One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,530 books — 120,009 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein1984 by George OrwellDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,989 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineWool by Hugh HoweyShift by Hugh Howey
Science Fiction - 2010-2019
548 books — 779 voters
Flood by Stephen BaxterArk by Stephen BaxterPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe City & the City by China MiévilleThe Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009
309 books — 241 voters

Red Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonGreen Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonBlue Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonForward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Classic Science Fiction - 1990-1999
326 books — 184 voters
The Robots of Dawn by Isaac AsimovThe Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. ClarkeFoundation's Edge by Isaac AsimovFoundation and Earth by Isaac AsimovRobots and Empire by Isaac Asimov
Classic Science Fiction - 1980-1989
303 books — 261 voters

The Gods Themselves by Isaac AsimovThe Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Shockwave Rider by John BrunnerImperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
Classic Science Fiction - 1970-1979
273 books — 247 voters
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Classic Science Fiction - 1960-1969
293 books — 246 voters

1984 by George OrwellOrphans of the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
Classic Science Fiction - 1940-1949
91 books — 121 voters
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Classic Science Fiction - 1930-1939
102 books — 116 voters

The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovThe Caves of Steel by Isaac AsimovThe Naked Sun by Isaac AsimovThe End of Eternity by Isaac AsimovChildhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
Classic Science Fiction - 1950-1959
277 books — 273 voters