The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Sun Down Motel by Simone St. JamesIf It Bleeds by Stephen  King
Best Dark Fiction of 2020
165 books — 353 voters

Factfulness by Hans RoslingThe Splendid and the Vile by Erik LarsonNinth House by Leigh BardugoThe Alice Network by Kate QuinnKillers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
2021 Book Club Contenders
42 books — 13 voters
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. MaasThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne CollinsThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabChain of Gold by Cassandra ClareBlood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin
Can't Wait Books of 2020
1,118 books — 2,483 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyThe Martian by Andy WeirDaemon by Leinad Zeraus
Best Technothrillers Ever
700 books — 1,005 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisHaunted by Chuck PalahniukThe Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumOff Season by Jack KetchumExquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
The Goriest Books Ever
409 books — 627 voters

1984 by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shining by Stephen  KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Quality Dark Fiction
2,513 books — 3,232 voters
Finders Keepers by Stephen  KingA Head Full of Ghosts by Paul TremblayThe Library at Mount Char by Scott  HawkinsThe Deep by Nick CutterThe Devil's Only Friend by Dan Wells
2015 Horror Novels
47 books — 106 voters

NOS4A2 by Joe HillHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiBird Box by Josh MalermanWorld War Z by Max BrooksHeart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
486 books — 1,248 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,765 books — 26,019 voters

1984 by George OrwellAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLord of the Flies by William Golding
Darkest Books of All Time
1,302 books — 1,718 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
175 books — 96 voters


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