The Shining by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingDracula by Bram StokerPet Sematary by Stephen  King
Best Horror Novels
8th out of 2,105 books — 5,482 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Gothic Books of All Time
9th out of 621 books — 3,541 voters

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
559th out of 77,440 books — 289,194 voters
The Shining by Stephen  KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHeart-Shaped Box by Joe  HillThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Ghost Stories
2nd out of 1,505 books — 1,966 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
8th out of 1,388 books — 1,985 voters
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Shining by Stephen  KingHell House by Richard MathesonThe Amityville Horror by Jay AnsonThe Woman in Black by Susan         Hill
Haunted Houses
1st out of 614 books — 613 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
3rd out of 1,559 books — 1,512 voters
1984 by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shining by Stephen  KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Quality Dark Fiction
40th out of 2,575 books — 3,281 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Modern Gothic
7th out of 719 books — 1,374 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Books to Read for Halloween
7th out of 1,183 books — 1,252 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William GoldingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
21st out of 1,195 books — 1,512 voters
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonHell House by Richard MathesonThe Woman in Black by Susan         HillWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Best Haunted House Fiction That Isn't 'The Shining'
1st out of 221 books — 229 voters

The Halloween Tree by Ray BradburyDracula by Bram StokerSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Best Halloween Books
10th out of 700 books — 728 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
509th out of 7,889 books — 49,797 voters

Unlock Your Deliverance by Kathryn KrickDigging for God by Tom HillmanCarrie by Stephen  KingGet Rich or Get Lucky by Max NowazCinder by Marissa Meyer
2025 Reading Challenge
813th out of 3,088 books — 2,033 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
36th out of 1,187 books — 2,307 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
1628th out of 32,263 books — 122,929 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattySwan Song by Robert McCammonThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz
4th out of 615 books — 499 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Ladies of Horror and Dark Fiction Writing
2nd out of 437 books — 214 voters
The Shining by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingPet Sematary by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingThe Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Scariest books of all time
16th out of 640 books — 735 voters

Tales from the Wasteland by Jon L. YoungThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonSorrow's Point by Danielle DeVorThe Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Haunted House Books
3rd out of 177 books — 224 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
128th out of 8,563 books — 5,509 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Graveyards, Cemeteries and other haunted places
2nd out of 338 books — 153 voters
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanHer Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Female-Authored Weird Fiction
1st out of 466 books — 182 voters

The Shining by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingThe Stand by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Modern Horror Novels
5th out of 323 books — 255 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëDracula by Bram StokerWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Gothic Novels/Suspense Novels
14th out of 441 books — 487 voters

'Salem's Lot by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingThe Stand by Stephen  KingPet Sematary by Stephen  King
2015 Horror Aficionados Top 101 Horror!!!
8th out of 108 books — 114 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
274th out of 3,262 books — 11,583 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best Weird Fiction Books
69th out of 1,218 books — 1,156 voters
It by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Stand by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingDracula by Bram Stoker
Best horror books
7th out of 494 books — 363 voters

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