 books — 136 voters

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonCandide by VoltaireLife With Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseLucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Best Humorous Books
4,285 books — 7,883 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,738 voters