Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanOn Basilisk Station by David  Weber
Best Military Science Fiction Books
717 books — 904 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,441 books — 3,106 voters

Graceling by Kristin CashoreThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasAlanna by Tamora PiercePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,830 books — 19,106 voters
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreAn Accidental Philanthropist by Winsome Dunn McIntosh
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,229 books — 2,744 voters

John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
2,250 books — 3,033 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerJohn Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
4,002 books — 4,464 voters

City of Bones by Cassandra ClareMoon Called by Patricia BriggsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingMagic Bites by Ilona AndrewsVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,330 books — 12,850 voters
Soulless by Gail CarrigerLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldBoneshaker by Cherie PriestPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Steampunk Books
1,301 books — 4,140 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertOld Man's War by John ScalziLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinPandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Excellent Space Opera
1,121 books — 3,830 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,990 books — 26,577 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)
4,699 books — 26,844 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,854 books — 7,783 voters


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