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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by James (20 Lists)



Weapon of Flesh by Chris A. JacksonThe Coming of the Walrus by James Riordan
Best Indie Fantasy Books
1,269 books — 1,470 voters
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,729 books — 26,985 voters

How Few Remain by Harry TurtledoveAmerican Front by Harry TurtledoveWalk in Hell by Harry TurtledoveBreakthroughs by Harry Turtledove
Books With Real People Characters
411 books — 39 voters
The Seedbearers by Peter Valentine TimlettThe Power Of The Serpent by Peter Valentine TimlettTwilight of the Serpent by Peter Valentine TimlettThe Ladies of Mandrigyn by Barbara Hambly
Best Fantasy Books Under the Radar
2,204 books — 1,616 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Christian Fantasy
793 books — 641 voters
The Forever War by Joe HaldemanForty Thousand in Gehenna by C.J. CherryhRiddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillipThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,617 books — 70,128 voters

The Seedbearers by Peter Valentine TimlettThe Power Of The Serpent by Peter Valentine TimlettTwilight of the Serpent by Peter Valentine TimlettHarpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillipThe Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip
Most Interesting Magic System
2,714 books — 8,929 voters
The Bishop of Rwanda by John RucyahanaRunning the Rift by Naomi Benaron
Books on Rwanda genocide
93 books — 103 voters

The Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyCity by Clifford D. SimakI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Classic Science Fiction - 1950-1959
255 books — 269 voters
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinThe Stainless Steel Rat by Harry HarrisonStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Classic Science Fiction - 1960-1969
295 books — 250 voters

The Forever War by Joe HaldemanThe Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesI Am Legend by Richard Matheson
SF Masterworks
200 books — 727 voters
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffreyFriday by Robert A. HeinleinTrading in Danger by Elizabeth MoonThe Morgaine Saga by C.J. CherryhThe Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
906 books — 909 voters

The Forever War by Joe HaldemanHammer's Slammers by David DrakeBolo by Keith LaumerRecall Not Earth by C.C. MacAppLevel 7 by Mordecai Roshwald
Military Science Fiction
855 books — 1,153 voters
Weapon of Flesh by Chris A. JacksonScimitar Sun by Chris A. JacksonLight at the Edge of Darkness by Cynthia MacKinnonWhen the Hero Comes Home by Gabrielle HarbowyFlashpoint by Frank Creed
Best of the Herscher Project
40 books — 5 voters

The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillipFlaming Zeppelins by Joe R. LansdaleA Matter of Magic by Patricia C. WredeThe Marbury Lens by Andrew SmithAnxious Hearts by Tucker Shaw
Best Book Covers for 2010
359 books — 2,852 voters
Because They Hate by Brigitte Gabriel
My Country, the Enemy
419 books — 344 voters

Flashpoint by Frank Creed
Best Christian Sci-Fi/Fantasy
514 books — 554 voters
The Forever War by Joe HaldemanThe Accidental Time Machine by Joe HaldemanThe Door Into Summer by Robert A. HeinleinA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,179 books — 5,462 voters

The Forever War by Joe HaldemanThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinThe Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffreyForty Thousand in Gehenna by C.J. CherryhFootfall by Larry Niven
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,764 books — 25,819 voters
Weapon of Flesh by Chris A. Jackson
The Best Fantasy Books
1,747 books — 1,522 voters