Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
African Fiction
603 books — 432 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 585 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,117 books — 1,481 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
4,120 books — 2,298 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Martian by Andy WeirOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,356 books — 9,428 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,221 books — 1,162 voters
Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirNetwork Effect by Martha WellsFugitive Telemetry by Martha WellsEarthflown by Frances  WrenA Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Science Fiction - 2020-2029
233 books — 271 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
SF Masterworks (new design)
185 books — 82 voters