Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
One Million Ratings!
242 books — 1,075 voters
The Selection by Kiera CassClockwork Princess by Cassandra ClareEntwined by Heather Dixon WallworkEverneath by Brodi AshtonFallen by Lauren Kate
Best Girl in a Dress Cover of 2012
460 books — 1,746 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsDracula by Bram StokerAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Victorian Asylums
54 books — 69 voters
Asylum by Madeleine RouxSanctum by Madeleine RouxThe Scarlets by Madeleine RouxProject 17 by Laurie Faria StolarzThe Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki
Haunted Hospitals
47 books — 64 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Modern Gothic
721 books — 1,372 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternWater for Elephants by Sara GruenSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyGeek Love by Katherine DunnCaraval by Stephanie Garber
Circus/Carnival Books
714 books — 1,088 voters

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda    WilliamsRoom on the Broom by Julia DonaldsonThe Hallo-Wiener by Dav PilkeyScary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin SchwartzThe Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan Berenstain
Best Halloween Picture Books
762 books — 599 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Wars of the Roses by Alison WeirThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison WeirThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir
British History
787 books — 203 voters

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Interesting Books of 2013
308 books — 929 voters