Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistPerfume by Patrick SüskindBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiRing by Kōji SuzukiAudition by Ryū Murakami
Foreign Horror
29 books — 17 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanLongitude by Dava Sobel
History of Science
484 books — 289 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Classics 101
431 books — 111 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardFoundation by Isaac Asimov1984 by George OrwellThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
The Best Classical Science Fiction Works
112 books — 154 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
913 books — 2,421 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
543 books — 254 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
562 books — 3,463 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Golden Age & New Wave SF
269 books — 205 voters