1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert Camus
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
100 books — 310 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAgainst Nature by Joris-Karl HuysmansLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Decadence & the Fin-de-Siècle
238 books — 200 voters

Tales of Hoffmann by E.T.A. HoffmannSanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno SchulzMalpertuis by Jean RayThe Golem by Gustav MeyrinkThe Invisible Eye by Erckmann Ohatrian
European Fantastique
92 books — 13 voters
Japanese Gothic Tales by Kyōka IzumiTales of Hoffmann by E.T.A. HoffmannJapanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa RampoGhouls in My Grave by Jean RayThe Dark Domain by Stefan Grabiński
Non-english Horror-Literature
106 books — 24 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,810 voters