Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Hat Trick Murders by John A. MacEachernThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John Le Carré
Literary thrillers
154 books — 93 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
True Crime--Well Written
388 books — 388 voters
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror by H.P. LovecraftBlindsight by Peter WattsTales of the Cthulhu Mythos by Jim TurnerNecronomicon by H.P. LovecraftThe Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft
Dark Science Fiction
174 books — 95 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickSix Frigates by Ian W. TollOver the Edge of the World by Laurence BergreenLongitude by Dava SobelCaptain Kidd by Samuel Marquis
Age of Sail Nonfiction
353 books — 89 voters

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth WareMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieGhost Story by Peter StraubThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyThe Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne
Snowbound/Snow Storms
124 books — 18 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEndurance by Alfred LansingInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best True Survival Stories
417 books — 541 voters