Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Heidi Ward (39 Lists)



The Monkey's Paw by W.W. JacobsThe Willows by Algernon BlackwoodThe Call of Cthulhu by H.P. LovecraftThe King in Yellow by Robert W. ChambersThe Three Impostors by Arthur Machen
The Best Horror Stories of All Time
172 books — 28 voters
Ancillary Justice by Ann LeckieAncillary Sword by Ann LeckieThe Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. CareyAgent to the Stars by John Scalzi
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,236 books — 9,186 voters

The Last Werewolf by Glen DuncanFool Moon by Jim Butcher
Werewolf Books That Are Not Found In The Romance Genre
358 books — 277 voters
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Haunted Houses
614 books — 617 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Winter Ghosts by Kate MosseGhost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce by Ambrose Bierce
Best Supernatural books, no romance, no series
174 books — 70 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Children of Men by P.D. JamesNeuromancer by William Gibson
Dystopia!
1,252 books — 2,832 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson20th Century Ghosts by Joe HillThe Croning by Laird BarronThe Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. LovecraftThe Shining by Stephen King
The Horror Aficionados Best Books
310 books — 88 voters
The Accursed by Joyce Carol OatesDoctor Sleep by Stephen King
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
105 books — 819 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinAlice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass by Lewis CarrollFuries of Calderon by Jim ButcherThe Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin
Great Fantasy Reads
406 books — 623 voters
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Best Western Horror Novels
73 books — 53 voters

20th Century Ghosts by Joe HillThe Best of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. LovecraftThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonDracula by Bram StokerThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz
618 books — 504 voters
20th Century Ghosts by Joe HillThe Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird BarronHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiNOS4A2 by Joe HillThe Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
509 books — 1,507 voters

The Mourning House by Ronald MalfiClockwork Dolls by William Meikle
DarkFuse Novella Ranking
43 books — 31 voters
The River of No Return by Bee RidgwayThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOutlander by Diana Gabaldon11/22/63 by Stephen KingA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,273 books — 5,582 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeLittle, Big by John CrowleyThe Stolen Child by Keith DonohueThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Endicott's Mythic Fiction List
113 books — 109 voters
The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe
Crystal Balls on the Cover
75 books — 21 voters

Under the Dome by Stephen KingSong of Kali by Dan SimmonsRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft
THE BEST HORROR NOVELS LIST
383 books — 252 voters
Quicksilver by Neal StephensonPossession by A.S. ByattFingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakDoc by Mary Doria Russell
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,768 books — 3,433 voters

The Croning by Laird BarronAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanSong of Kali by Dan SimmonsThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonOccultation and Other Stories by Laird Barron
Quality Dark Fiction
2,794 books — 4,200 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Shining by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,399 books — 2,046 voters

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonDracula by Bram StokerThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinBooks of Blood by Clive Barker
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,630 books — 1,660 voters
Harvest Home by Thomas TryonLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistThe House Next Door by Anne Rivers SiddonsSong of Kali by Dan SimmonsFalling Angel by William Hjortsberg
Best Horror Novels
2,147 books — 5,868 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternPossession by A.S. ByattBlackbirds by Chuck WendigMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Scar by China Miéville
best book covers
560 books — 121 voters
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror
812 books — 417 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,816 books — 22,876 voters
Lamb by Christopher MooreGood Omens by Terry PratchettA Dirty Job by Christopher MooreThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Books that Make you Laugh
3,579 books — 5,145 voters

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. YeatsMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,896 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboNight by Elie WieselThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,236 books — 4,034 voters

Anno Dracula by Kim NewmanAlive in Necropolis by Doug Dorst
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,268 books — 791 voters
A Dirty Job by Christopher MooreThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakDeath by George Pendle
Death Gods and Reaper Protagonists
256 books — 319 voters


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