Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
classic gothic romance
171 books — 24 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
3,214 books — 11,339 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
7,433 books — 25,621 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,229 books — 8,969 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
4,613 books — 5,627 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
13,114 books — 80,188 voters
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
Books for Expectant Parents
169 books — 184 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
849 books — 902 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
31,703 books — 120,697 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerWild by Cheryl StrayedEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Favorite Travel Books
2,026 books — 3,940 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
1,568 books — 2,120 voters