A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,929 books — 3,626 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteJourney to the West by Biao  WangThe Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie Neville
Best Narrative Nonfiction
194 books — 173 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Literary Fantasy
204 books — 95 voters
Prince of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieSeven Seconds by Lisa ComptonLast Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
Best Dark Fantasy
548 books — 814 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Dune by Frank Herbert
Literary Science Fiction
316 books — 247 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Foreign Lands
2,379 books — 2,226 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Best Existential Fiction
460 books — 783 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,703 books — 25,642 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Best Graphic Novels
3,457 books — 6,778 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
7,854 books — 26,137 voters


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