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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 — 127 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)
38 books — 22 voters

White Tears by Hari KunzruThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Changeling by Victor LaValleThe Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-LesnevichWaking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2018
174 books — 384 voters
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris
Best Comic Books and Graphic Novels of 2017
148 books — 95 voters

Jane Steele by Lyndsay FayeAll the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn GreenwoodBefore the Fall by Noah HawleySecurity by Gina WohlsdorfMy Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
512 books — 2,001 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
1,831 books — 2,784 voters

The Other by Thomas TryonElizabeth by Jessica HamiltonThe House Next Door by Anne Rivers SiddonsThe Elementals by Michael McDowell
Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror
802 books — 411 voters
Slade House by David MitchellGold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye WatkinsA God in Ruins by Kate AtkinsonThe Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac by Sharma ShieldsGet in Trouble by Kelly Link
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,364 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaPossession by A.S. Byatt
Abandoned Books
1,474 books — 1,465 voters
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttMaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 818 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
175 books — 173 voters
X-ray by davies-rayWho I Am by Pete TownshendI'm with the Band by Pamela Des Barres
I Love Rock and Roll
184 books — 74 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
294 books — 375 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDead Souls by Nikolai Gogol1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,595 books — 13,126 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
Best Historical Mystery
2,063 books — 4,521 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
1,406 books — 2,257 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
The Role of the Insane Woman in Literature
92 books — 41 voters
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter
Imaginative Fantasy and Literary Fiction
101 books — 54 voters

The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson by Jerome CharynCall Me Zelda by Erika Robuck
Fictionalized accounts of real people
350 books — 109 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
306 books — 231 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
618 books — 477 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieJude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Non-American books that every American should read
695 books — 495 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
117 books — 206 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
609 books — 612 voters

Alias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Best Historical Fiction
7,363 books — 25,544 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
439 books — 639 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Magical Realism
68 books — 66 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Historical Fiction With a Dash of Magic
425 books — 709 voters