The Storyteller by Dave GrohlNettle & Bone by T. KingfisherWhere the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuireThe Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
2022: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,331 books — 137 voters
The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham JonesClown in a Cornfield by Adam CesareFinal Girls by Riley SagerSecurity by Gina Wohlsdorf
Slasher Fiction (No Novelizations)
39 books — 24 voters

Jane Steele by Lyndsay FayeAll the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn GreenwoodThe Girls by Emma ClineMr. Splitfoot by Samantha HuntShrill by Lindy West
Best Books of 2016
1,822 books — 2,784 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaPossession by A.S. Byatt
Abandoned Books
1,475 books — 1,469 voters

The Shining by Stephen  KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesThe House of Lost Souls by F.G. Cottam
Haunted House Books
181 books — 196 voters
X-ray by davies-rayWho I Am by Pete TownshendI'm with the Band by Pamela Des Barres
I Love Rock and Roll
191 books — 71 voters

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Memoirs of Madness
319 books — 408 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
Best Historical Mystery
2,365 books — 5,188 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,458 books — 2,338 voters

The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson by Jerome CharynCall Me Zelda by Erika Robuck
Fictionalized accounts of real people
354 books — 111 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodValis by Philip K. DickGalápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Literary Science Fiction
343 books — 252 voters

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsGood Omens by Terry PratchettMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Lighthearted Literature
641 books — 612 voters

The Seance by John HarwoodNights at the Circus by Angela CarterThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberAffinity by Sarah WatersThe Glass of Time by Michael Cox
Best neo-victorian novels
118 books — 208 voters
The Shining by Stephen  KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Haunted Houses
613 books — 617 voters

Alias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Best Historical Fiction
8,391 books — 27,556 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
Magical Realism
459 books — 681 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Magical Realism
69 books — 66 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Historical Fiction With a Dash of Magic
463 books — 744 voters