Brave New World by Aldous HuxleySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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7,875 books — 49,819 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickMarvel 1602 by Neil GaimanSuperman by Mark MillarThe Stand by Stephen  King
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
784 books — 1,347 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction
3,830 books — 7,586 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,517 books — 123,797 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWatchmen by Alan MooreDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Beginning
725 books — 657 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Damnation Game by Clive BarkerIt by Stephen  KingThe Stand by Stephen  KingCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best horror books
493 books — 362 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiCoraline by Neil GaimanLife of Pi by Yann MartelLincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,831 books — 22,347 voters