American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,335 voters
The Madman's Daughter by Megan ShepherdThe Fall by Bethany GriffinTen by Gretchen McNeilJane by April LindnerThis Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
YA Gothic Retellings
89 books — 74 voters

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsAnna Dressed in Blood by Kendare BlakeThe Replacement by Brenna YovanoffPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithA Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
Creepy Book Covers
942 books — 180 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Perfect Daughter by D.J.  PalmerGone Girl by Gillian FlynnBehind Closed Doors by B.A. ParisThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  Harris
Psychological Suspense/Thriller
350 books — 278 voters

Murder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandTwenty Years Later by Charlie DonleaGone Girl by Gillian FlynnDeeper Than the Dead by Debra WebbOn Her Watch by Melinda Leigh
Psychological Thrillers
458 books — 634 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFingersmith by Sarah WatersDracula by Bram Stoker
Great Victorian Mysteries
47 books — 60 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanCoraline by Neil GaimanLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistDracula by Bram StokerNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Not The "Normal" Paranormal
1,158 books — 1,310 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
2,082 books — 4,543 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternStardust by Neil GaimanCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Fairy Tales for Grown Children
323 books — 282 voters
A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam GidwitzThe Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyMy Name Is Rapunzel by K.C. HiltonThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Dark Fairy Tales
176 books — 124 voters

The Shining by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingDracula by Bram StokerPet Sematary by Stephen  King
Best Horror Novels
2,086 books — 5,454 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
588 books — 3,504 voters


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