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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Horror Novels
2,121 books — 5,511 voters
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh
Best Plays Since 1990
204 books — 151 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,557 books — 123,972 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoPresumed Innocent by Scott TurowThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,458 books — 16,248 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Philosophical Literature
1,205 books — 2,845 voters
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Best Underrated/Overlooked Classics
178 books — 92 voters

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,011 books — 2,625 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,602 books — 6,030 voters

Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkir
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,441 books — 7,445 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Gothic Novels/Suspense Novels
444 books — 490 voters

Ulysses by James Joyce
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,700 books — 13,226 voters
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorDeliverance by James DickeyCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsThe Little Friend by Donna Tartt
Best Southern Gothic Literature
344 books — 510 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLolita by Vladimir NabokovAtonement by Ian McEwan
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,538 books — 17,513 voters
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Popular History Books on Goodreads
304 books — 54 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,722 books — 14,380 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Books Ever
78,319 books — 292,036 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Gothic Books of All Time
640 books — 3,600 voters
Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander
Guilty Pleasures - Crap You're Embarrassed to Love
401 books — 421 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
World War II Fiction
1,463 books — 2,166 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,291 books — 11,637 voters