Domina by Guy de la BédoyèreJulia Augusti by Elaine FanthamFathers and Daughters in Roman Society by Judith P. HallettA Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Emma SouthonI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Books About Ancient Rome
738 books — 1,085 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassComing of Age in Mississippi by Anne MoodyIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann JacobsFacing East from Indian Country by Daniel K. Richter
Best American History Books
2,164 books — 2,518 voters

The Hound by H.P. LovecraftThe Whisperer in Darkness by H.P. LovecraftThe Strange High House in the Mist by H.P. LovecraftThe Cats of Ulthar by H.P. LovecraftThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Single Short Story
773 books — 301 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
579 books — 480 voters

The Way Some People Die by Ross MacdonaldThe Ivory Grin by Ross MacdonaldThe Barbarous Coast by Ross MacdonaldFind a Victim by Ross MacdonaldThe Moving Target by Ross Macdonald
Black Lizard Crime
48 books — 2 voters
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettDouble Indemnity by James M. CainThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThe Third Man by Graham GreeneThe Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald
Noir Fiction
164 books — 204 voters

The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyDr. Faustus by Christopher MarloweJohannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. HowardThe Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. LovecraftThe Case Against Satan by Ray Russell
Demons, mystics, and black magic
276 books — 108 voters

Y by Brian K. VaughanLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
This Is the End...
999 books — 1,594 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Stepford Wives by Ira LevinThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
Best Feminist Books
2,651 books — 3,618 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroRedshirts by John ScalziDark Matter by Blake CrouchWhen You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,265 books — 9,084 voters
The Barbarous Coast by Ross MacdonaldThe Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
Lesser Known Detective Novels
11 books — 6 voters

A Patch of Blue by Elizabeth KataBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteCape Fear by John D. MacDonaldVertigo by Boileau-NarcejacPlanet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
At the Mountains of Madness by I.N.J. CulbardThe Lovecraft Anthology by Dan LockwoodFall of Cthulhu Omnibus by Michael Alan NelsonFatale, Vol. 1 by Ed BrubakerWeird Detective by Fred Van Lente
H.P. Lovecraft's Graphic Novels
126 books — 46 voters

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Bizarre Murders
238 books — 89 voters
Double Indemnity by James M. CainThe Moving Target by Ross MacdonaldThe Glass Key by Dashiell HammettLaura by Vera Caspary
Bloomsbury 100 Must Read Crime Novels
101 books — 126 voters

The Song Is You by Megan AbbottMoney Shot by Christa Faust
Best Noir of the 21st Century
243 books — 378 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Series With At Least 7 Books
666 books — 376 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Beginning
722 books — 654 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroHamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Not So Happily-Ever-After
781 books — 1,064 voters
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanAmerican Vampire, Vol. 1 by Scott SnyderThe Lovecraft Anthology by Dan LockwoodFrankenstein by Junji Ito
Best Horror Comics/Graphic Novels!
657 books — 440 voters


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