The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best of The Feminist Press
10 books — 7 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoTree of Codes by Jonathan Safran FoerCain's Jawbone by E. Powys MathersHorrorstör by Grady Hendrix
Ergodic Literature
60 books — 63 voters

Matrix by Lauren GroffLesbian Nuns by Nancy Manahan
Lesbian nuns in fiction and memoir
30 books — 14 voters
Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories by Lauren GroffDryland by Sara JaffeChlorine by Jade SongWhy We Swim by Bonnie Tsui
Swimming Books
265 books — 167 voters

Sorrowland by Rivers SolomonSt. Juju by Rivers Solomon
Fungal Horror and Gothic
12 books — 10 voters
Junket by Lauren GroffBurnt Sugar by Avni DoshiNevada by Imogen Binnie
Isolated Cactus
17 books — 4 voters

Matrix by Lauren GroffCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuWhite Houses by Amy BloomThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,037 books — 2,660 voters
Every Time We Meet at the Dairy Queen, Your Whole Fucking Fac... by Carlton Mellick IIIEveryone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel by Julian K.  JarboeEveryone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka GalchenSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Titlemania III: Whole-Sentence Titles
1,446 books — 148 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,859 books — 26,127 voters
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollSorrowland by Rivers SolomonSt. Juju by Rivers SolomonFungi by Orrin GreyTell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality by Lindsay Wong
Mushrooms, Toadstools, Fungi
123 books — 46 voters

If Not, Winter by SapphoEntering Sappho by Sarah Dowling
Fiction & Non-Fiction: Sappho
30 books — 7 voters
On Community by Casey PlettThe Art of Libromancy by Josh CookOrdinary Wonder Tales by Emily UrquhartA Visit by Shirley JacksonDucks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
Biblioasis
15 books — 1 voter

Dune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Forever War by Joe Haldeman2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
Space Opera
857 books — 1,112 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books about Books
1,385 books — 1,519 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeGood Omens by Terry PratchettInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Footnotes!
102 books — 75 voters
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best of Cyberpunk
377 books — 1,191 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Gargoyle by Andrew  DavidsonFlowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
Modern Gothic
719 books — 1,375 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Monk by Matthew Gregory LewisCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gothic Books of All Time
613 books — 3,537 voters

The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique RoffeyThe Deep by Rivers SolomonThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian AndersenThe Odyssey by HomerPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Best mermaid books
442 books — 956 voters
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
Solarpunk
130 books — 162 voters

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,019 books — 5,342 voters
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
773 books — 1,297 voters

Robot Dreams by Sara VaronThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiRobot by Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg
Robots, Androids, Gynoids, Cyborgs
354 books — 261 voters
It by Stephen  King
Cosmic Horror That's Not Lovecraft
52 books — 30 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Wicca and other Pagan-based Fiction
539 books — 973 voters
Bunny by Mona AwadThe Magicians by Lev GrossmanWilder Girls by Rory Power
Dark Academia
368 books — 1,499 voters

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Cults and Communes in Fiction
361 books — 159 voters
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Circus/Carnival Books
713 books — 1,086 voters


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