Water for Elephants by Sara GruenHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Light but not (too) dumb
845 books — 838 voters
Soulless by Gail CarrigerLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldBoneshaker by Cherie PriestPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Steampunk Books
1,247 books — 4,097 voters

The Shining by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingThe Stand by Stephen  KingDracula by Bram Stoker’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  King
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,368 books — 1,975 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,502 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,301 voters
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieChocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,154 books — 2,468 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Dystopia!
1,219 books — 2,753 voters
Maldoror and the Complete Works by Comte de LautréamontNadja by André BretonThe Hearing Trumpet by Leonora CarringtonIlluminations by Arthur RimbaudThe Seventh Horse and Other Tales by Leonora Carrington
Best Surrealist or Dadaist Books
126 books — 104 voters