Maplecroft by Cherie PriestThe Family Plot by Cherie PriestInto the Drowning Deep by Mira GrantWakenhyrst by Michelle Paver
Eerie fictions written by women
242 books — 66 voters
The Swallows by Lisa Lutz
Dark Academia
365 books — 1,498 voters

The Hanged Man by P.N. Elrod
Historical Fantasy
368 books — 182 voters
The Hanged Man by P.N. Elrod
Hugo 2016 Eligible Works
476 books — 1,085 voters

A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
And Then There Were None: Deadly Parties
118 books — 113 voters
The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse
Best Historical Fiction
7,439 books — 25,626 voters

The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse
Best Literary Historical Fiction
710 books — 255 voters
Wakenhyrst by Michelle PaverThe Lie Tree by Frances HardingeThe Witch of Willow Hall by Hester FoxThe Silent Companions by Laura  PurcellMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Gothic Historical Fiction
275 books — 145 voters

Wakenhyrst by Michelle PaverMaplecroft by Cherie PriestThe Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James
Modern Gothic
713 books — 1,360 voters
Wakenhyrst by Michelle PaverThe Glass Woman by Caroline LeaThings in Jars by Jess Kidd
2019 Gothic
34 books — 37 voters

Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
New York Review Books - Classics
532 books — 891 voters
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
A Middlebrow Syllabus
100 books — 73 voters

A Face Like Glass by Frances HardingeThe Raven and the Reindeer by T. KingfisherThe Firebrand by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillipThe Mermaid by Christina Henry
Favorite Standalone Fantasy Novels
135 books — 142 voters
A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
Most Interesting World
8,093 books — 4,796 voters

A Face Like Glass by Frances HardingeAcross the Great Barrier by Patricia C. WredeThe Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillipThe Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip
Hidden Gems: YA-Fantasy Novels
2,205 books — 2,761 voters
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonInto the Drowning Deep by Mira GrantThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret KilljoyThe Luminous Dead by Caitlin  Starling
LGBTQIA Horror and Dark Fiction
308 books — 209 voters

Wolf Winter by Cecilia EkbäckA Cold Day for Murder by Dana StabenowThe Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky
Best Books on the North
287 books — 138 voters
Kin by Snorri KristjanssonWolf Winter by Cecilia EkbäckThe Glass Woman by Caroline LeaIn the Month of the Midnight Sun by Cecilia Ekbäck
Historical Fiction - Scandinavia
110 books — 87 voters

Kin by Snorri Kristjansson
Viking Historical Fiction
198 books — 285 voters
River Run by Nicole  Alexander
Australian Women Writers
435 books — 93 voters

The Only Gold by Tamara AllenDeath of a Pirate King by Josh LanyonThink of England by K.J. CharlesThe Fence And Then The Trees by J.F.  SmithLine and Orbit by Sunny Moraine
Best M/M With An Actual Story
1,535 books — 1,232 voters
The Devil Lancer by Astrid AmaraA Fashionable Indulgence by K.J. CharlesA Brush with Darkness by ErastesMere Mortals by ErastesSweetwater by Lisa Henry
Best Gay Historical Romance
917 books — 1,531 voters

Alanna by Tamora PierceIn the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
The Best Books about Elves or Faeries
814 books — 1,055 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction
451 books — 231 voters