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2018-12-23 · 69 points · 62 comments · 45 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 4

    The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu

    4 here · 152 all-time · #11 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 53,978 ratings on Amazon
  2. 4

    Infinite Jest

    David Foster Wallace

    4 here · 75 all-time · #44 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,443 ratings on Amazon
  3. 4The Fifth Season

    The Fifth Season

    N. K. Jemisin

    4 here · 11 all-time · #589 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 42,847 ratings on Amazon
  4. 3

    The Stormlight Archive

    Brandon Sanderson

    3 here · 55 all-time · #73 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 93,054 ratings on Amazon
  5. 3Expeditionary Force

    Expeditionary Force

    Craig Alanson

    3 here · 7 all-time · #1002 overall

  6. 2

    East of Eden

    John Steinbeck

    2 here · 36 all-time · #141 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 23,886 ratings on Amazon
  7. 2

    Red Rising

    Pierce Brown

    2 here · 35 all-time · #147 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 111,087 ratings on Amazon
  8. 2

    Children of Time

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    2 here · 34 all-time · #157 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 51,405 ratings on Amazon
  9. 2The First Law

    The First Law

    Joe Abercrombie

    2 here · 18 all-time · #349 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 29,733 ratings on Amazon
  10. 2Broken Earth

    Broken Earth

    N.K. Jemisin

    2 here · 15 all-time · #439 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 42,847 ratings on Amazon
  11. 2The Lies of Locke Lamora

    The Lies of Locke Lamora

    Scott Lynch

    2 here · 14 all-time · #469 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 30,742 ratings on Amazon
  12. 2The Outsider

    The Outsider

    Albert Camus

    2 here · 10 all-time · #654 overall

  13. 1Permutation City

    Permutation City

    Greg Egan

    1 here · 73 all-time · #45 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 2,604 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1

    A Fire Upon the Deep

    Vernor Vinge

    1 here · 47 all-time · #93 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,097 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1

    Catch-22

    Joseph Heller

    1 here · 46 all-time · #96 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 14,669 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1

    Diaspora

    Greg Egan

    1 here · 45 all-time · #101 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 2,393 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1

    Mistborn

    Brandon Sanderson

    1 here · 41 all-time · #119 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 60,557 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1

    A Deepness in the Sky

    Vernor Vinge

    1 here · 41 all-time · #121 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,418 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1

    Stories of Your Life and Others

    Ted Chiang

    1 here · 34 all-time · #154 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 16,602 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1

    The Murderbot Diaries

    Martha Wells

    1 here · 29 all-time · #198 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 69,410 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1

    A Canticle for Leibowitz

    Walter M. Miller Jr.

    1 here · 28 all-time · #205 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,243 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1

    One Hundred Years of Solitude

    Gabriel García Márquez

    1 here · 25 all-time · #231 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 9,706 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1Kafka on the Shore

    Kafka on the Shore

    Haruki Murakami

    1 here · 22 all-time · #270 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 22,113 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1

    Exhalation

    Ted Chiang

    1 here · 21 all-time · #298 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 14,849 ratings on Amazon
  25. 1

    Lolita

    Vladimir Nabokov

    1 here · 20 all-time · #323 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 14,461 ratings on Amazon
  26. 1Norwegian Wood

    Norwegian Wood

    Haruki Murakami

    1 here · 16 all-time · #396 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 23,666 ratings on Amazon
  27. 1Off to Be the Wizard

    Off to Be the Wizard

    Scott Meyer

    1 here · 12 all-time · #519 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 8,733 ratings on Amazon
  28. 1Dubliners

    Dubliners

    James Joyce

    1 here · 8 all-time · #833 overall

  29. 1Power

    Power

    Naomi Alderman

    1 here · 8 all-time · #842 overall

  30. 1My Struggle

    My Struggle

    Karl Ove Knausgård

    1 here · 8 all-time · #868 overall

    Buy on Amazon
  31. 1A Wrinkle in Time

    A Wrinkle in Time

    Madeleine L'Engle

    1 here · 7 all-time · #961 overall

  32. 1The Last Samurai

    The Last Samurai

    Helen DeWitt

    1 here · 7 all-time · #1004 overall

  33. 1Wolf Hall

    Wolf Hall

    Hilary Mantel

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1073 overall

  34. 1Convenience Store Woman

    Convenience Store Woman

    Sayaka Murata

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1254 overall

  35. 1Fates and Furies

    Fates and Furies

    Lauren Groff

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1401 overall

  36. 1Clockwork Rocket

    Clockwork Rocket

    Greg Egan

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1543 overall

  37. 1Chocky

    Chocky

    John Wyndham

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1560 overall

  38. 1Love in the Time of Cholera

    Love in the Time of Cholera

    Gabriel Garcia Marquez

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1645 overall

  39. 1Such Small Hands

    Such Small Hands

    Andres Barba

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1991 overall

  40. 1Trick

    Trick

    Domenico Starnone

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1992 overall

  41. 1Secret History

    Secret History

    Donna Tartt

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1997 overall

  42. 1American War

    American War

    Omar El Akkad

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2159 overall

  43. 1The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O

    The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O

    Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2160 overall

  44. 1Killing Commendatore

    Killing Commendatore

    Haruki Murakami

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2176 overall

  45. 1An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

    An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

    Hank Green

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2485 overall