The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinCamp Concentration by Thomas M. DischBitch Planet, Vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnickBitch Planet, Vol. 2 by Kelly Sue DeConnickPenal Colony by Richard Herley
Future Prisons
36 books — 3 voters

Embassytown by China MiévilleSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Non-Humanoid Aliens
76 books — 46 voters
Lost Souls by Poppy Z. BriteMoonheart by Charles de LintDamage by Josephine HartFitcher's Brides by Gregory FrostSeverance Package by Duane Swierczynski
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,389 books — 10,361 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterBrown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
Best Feminist Science Fiction/Fantasy
698 books — 626 voters
Snow White, Blood Red by Ellen DatlowFitcher's Brides by Gregory FrostThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterRed as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer by Tanith LeeThe Armless Maiden by Terri Windling
Fairy Tales for Grown Children
323 books — 282 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieGone Girl by Gillian FlynnAtonement by Ian McEwanEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardCrooked House by Agatha Christie
Best Plot Twist
408 books — 651 voters

Sadie When She Died by Ed McBainGorky Park by Martin Cruz SmithThe Blessing Way by Tony HillermanIn the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead by James Lee BurkeRed Dragon by Thomas  Harris
Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction
1,078 books — 824 voters
The Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumTestament by David MorrellBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyExquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. BriteThe Collector by John Fowles
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,341 voters

Threshold by Caitlín R. KiernanBooks of Blood by Clive BarkerThe Woman in Black by Susan         HillThe Barrens and Others by F. Paul WilsonThe Keep by F. Paul Wilson
Bring on the Creepy!
696 books — 468 voters
Battle Royale by Koushun TakamiThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen  KingDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of 1999
519 books — 263 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Crow by James O'BarrV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreHellblazer by Garth EnnisA History of Violence by John Wagner
Best Graphic Novels Made Into Movies
37 books — 45 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréOur Man in Havana by Graham GreeneSmiley's People by John le CarréThe Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Espionage
990 books — 1,025 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,653 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleGorky Park by Martin Cruz SmithThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Detective Fiction
1,189 books — 1,084 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieGaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,209 books — 1,256 voters
Boy's Life by Robert McCammonGone South by Robert McCammonMine by Robert McCammonSpeaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammonThe Queen of Bedlam by Robert McCammon
Best of Robert McCammon
31 books — 77 voters

Trauma by Graham MastertonA Terrible Beauty by Graham MastertonSpirit by Graham MastertonThe Chosen Child by Graham MastertonUnspeakable by Graham Masterton
Graham Masterton's Best
79 books — 49 voters
’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingThe Hellbound Heart by Clive BarkerPet Sematary by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  King
Best Modern Horror Novels
322 books — 254 voters

30 Days of Night by Steve NilesFrom Hell by Alan             MooreHellblazer by Jamie DelanoRoots of the Swamp Thing by Len WeinSwamp Thing, Vol. 1 by Alan             Moore
Best Horror Comics/Graphic Novels!
657 books — 439 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterTill We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Myth and Folktale Retellings
629 books — 583 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Darkest Books of All Time
1,302 books — 1,718 voters
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanNight Shift by Stephen  KingGhost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce by Ambrose BierceSkeleton Crew by Stephen  KingFour Past Midnight by Stephen  King
Most Terrifying Short Stories
375 books — 493 voters

Tales of the City by Armistead MaupinFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersMaurice by E.M. Forster
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,773 books — 2,171 voters
Swordspoint by Ellen KushnerThe Steel Remains by Richard K. MorganDrawing Blood by Poppy Z. BriteThe Fall of the Kings by Ellen KushnerThe Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox
Best Fantasy Books with Gay Main Characters
1,268 books — 2,653 voters

Night Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoDracula by Bram StokerThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Quality Dark Fiction
2,518 books — 3,235 voters
Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret WeisTime of the Twins by Margaret WeisDragons of Winter Night by Margaret WeisWar of the Twins by Margaret WeisTest of the Twins by Margaret Weis
The Best of Dragonlance
54 books — 102 voters


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