The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy
2024 Gothic
79 books — 60 voters

Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
Best Books of 2024
884 books — 948 voters
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Best Books of 2023
1,244 books — 1,863 voters

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithThe Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert RankinCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi BarrettThe Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn MacklerStop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank by Celia Rivenbark
Best Book Titles
12,185 books — 8,604 voters
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel CañasThe Only One Left by Riley SagerThe London Séance Society by Sarah Penner
2023 Gothic
100 books — 69 voters

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Original Stories . . . a Breath of Fresh Air
12,245 books — 12,566 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best Female Main Character Novels
213 books — 131 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Most Influential Books
1,496 books — 5,302 voters

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,264 books — 8,155 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsThe Blind by A.F. BradyThe Rainbow by D.H. LawrenceThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Worst Book You've Ever Read
322 books — 97 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanSmall Gods by Terry PratchettLamb by Christopher MooreCirce by Madeline Miller
Books with Angels, Gods, or Demons
2,356 books — 3,448 voters

Storm Front by Jim  Butcher
Set in Chicago: Fiction
134 books — 65 voters

Seed by Ania AhlbornFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Female Horror Authors
70 books — 26 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneThe Shack by William Paul YoungOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,011 books — 2,625 voters

Coraline by Neil GaimanLord of the Flies by William GoldingI Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois DuncanAre You in the House Alone? by Richard Peck
Best Teen Horror/Suspense/Thriller
958 books — 1,576 voters
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Lodestar 2019 Eligible YA Works
34 books — 62 voters

Circe by Madeline Miller
Hugo 2019 Eligible Novels
126 books — 424 voters



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