Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Best Gothic Books of All Time
674 books — 3,642 voters
Novels & Stories by Shirley Jackson
Library of America
225 books — 49 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,861 books — 5,080 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Darkest Books of All Time
1,311 books — 1,683 voters
32 Candles by Ernessa T. CarterThe Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahFlyy Girl by Omar Tyree
Best Black/African American Chicklit
436 books — 405 voters

The Secret Agent by Joseph ConradThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Best Spy Novels
1,484 books — 2,738 voters
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Historical Fiction 2019
428 books — 669 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,359 books — 80,691 voters
Nova by Samuel R. Delany1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
689 books — 497 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreOliver Twist by Charles DickensUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,319 books — 5,911 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,108 books — 26,986 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,848 books — 26,151 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonJumanji by Chris Van AllsburgMary Poppins by P.L. Travers
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,228 books — 6,116 voters

The Art of the Heist by Myles J. Connor
True Crime
755 books — 658 voters
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Best Plays Ever
869 books — 1,138 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Most Deserving Newbery
141 books — 3,069 voters
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
783 books — 1,400 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,658 books — 18,680 voters
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
Favorite Christmas Books
1,535 books — 1,634 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieHercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
104 books — 1,402 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,510 books — 16,715 voters

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Detective Fiction
1,247 books — 1,147 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,637 books — 17,917 voters

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Novels With People's Names in the Title
1,635 books — 170 voters
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanA Doll's House by Henrik IbsenTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Feminist Fiction
1,536 books — 2,768 voters


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