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The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleLovecraft Country by Matt RuffWelcome to Night Vale by Joseph FinkWinter Tide by Ruthanna EmrysA Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman
Counter-Lovecraft
186 books — 134 voters
Soulless by Gail CarrigerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleAlanna by Tamora PierceThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Speculative Fiction that Passes the Bechdel Test
849 books — 849 voters

The Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiWho Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforRedemption in Indigo by Karen LordOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Non-Western Speculative Fiction
150 books — 84 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovUse of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
"50 Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read" by China Miéville
53 books — 113 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,247 books — 1,168 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanNeverwhere by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
889 books — 492 voters