Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
Cli-Fi: Climate Change Fiction
468 books — 741 voters
Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonCluster of Lies by Samuel MarquisMia's Magic Wand by Peter VolkofskyStill Waters by Sara WarnerTerminal Freeze by Lincoln Child
Best Eco-Thrillers
62 books — 63 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
1,235 books — 9,146 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAngels & Demons by Dan    Brown
Thrillers
5,018 books — 6,585 voters

Postmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellComa by Robin CookPlausible Liars by Lin WilderDefense Mechanisms by Mo KramerA Quiet Contagion by Jane Jesmond
Best Medical Thrillers
175 books — 273 voters
Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonThe Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonRelic by Douglas PrestonPrey by Michael Crichton
Best Science Thrillers
248 books — 267 voters

Déjà Dead by Kathy ReichsThe Bone Collector by Jeffery DeaverPostmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellDeath du Jour by Kathy ReichsThe Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
Forensic Fiction
194 books — 116 voters