Fallen by Lauren KateThe Rose Master by Valentina CanoThe Ring of Lost Souls by Rachel TsoumbakosBellman & Black by Diane SetterfieldMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Haunting and Spine-Chilling Covers
347 books — 186 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,300 books — 24,518 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Stand Alone Speculative Fiction
38 books — 57 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Historical Fiction
7,274 books — 25,468 voters

Daughter of the Blood by Anne BishopA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessBorn at Midnight by C.C. Hunter
Best Paranormal Romance Series
1,406 books — 12,621 voters