The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioNinth House by Leigh BardugoBabel by R.F. KuangThe Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Dark Academia
363 books — 1,492 voters
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Critical Thinking
198 books — 136 voters

A Different Kind of Fire by Suanne SchaferGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van Gogh
Books about Art
57 books — 28 voters

1984 by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shining by Stephen  KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Quality Dark Fiction
2,507 books — 3,224 voters
Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeArea X by Jeff VandermeerRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Dreamscapes
109 books — 61 voters