The Shining by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingPet Sematary by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingThe Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Scariest books of all time
639 books — 732 voters
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangHouston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr.All Systems Red by Martha WellsThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarAsimov's Science Fiction, October/November 2011 by Sheila Williams
Nebula Award: Best Novella
53 books — 21 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
2,070 books — 4,531 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainCandide by VoltaireLa vida de Lazarillo de Tormes by Lazarillo de TormesGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
Best Picaresque Novels
127 books — 75 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisThe Blue Sword by Robin McKinleyThrone of the Crescent Moon by Saladin AhmedCastle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
Desert Fantasy
167 books — 174 voters