On Writing by Stephen  KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Best Books on Creative Life
509 books — 622 voters
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith HoldenDraw Your Day by Samantha Dion BakerHow to Be an Explorer of the World by Keri SmithKeeping a Nature Journal by Clare Walker LeslieSecrets of a Devon Wood by Jo Brown
Creative journalling
197 books — 21 voters

Harvest Home by Thomas TryonCollected Ghost Stories by M.R. JamesThe White People and Other Weird Stories by Arthur MachenThe Great God Pan by Arthur MachenThe Willows by Algernon Blackwood
Folk Horror
334 books — 158 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiS. by J.J. AbramsThe Unfortunates by B.S. JohnsonThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven  HallIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Ergodic Literature
60 books — 63 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessHoly Bible by AnonymousNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Weirdest Books Ever
1,185 books — 1,192 voters
Sexuality Beyond Consent by Avgi SaketopoulouBonk by Mary RoachThe Red Queen by Matt RidleyThe Joy of Sex by Alex ComfortCome as You Are by Emily Nagoski
The Science & History of Sex
119 books — 10 voters

City of Bones by Cassandra ClareMoon Called by Patricia BriggsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingMagic Bites by Ilona AndrewsVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,425 books — 12,570 voters
Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,217 books — 1,131 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 582 voters
Cloud Atlas by David  MitchellHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoSophie’s World by Jostein GaarderThe Unfortunates by B.S. Johnson
Uniquely Structured Books
105 books — 77 voters


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