The Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,762 books — 25,999 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
7,433 books — 25,613 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
589 books — 3,505 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
76,521 books — 284,612 voters