The Woman in Black by Susan         HillThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersThe Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. JamesThis House Is Haunted by John Boyne
Historical Ghost Fiction
238 books — 354 voters

Grass by Sheri S. TepperOn Destiny by Aileen ErinThe Rookie by Scott SiglerLight Bringer by Pierce BrownThe Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,090 books — 2,213 voters
North and South by Elizabeth GaskellWives and Daughters by Elizabeth GaskellLady Susan / The Watsons / Sanditon by Jane AustenEvelina by Frances BurneyThe Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
More Jane for the Austen Purist
149 books — 138 voters

The Lean Startup by Eric RiesClean Code by Robert C. MartinThe Pragmatic Programmer by Andy   HuntThe Phoenix Project by Gene KimRefactoring by Martin Fowler
Top 100 Agile Books
134 books — 85 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction
531 books — 726 voters

World War Z by Max BrooksThe Zombie Survival Guide by Max BrooksThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanFeed by Mira GrantPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Zombies!
1,673 books — 4,325 voters
The Stand by Stephen  KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonThe Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Apocalypse by Epidemic
261 books — 298 voters

Mrs. Mike by Benedict FreedmanGreen Darkness by Anya SetonThe Winthrop Woman by Anya SetonThe Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra DallasDésirée by Annemarie Selinko
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,288 books — 1,261 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrAtonement by Ian McEwan
World War II Fiction
1,393 books — 2,024 voters

Bronxland by Paul ThalerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
best historical coming-of-age books
53 books — 49 voters
The Histories by HerodotusA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
History as Literature
732 books — 536 voters