Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,122 books — 1,827 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanStardust by Neil GaimanLife of Pi by Yann MartelCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Modern-Day Fairy Tales
262 books — 310 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoLirael by Garth Nix
Books About Librarians
456 books — 578 voters
The Shining by Stephen  KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHeart-Shaped Box by Joe  HillThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Ghost Stories
1,514 books — 1,977 voters

1984 by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Shining by Stephen  King
Quality Dark Fiction
2,651 books — 3,587 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Gothic Books of All Time
640 books — 3,616 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
537 books — 1,895 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMy Life in France by Julia Child
Books About Paris
724 books — 576 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLes Misérables by Victor HugoMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Classic French Literature
345 books — 263 voters


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