Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Odyssey by Homer1984 by George OrwellThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
182 books — 106 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Penguin Classics
595 books — 308 voters

Tagged by Joseph M. ChironIt Lives in The Basement by Sahara FoleyHell House by Richard MathesonThe Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumBooks of Blood by Clive Barker
True Horror
41 books — 66 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerFrankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.] by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Woman in Black by Susan         HillMisery by Stephen  King
Horror: 101
76 books — 81 voters
The Woman in Black by Susan         HillThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersThe Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. JamesThis House Is Haunted by John Boyne
Historical Ghost Fiction
235 books — 352 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonGhost Story by Peter StraubDracula by Bram StokerI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
Literary Horror
198 books — 141 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
589 books — 3,505 voters
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
Of Kings and Queens
452 books — 197 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Wars of the Roses by Alison WeirThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison WeirThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir
British History
786 books — 203 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Republic by PlatoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William ShakespeareCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best books for humanities degree
408 books — 93 voters


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