The Road by Cormac McCarthySharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,300 books — 11,657 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,122 books — 1,842 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Literary Mysteries
2,681 books — 5,066 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Fault in Our Stars by John  GreenEl Deafo by Cece Bell
Medicine and Literature
2,003 books — 2,258 voters
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltDevotions by Mary OliverThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Read With Jenna List
91 books — 5 voters