A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,167 books — 11,106 voters
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,517 books — 11,147 voters

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,654 books — 25,870 voters
Communion by Whitley Strieber
Books That Gave Me Nightmares
268 books — 474 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
7,261 books — 25,408 voters
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
2022: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,234 books — 126 voters