House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiHell House by Richard MathesonThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Haunted House Books
170 books — 169 voters

The Sallie House Haunting by Debra Lyn PickmanThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonGhost Hunters by Ed WarrenIn a Dark Place by Lorraine Warren
Top Paranormal Books to Read
75 books — 96 voters

Bird Box by Josh MalermanThe Shining by Stephen        KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyDracula by Bram StokerIt by Stephen        King
Deliciously Chilling Horror
100 books — 67 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiBird Box by Josh MalermanThe Terror by Dan Simmons
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
480 books — 1,246 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
1,936 books — 1,345 voters
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
Historical Ghost Fiction
215 books — 338 voters

Children of the Dark by Jonathan JanzHex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
2016 Horror Novels
22 books — 59 voters

Redemption Road by John Hart
2016 Best Books
287 books — 410 voters

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John Le CarréThe Last Child by John Hart
Edgar Award Winners
123 books — 202 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Books That Could Change Your Life
2,867 books — 1,529 voters

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Biblical Fiction
394 books — 605 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Female Lead Characters
4,834 books — 5,841 voters

The Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
435 books — 953 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
773 books — 1,403 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Best Feminist Fiction
1,499 books — 2,665 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
611 books — 494 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeHell House by Richard MathesonHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,368 books — 1,961 voters
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,285 books — 15,430 voters


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