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
3,652 books — 6,979 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Martian by Andy WeirOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,209 books — 8,955 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertOld Man's War by John ScalziLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinPandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Excellent Space Opera
1,017 books — 3,644 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,209 books — 25,727 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsWhy Evolution Is True by Jerry A. CoyneYour Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
Best Books on Evolution...
267 books — 216 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldT. Rex and the Crater of Doom by Walter ÁlvarezThe Ancestor's Tale by Richard DawkinsTrilobite by Richard Fortey
Learn about prehistoric life
51 books — 46 voters

Squid Empire by Danna StaafThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteOnce & Future Giants by Sharon LevyTrilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution by Richard ForteyAnimals of a Bygone Era by Maja Säfström
Prehistoric Creatures
20 books — 7 voters

The House Divided by J.B. ManheimLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyDarwin's Black Box by Michael J. BeheDate Runner by Snapshot SystemsThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad Akreyi
Interesting Non-Fiction Books
460 books — 160 voters
I Contain Multitudes by Ed YongThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteBad Blood by John CarreyrouHeart by Sandeep JauharThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Sciencefriday's Best Science Books
137 books — 17 voters