Trainspotting by Irvine WelshA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Addicts
270 books — 348 voters
Almost Transparent Blue by Ryū MurakamiIn the Miso Soup by Ryū MurakamiThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio MishimaConfessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
Best Japanese Books
765 books — 3,239 voters

Perfume by Patrick SüskindThe House by Edward Lee
Books I Am Going to Hell For Reading
378 books — 408 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
920 books — 2,381 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Stories For Book Lovers
8,329 books — 8,207 voters

It by Stephen        King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen        KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyMisery by Stephen        KingThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  Harris
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,368 books — 1,958 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisHaunted by Chuck PalahniukExquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. BriteBooks of Blood by Clive BarkerSnuff by Chuck Palahniuk
The Goriest Books Ever
407 books — 621 voters