The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,359 books — 1,599 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Bird by Bird by Anne LamottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Best Books on Writing
799 books — 1,328 voters

Dark Space by Lisa HenryMy Fair Captain by J.L. LangleyClaimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts by Lyn GalaThe Englor Affair by J.L. LangleyGravitational Attraction by Angel  Martinez
Best Gay Science Fiction Romance
574 books — 732 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardDoomsday Book by Connie WillisNeuromancer by William Gibson
Hugo Award for Best Novel
73 books — 151 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyChildhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Hugo Award Winners and Nominees
295 books — 167 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

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenShiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Best Book with Blue on Cover
1,002 books — 304 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
732 books — 477 voters


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