Salem's Lot by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingPet Sematary by Stephen  KingGerald's Game by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  King
Scariest Stephen King Book
29 books — 228 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
Best Books of 1985
336 books — 216 voters

The Talisman by Stephen  KingCastle of Wizardry by David Eddings
Best Books of 1984
345 books — 160 voters
Saturday by Ian McEwan
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,991 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyTrue Grit by Charles PortisThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Virginian by Owen WisterDeadwood by Pete Dexter
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters
The Stand by Stephen  KingJennifer Government by Max Barry
Dystopia!
1,218 books — 2,747 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,771 books — 4,917 voters
The Rain Before it Falls by Jonathan Coe
Contemporary British Novels
505 books — 388 voters

It by Stephen  KingThe Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
Best Horror Novels
1,987 books — 5,447 voters