2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Kate (8 Lists)



The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Shining by Stephen KingHell House by Richard MathesonThe Amityville Horror by Jay AnsonThe Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Haunted Houses
610 books — 613 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
585 books — 3,502 voters

The Woman in Black by Susan HillAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanGhost Story by Peter StraubThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónCome Closer by Sara Gran
Best Supernatural books, no romance, no series
174 books — 70 voters
America's First Daughter by Stephanie DrayThe Secret Language of Stones by M.J. RoseThe Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie BenjaminThe Vatican Princess by C.W. GortnerLilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Historical Fiction 2016
340 books — 878 voters

Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail by Lucy JohnstonPatterns of Fashion 1 by Janet ArnoldPatterns of Fashion 2 by Janet ArnoldThe Tudor Tailor by Jane Malcolm-DaviesPatterns of Fashion 3 by Janet Arnold
Historical Fashion Books
199 books — 39 voters
Fingersmith by Sarah WatersPossession by A.S. ByattThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaTipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Best neo-victorian novels
117 books — 206 voters

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberFingersmith by Sarah WatersPossession by A.S. ByattTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain
296 books — 649 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
New England Books
790 books — 388 voters