The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,966 books — 5,251 voters
Alice by Christina HenryRed Queen by Christina HenryAlice by Christina HenryLooking Glass by Christina HenryRed Queen by Christina Henry
Best Retellings of Alice in Wonderland
169 books — 589 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanNorse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Loki: God of Mischief
191 books — 222 voters
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Asian Mystery
181 books — 68 voters

The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons by Matthew Meyer
Asian Mythology, Legends and Folklore
280 books — 56 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonJumanji by Chris Van AllsburgCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,221 books — 6,120 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Time Travel
336 books — 288 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoFather Brown by G.K. Chesterton
Catholic Fiction
544 books — 427 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanInferno by Dante AlighieriThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioLe Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory
Best Middle Ages Books
1,224 books — 1,707 voters
Doctor Sleep by Stephen  KingJohn Dies at the End by David  WongFull Dark, No Stars by Stephen  KingAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Imago Sequence by Laird Barron
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
485 books — 1,246 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Disappointing Books
2,732 books — 4,602 voters
The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous
Best Books of the Ancient World
277 books — 294 voters

The Gossamer Years by Michitsuna no Haha
Japanese Literature
310 books — 387 voters

Pompeii by Robert   HarrisImperium by Robert   Harris
Best Books About Ancient Rome
739 books — 1,086 voters

The Penelopiad by Margaret AtwoodBlack Ships by Jo Graham
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
434 books — 951 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Best Swedish Crime
190 books — 70 voters

The Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
Best Books of the 14th Century
63 books — 355 voters
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeMoll Flanders by Daniel DefoeThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,008 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,710 books — 1,558 voters
The Séance by John HarwoodThe Prestige by Christopher PriestThe Mesmerist by Barbara Ewing
Victorian Spiritualism Fiction
132 books — 79 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeePeony in Love by Lisa SeeEmpress by Shan Sa
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,097 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Steampunk Books
1,247 books — 4,092 voters

The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumWicked Plants by Amy  StewartThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanWicked Bugs by Amy  Stewart
You Read a Book about What?
4,041 books — 2,108 voters

Night Shift by Stephen  KingThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeTales of the Cthulhu Mythos by Jim TurnerSkeleton Crew by Stephen  KingH. P. Lovecraft's Book Of Horror by Stephen              Jones
Short Horror/SciFi Collections
188 books — 119 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian Fiction of All Time
458 books — 1,291 voters


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