The best novels by genre

Every book in The Novel Index has a genre and up to three themes. Pick one to see the novels the lists rate highest in it.

Genres

Historical fiction 100 novels
Set in a real past, written well after it
Crime and mystery 44 novels
Detective stories, crime, noir and whodunnits
Thrillers and spy fiction 15 novels
Suspense, espionage and chase plots
Science fiction 19 novels
Imagined futures, technology and other worlds, including dystopian and post-apocalyptic novels
Fantasy 20 novels
Magic, invented worlds and fairy-tale settings
Gothic and horror 29 novels
Gothic romance, the supernatural and horror
Romance and love stories 108 novels
Courtship, marriage and love as the main plot
War novels 77 novels
War and its aftermath as the main subject
Comic novels and satire 33 novels
Humour, farce and satire as the main mode
Children's and young adult 25 novels
Written for children or young adults