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
714 books — 1,361 voters

A Haunting at Hawthorn by Gail Grant ParkThe Body in Brú na Bóinne by Gail Grant ParkWe Are Shadows by Gail Grant ParkBorn at Midnight by C.C. HunterDarkest Powers Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong
Ghosts
199 books — 63 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
BBC Top 200 Books
201 books — 115 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
BBC The Big Read - Top 100 Books
90 books — 1 voter

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,309 books — 4,554 voters