The Stand by Stephen  KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,242 books — 3,411 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,768 books — 26,023 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsZero to One by Peter ThielThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienSuperintelligence by Nick BostromThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Elon Musk Book Recommendations
18 books — 33 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Dystopia!
1,220 books — 2,750 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best for Book Clubs
14,846 books — 18,708 voters