The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Feminist Fiction
653rd out of 1,500 books — 2,673 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingDracula by Bram StokerPet Sematary by Stephen King
Best Horror Novels
848th out of 2,087 books — 5,462 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerMoon Called by Patricia BriggsAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerCinder by Marissa Meyer
Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
893rd out of 2,538 books — 2,760 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Raven by Edgar Allan PoeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The Birds
257th out of 718 books — 105 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensShadowland by Jenny CarrollThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldWait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing HahnWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Favorite Ghost Stories
351st out of 443 books — 313 voters
Got Luck by Michael DarlingStorm Front by Jim ButcherRivers of London by Ben AaronovitchThe Last Sun by K.D. EdwardsNo More Heroes by Nicholas Chapman
Urban Fantasy Crime/Mystery Novels
62nd out of 94 books — 51 voters

City of Bones by Cassandra ClareMoon Called by Patricia BriggsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingMagic Bites by Ilona AndrewsVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
The Best Urban Fantasy
4315th out of 4,425 books — 12,571 voters
The Mirk and Midnight Hour by Jane NickersonPicture the Dead by Adele GriffinRebel Spirits by Lois RubyThe Ghost Wore Gray by Bruce CovilleGhost Cadet by Elaine Marie Alphin
Civil War Ghosts
21st out of 42 books — 11 voters

Viciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterThe Three Witches and The Master by Max NowazThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lies of Vampires and Slayers by K.M. SheaA Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes
Fantasy/Science Fiction Books with Strong Female Characters
1078th out of 1,227 books — 1,213 voters
Collected Stories by Wallace StegnerLoving / Living / Party Going by Henry GreenGrundish and Askew by Lance CarbuncleThe Bat-Poet by Randall JarrellSanditon and The Watsons by Jane Austen
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
640th out of 3,142 books — 768 voters

The Woman in Black by Susan HillAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanGhost Story by Peter StraubThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónCome Closer by Sara Gran
Best Supernatural books, no romance, no series
164th out of 174 books — 70 voters
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsAsylum by Madeleine RouxSanctum by Madeleine RouxHollow City by Ransom RiggsCatacomb by Madeleine Roux
Best and Scariest Horror in YA
72nd out of 78 books — 29 voters

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerBook Lovers by Emily HenryBeach Read by Emily Henry
What We've Read So Far in 2022
3563rd out of 5,363 books — 433 voters
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierSon of the Shadows by Juliet MarillierChild of the Prophecy by Juliet MarillierHeir to Sevenwaters by Juliet MarillierSeer of Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
Book Cover Art by John Jude Palencar
145th out of 145 books — 5 voters


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