Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
classic gothic romance
171 books — 25 voters

Thérèse Raquin by Émile ZolaThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsNight by Elie WieselThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,280 books — 11,619 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantWorld Without End by Ken FollettKatherine by Anya Seton
Best Historical Fiction
7,855 books — 26,165 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,363 books — 9,536 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Poet by Michael    ConnellyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Thrillers
4,869 books — 6,188 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica Roth
Best Young Adult Books
13,192 books — 80,397 voters
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
Books for Expectant Parents
173 books — 222 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Histories of Cities
261 books — 106 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
Trippy Books
855 books — 909 voters

The Book of Herbal Wisdom by Matthew WoodThe Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy by Valerie Ann WorwoodHerbal Healing for Women by Rosemary GladstarThe Herbalist's Way by Nancy PhillipsMaking Plant Medicine by Richo Cech
Herbs & Herbals
154 books — 48 voters
1984 by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckNight by Elie WieselCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,469 books — 123,614 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerWild by Cheryl StrayedEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Favorite Travel Books
2,046 books — 3,957 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDracula by Bram Stoker
Cult Classics
1,576 books — 2,130 voters