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The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroSeverance by Ling Ma
Best Books Written by BIPOC Authors
306 books — 66 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,781 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Books to Read On a Rainy Day
772 books — 461 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Cult Classics
1,576 books — 2,165 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong KingstonThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Asian-American Books
546 books — 330 voters
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Best Ecological Horror novels
35 books — 18 voters

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongMisery by Stephen KingIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Dua Lipa's Books
103 books — 29 voters
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Black Girls Write!
248 books — 83 voters

The Vegetarian by Han KangMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaAudition by Ryū MurakamiRing by Kōji SuzukiCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Foreign Horror
29 books — 17 voters
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Spooktober Readathon books
106 books — 5 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelDracula by Bram Stoker
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,102 books — 1,015 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDracula by Bram StokerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Odyssey by HomerLord of the Flies by William Golding
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,224 books — 11,485 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
100 Books to Read Before You Die: The Ultimate List
221 books — 294 voters
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
52 Book Club 2022: #50 A Person Of Color As The Main Character
447 books — 97 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Modern Gothic
725 books — 1,383 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinHarriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,440 books — 1,778 voters

A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Memoirs About Grief
199 books — 200 voters
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Best Books About Grief and Grieving
316 books — 280 voters

A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Best Books About Grief
395 books — 368 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Iliad by Homer
Books You Need to Read to be Considered Well-Read
730 books — 422 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttBunny by Mona Awad
Dark Academia
378 books — 1,514 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootOn Writing by Stephen KingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,337 books — 8,175 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini1984 by George Orwell
Unforgettables
12,344 books — 8,158 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,557 books — 5,960 voters

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
Mysteries/Thrillers By BIPOC Authors
43 books — 20 voters
Sink by Joseph Earl ThomasSilver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-GarciaOur Share of Night by Mariana EnriquezHow to Sell a Haunted House by Grady HendrixI Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
TBR 2023
14 books — 2 voters

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
2021 Horror Releases
170 books — 233 voters
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaHome Before Dark by Riley Sager
Best Dark Fiction of 2020
166 books — 353 voters

Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManusA Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly JacksonGood Girl, Bad Blood by Holly JacksonAs Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
YA Murder Mysteries
108 books — 48 voters
Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,160 books — 2,697 voters


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