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
3,864 books — 7,828 voters
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Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,770 books — 25,800 voters

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Best Aliens
431 books — 337 voters
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeEden 2 by Joseph A. AndersonSome Desperate Glory by Emily  TeshThe Deep Sky by Yume KitaseiChildhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
First Contact
294 books — 433 voters