Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Martian by Andy WeirSnow Crash by Neal StephensonDaemon by Leinad Zeraus
Required Reading - Geek Culture
84 books — 82 voters
The Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Real Epic Fantasy
165 books — 410 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,147 books — 2,718 voters
The Bands of Mourning by Brandon SandersonCalamity by Brandon SandersonThe Blood Mirror by Brent WeeksThe Wheel of Osheim by Mark  LawrenceAge of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2016
432 books — 1,812 voters

Hyperion by Dan SimmonsDune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardFoundation by Isaac AsimovLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Best Space Opera
1,081 books — 1,788 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vonnegut's Best
37 books — 631 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDune by Frank Herbert
Best Social Science Fiction
519 books — 333 voters
The Republic of Thieves by Scott LynchA Memory of Light by Robert JordanEmperor of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceThe Daylight War by Peter V. BrettThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2013
625 books — 2,903 voters


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