To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,287 books — 17,491 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieTriptych by Karin SlaughterAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieBlindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Best Female Crime/Mystery/Thriller Writers
1,286 books — 728 voters

THE ECHOING GUN by Yasmin ChinoyThe Big Bad by Brad HuestisCrime Scene, A Buck Taylor Novel by Chuck MorganTell No One by Harlan CobenCaught by Harlan Coben
Great crime/thrillers
233 books — 259 voters
Murder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandHidden Pictures by Jason RekulakThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldThose Empty Eyes by Charlie DonleaDeeper Than the Dead by Debra Webb
Ten Best Crime/Mystery/Thrillers
1,223 books — 1,021 voters

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMurder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald
Favourite Crime & Thrillers
2,192 books — 1,653 voters
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,209 books — 1,257 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMurder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandThose Empty Eyes by Charlie DonleaHidden Pictures by Jason RekulakTwenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
1,956 books — 1,389 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime
1,329 books — 1,886 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownRebecca by Daphne du MaurierIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,315 books — 15,564 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 — 1,977 voters

The Shining by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingDracula by Bram StokerPet Sematary by Stephen  King
Best Horror Novels
1,987 books — 5,447 voters


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