We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Underdog Literature: 2011
140 books — 29 voters
The Complete Collected Poems by Maya AngelouShake Loose My Skin by Sonia SanchezHomegirls and Handgrenades by Sonia SanchezTeaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire
Favorite Poets of Color
600 books — 199 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Best Feminist Books
2,501 books — 3,507 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Ghost Stories
1,485 books — 1,880 voters
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Haunted Houses
609 books — 612 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Books That Gave Me Nightmares
268 books — 473 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Oulipo,etc.
254 books — 250 voters

Kitchen by Banana YoshimotoThe Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaThe Lake by Banana YoshimotoHardboiled & Hard Luck by Banana Yoshimoto
Literature by Japanese Women
157 books — 151 voters