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
604 books — 3,519 voters
Novels & Stories by Shirley Jackson
Library of America
224 books — 49 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Adult Vampire Books
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Animal Farm by George OrwellTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Darkest Books of All Time
1,302 books — 1,719 voters
32 Candles by Ernessa T. CarterThe Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahFlyy Girl by Omar Tyree
Best Black/African American Chicklit
433 books — 403 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
1,325 books — 2,306 voters
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Historical Fiction 2019
415 books — 655 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
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Nova by Samuel R. Delany1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
554 books — 480 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
1,318 books — 5,852 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
3,781 books — 26,044 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,546 books — 24,838 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!
1,221 books — 6,122 voters

The Art of the Heist by Myles J. Connor
True Crime
732 books — 625 voters
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Best Plays Ever
856 books — 1,132 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Most Deserving Newbery
105 books — 2,988 voters
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,399 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
1,561 books — 18,685 voters
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
Favorite Christmas Books
1,515 books — 1,557 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieHercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
121 books — 1,386 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,335 books — 15,768 voters

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Detective Fiction
1,203 books — 1,089 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,147 books — 16,985 voters

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Novels With People's Names in the Title
1,632 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
1,499 books — 2,671 voters


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