Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Dune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsMatthew’s Messiah by Brandon  CarpenterStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Author-Created Religions
107 books — 129 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
3,877 books — 7,971 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Best Fantasy: Unique Worlds
645 books — 506 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,872 books — 124,785 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeParadise Lost by John MiltonThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovDracula by Bram Stoker
Sympathy for the Devil
345 books — 328 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Booker Prize Winners
63 books — 2,008 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
4,084 books — 26,885 voters