The Most Read Books of the 2024 Reading Challenge (So Far)

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The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisRosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Best Horror Novels
1,933 books — 5,665 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthyPerfume by Patrick Süskind
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,110 books — 10,237 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnBehind Her Eyes by Sarah PinboroughRebecca by Daphne du MaurierBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyYou by Caroline Kepnes
Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1,253 books — 3,405 voters
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,307 books — 6,492 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRebecca by Daphne du MaurierDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Best Gothic Books Of All Time
545 books — 3,789 voters
Babel by R.F. KuangThe Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,252 books — 3,442 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttBabel by R.F. KuangIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioA Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Dark Academia
470 books — 1,321 voters
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Shining by Stephen King
Ghost Stories
1,458 books — 2,057 voters

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoRiders by Veronica RossiThe Rose & the Dagger by Renée AhdiehShallow Graves by Kali WallaceThe First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter
Best Books of 2016
1,841 books — 2,835 voters
Angelfall by Susan EeCity of Ashes by Cassandra ClareCity of Glass by Cassandra ClareCity of Lost Souls by Cassandra ClareCity of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Great fiction books
146 books — 176 voters

City of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLooking for Alaska by John GreenThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherShiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Best Books Ever
122,774 books — 260,223 voters