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Here is an attempt to group tantras based on some random but connecting aspects.
Tantras which are listed in more than one krAnta:
bhUtaDAmara (viShNu, ratha), haMsamAheshvara (viShNu, ratha), vishuddheshvara (viShNu, ashva),
sammohana (viShNu, ashva [sammohinI?]), matsyasUkta (viShNu, ratha), navaratneshvara (viShNu, ratha),
yantrachintAmaNi (viShNu, ashva), kriyAsAra (viShNu, ashva).
Tantras which are deity-specific:
kAlI, vArAhI, gaNesha, chAmuNDA, muNDamAlA, devI, lalitA, rAdhA, bhairavI, kAmAkhyA, kumarI, kubjikA,
mahiShamardinI, mahAnIlA(a), ekajaTA, garuDa, bhairava, bAlA, rAjarAjeshvarI, lakShmI, uDDAmareshvara,
bhuvaneshvarI, gaurI, rAdhAmAdhava, lIlAvatI, shAradA, gAyatrI tantras.
Tantras expounding archana:
shivArchana, gurvarchana tantras.
Tattvabodhaka tantras:
tattvasAra, tattvachintAmaNi tantras.
Tantras expounding mantra shAstra as the main subject:
haMsamAheshvara, mAtR^ikodaya, bIjachintAmaNi, varNoddhR^iti, varNavilAsa, purashcharaNachandrikA
(twenty-second tantra in the rathAkrAnta list), purashcharaNarasollAsa, pa~nchadashI, prapa~nchasAra and
gAyatrI tantras.
Tantras named after the propagators:
sanatkumAra, vAsudeva-rahasya, bR^ihadgautamIya, nAradIya, nAgArjuna tantras.
Tantras dealing with specific Acharas:
samayAchAra, AcharasAra, chinAchara, chIna, bR^ihacchIna tantras.
Tantras dealing with siddhis:
siddhiyAmaLa, siddhasAra, siddhi(a)-sArasvata, siddhitaddhiri tantras.
Tantras dealing with generic aspects of mantra-tantra-yantra:
bIjachintAmaNi, bhUtasiddhi [a manuscript we have seen is called bhUtashuddhi], pradIkShA, bhUtalipi,
mantrachintAmaNi, yantrachintAmaNi tantras.
Tantras expounding yogashAstra:
yogasAra tantra, yogasvarodaya, yogArNava and yoga tantras.
Tantras with mokSha/j~nAna as the chief objective:
mokSha, mahAmokSha, bR^ihanmokSha and brahmaj~nAna tantras.
Tantras which exhibit sAdR^ishya not only in terms of content (in most of the cases but with exceptions) but also
in the name: