The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsInsurgent by Veronica Roth
YA Dystopia Novels
1,990 books — 11,408 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Nebula Award Runners-Up
219 books — 80 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,589 books — 26,698 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
1,359 books — 9,475 voters

Redshirts by John ScalziIn Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuireBlackout by Mira Grant2312 by Kim Stanley RobinsonCaptain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
Hugo Award Nominees 2013
25 books — 22 voters
Soulless by Gail CarrigerLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldBoneshaker by Cherie PriestPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Steampunk Books
1,286 books — 4,121 voters

Foundation by Isaac Asimov1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
50 Essential Science Fiction Books
54 books — 18 voters