The Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,730 books — 25,951 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoCold Mountain by Charles FrazierThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasI, Claudius by Robert GravesOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Historical Fiction
7,317 books — 25,516 voters

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingThe Shining by Stephen        King
Best Gothic Books of All Time
572 books — 3,492 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books Ever
75,777 books — 281,607 voters