The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
Best Irish Literature
632 books — 720 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieIn Cold Blood by Truman CapotePresumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,317 books — 15,598 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,507 books — 8,005 voters
The Audacity of Hope by Barack ObamaEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertLiving History by Hillary Rodham ClintonA Million Little Pieces by James FreyA New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,991 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLord of the Flies by William GoldingChild of God by Cormac McCarthy
Darkest Books of All Time
1,302 books — 1,717 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonZombie by Joyce Carol OatesPop. 1280 by Jim Thompson
I Like Serial Killers
1,016 books — 1,544 voters

The Shining by Stephen  KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonRosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Best Horror Novels
2,085 books — 5,452 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisInfected by Scott SiglerTitus Andronicus by William ShakespeareThe Ruins by Scott        Smith
The Goriest Books Ever
408 books — 626 voters

Now They Call Me Infidel by Nonie DarwishCruel and Usual Punishment by Nonie Darwish
Best Books About Islam & Muslims
722 books — 725 voters
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Books with Unreliable Narrators
500 books — 488 voters

Henry V by William ShakespeareBartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleThe Odyssey by HomerOur Town by Thornton WilderA Rose for Emily and Other Stories by William Faulkner
Best Books Ever
76,449 books — 284,406 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Spider by Patrick McGrathThe Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabeThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Unique Narrators
399 books — 346 voters