Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,294 books — 11,646 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxTwelve Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupImmensee by Theodor Storm
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
281 books — 390 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Horror Novels
2,122 books — 5,516 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnContact by Carl SaganLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,270 books — 2,435 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
825 books — 1,151 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,201 books — 1,517 voters

The Stand by Stephen  KingThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceShōgun by James Clavell
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,889 voters
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,440 books — 1,777 voters

A Woman in Berlin by AnonymousBerlin at War by Roger Moorhouse
Berlin
316 books — 187 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWorld Without End by Ken FollettEye of the Needle by Ken FollettIreland by Frank Delaney
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,412 books — 1,693 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Most Influential Books
1,496 books — 5,301 voters

The Stand by Stephen  KingInsomnia by Stephen  KingChristine by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Gunslinger by Stephen  King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,889 voters
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Favorite Books That Were Once Banned
63 books — 23 voters

The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Best Books About Tudor England
637 books — 1,661 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryShōgun by James ClavellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books Ever
78,505 books — 292,556 voters