On Writing by Stephen  KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Bird by Bird by Anne LamottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Best Books on Writing
801 books — 1,333 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeLittle, Big by John CrowleyLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Endicott's Mythic Fiction List
111 books — 98 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanHer Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Female-Authored Weird Fiction
467 books — 183 voters

Tenth of December by George SaundersInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonBirds of America by Lorrie MooreCivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders
Contemporary Short Story Collections
554 books — 338 voters
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil GaimanFragile Things by Neil GaimanThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna ClarkeThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Best Fantasy Short Story Collections
526 books — 295 voters

Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerDubliners by James JoyceA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Collections of Short Stories
2,910 books — 2,060 voters
The Boy With The Flower That Grew Out Of His Ass by Cyril WongThe Tensorate Series by Neon YangThe Man Who Wore His Wife’s Sarong by Suchen Christine LimA Certain Exposure by Jolene TanThe Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza by Cyril Wong
Queer literature from Singapore
21 books — 3 voters

Closer by Dennis CooperFrisk by Dennis CooperTry by Dennis CooperThe Sluts by Dennis CooperMysterious Skin by Scott Heim
Transgressive Gay Fiction
30 books — 8 voters
Love Beyond Body, Space & Time by Hope NicholsonBlack Light by Kimberly King ParsonsBeyond by Sfé R. MonsterBrave Boy World by Michael TakedaA Portable Shelter by Kirsty Logan
LGBT Short Stories
207 books — 33 voters

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi NagataSister Outsider by Audre LordeIf You Could Be Mine by Sara FarizanZami by Audre LordeUnder the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Books by Lesbians of Colour
227 books — 63 voters


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