The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
1397th out of 78,505 books — 292,551 voters
Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerDubliners by James JoyceA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Collections of Short Stories
40th out of 2,921 books — 2,068 voters

The Shining by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingThe Stand by Stephen  KingDracula by Bram Stoker’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  King
The Definitive Horror Book List
63rd out of 1,390 books — 1,998 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Beasts of Success by Jasun EtherAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Cult fiction
48th out of 539 books — 480 voters

The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanNight Shift by Stephen  KingScary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Most Terrifying Short Stories
9th out of 376 books — 497 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
Best Supernatural Fiction
18th out of 1,009 books — 512 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Must Read Classics
474th out of 1,882 books — 4,728 voters
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeWelcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Good short fiction
10th out of 664 books — 391 voters

The Shining by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Stand by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  King
Scariest Books
15th out of 219 books — 97 voters
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. LovecraftThe Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. LovecraftTales from the Wasteland by Jon L. YoungTales of the Cthulhu Mythos by Jim TurnerThe Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
Best of the Cthulhu Mythos
42nd out of 253 books — 167 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  Harris
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
266th out of 1,622 books — 1,533 voters
1984 by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Quality Dark Fiction
651st out of 2,660 books — 3,707 voters

Harvest Home by Thomas TryonCollected Ghost Stories by M.R. JamesThe Willows by Algernon BlackwoodThe White People and Other Weird Stories by Arthur MachenWylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
Folk Horror
98th out of 378 books — 167 voters
13 by Bradon Nave13 Night Terrors by D.A. RoachNight Shift by Stephen  KingTeatro Grottesco by Thomas LigottiThe Travelling Grave and Other Stories by L.P. Hartley
Horror Short Story Collections in Literature and Comics
28th out of 87 books — 26 voters

The Stonegate Horror by Ian      GordonResychronisation by Ian      GordonLocke & Key, Vol. 1 by Joe  HillLovecraft Country by Matt RuffThe Best of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft
a Cthulhu story to listen to over a herbal tea
9th out of 22 books — 1 voter
A Very Vampy Christmas by Kerrelyn SparksARRIVAL HEART AND SOUL by Jennifer A IlichThe Billionaire's First Christmas by Holly RaynerAn Ex for Christmas by Lauren LayneA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Spiritual relativity
40th out of 70 books — 2 voters

Mein Kampf by Adolf HitlerAre You With Me? by Kouri D. RichinsLove Chose Me by Ty NeshaMelania by Melania TrumpWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Terrible Authors Who Also Were/Are Terrible People
5th out of 19 books — 4 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDracula by Bram StokerThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonCollected Ghost Stories by M.R. James
Essential Horror
89th out of 112 books — 26 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceHer Little Flowers by Shannon  MorganIn the Lonely Hours by Shannon  Morgan
Books for Halloween
224th out of 327 books — 155 voters

The Best American Short Stories 2023 by Min Jin LeeSong Book by Norrin M. RipsmanThe Best Short Stories 2023 by Lauren GroffNine Stories by J.D. SalingerDubliners by James Joyce
GRC 2024 #11 - A short story collection or anthology
10th out of 13 books — 2 voters
Children of the Corn by Stephen  KingThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonTurner by Karl DrinkwaterRed Shift by Alan GarnerThe Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood
Folk Horror And The Old Ways
30th out of 39 books — 8 voters

Enjoy Me by Logan Ryan SmithMy Eyes Are Black Holes by Logan Ryan SmithWestern Palaces by Logan Ryan SmithHeathen's Barrow by Nash NelsonY is for Fidelity by Logan Ryan Smith
Dark Fiction
54th out of 67 books — 27 voters
My Eyes Are Black Holes by Logan Ryan SmithEnjoy Me by Logan Ryan SmithWestern Palaces by Logan Ryan SmithWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Gloomy Books For Gloomy People
15th out of 21 books — 10 voters

The Shadow Over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror by H.P. LovecraftThe Cats of Ulthar by H.P. LovecraftAt the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftMemory by H.P. LovecraftHP Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu for Beginning Readers by R.J. Ivankovic
Cthulhu Mythos Horror From Lovecraft And Beyond
74th out of 102 books — 5 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë1984 by George OrwellThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Classics Library
588th out of 634 books — 525 voters

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