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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alyce (24 Lists)



Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Martian by Andy WeirReady Player One by Ernest ClineSeveneves by Neal StephensonReamde by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,208 books — 8,955 voters
Remote Control by Nnedi OkoraforAll Systems Red by Martha WellsEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireBinti by Nnedi OkoraforFinna by Nino Cipri
Tor.com Print Novellas
164 books — 42 voters

Starman's Quest by Robert Silverberg
Best of Robert Silverberg
43 books — 19 voters
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire NorthReplay by Ken GrimwoodDoomsday Book by Connie WillisBlackout by Connie WillisKindred by Octavia E. Butler
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
817 books — 1,691 voters

The Caliph's House by Tahir Shah
Favorite Travel Books
2,022 books — 3,944 voters
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones
Goodreads Choice Awards 2019: Y/A Fiction
82 books — 65 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Science Fiction
3,651 books — 6,977 voters
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss11/22/63 by Stephen KingWonder by R.J. PalacioA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,167 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,378 voters
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire NorthA Closed and Common Orbit by Becky ChambersThe Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen LordThe Martian by Andy WeirReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Science Fiction - 2010-2019
548 books — 779 voters

The World According to Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers
Fresh Air 2018
160 books — 58 voters
Grass by Sheri S. TepperDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussOld Man's War by John Scalzi
100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,875 books — 3,252 voters

Graceling by Kristin CashorePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderEon by Alison GoodmanBook of a Thousand Days by Shannon HaleSeraphina by Rachel Hartman
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,457 books — 18,210 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters

Hiroshima by John HerseyMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,076 voters
The Song of the Orphans by Daniel Price
2015's Most Anticipated Book in a Series (Sci-fi/Fantasy)
28 books — 51 voters

Wonder by R.J. PalacioThe Dog Stars by Peter HellerCinder by Marissa MeyerDon't You Wish by Roxanne St. ClaireYesterday by C.K. Kelly Martin
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,203 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Books You Must Read!
11,414 books — 7,320 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellThe Martian by Andy Weir1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,668 voters
Shatter Me by Tahereh MafiThe Death Cure by James DashnerXenocide by Orson Scott CardGlow by Amy Kathleen RyanThe Water Wars by Cameron Stracher
Is It Just Me? Books You Disliked That Everyone Else Seems To Love
2,079 books — 2,691 voters

The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,013 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsAn Echo in the Bone by Diana GabaldonFire by Kristin CashoreShanghai Girls by Lisa See
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,935 voters

Testimony by Anita Shreve
My Top 2008 Reads
39 books — 22 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferGraceling by Kristin Cashore
Best Releases of 2008
230 books — 615 voters