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The Shadow of the Gods by John GwynneThe Trouble with Peace by Joe AbercrombieEmpire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
Best Fantasy of the 2020s
537 books — 505 voters
The Wolves of War by John GwynneThe Unicorn Hunters by Katherine ArdenDaughter of Crows by Mark LawrenceThe Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2026
473 books — 598 voters

The Devils by Joe AbercrombieEmpire of the Dawn by Jay KristoffWritten on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2025
552 books — 905 voters
Malice by John GwynneThe Crown Tower by Michael J. SullivanThe Waking Fire by Anthony RyanThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenThe Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker
r/fantasy's Official Underrated and Underread Fantasy
745 books — 1,130 voters

Empire of the Damned by Jay KristoffThe Fury of the Gods by John GwynneThe Trials of Empire by Richard Swan
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2024
503 books — 933 voters
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienMalice by John GwynneGardens of the Moon by Steven EriksonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,733 books — 26,972 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryDune by Frank HerbertThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,781 voters
Malice by John GwynneThe Garden of Empire by J.T. GreathouseThe Pariah by Anthony RyanThe Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
Fantasy 2023 TBR
42 books — 25 voters

The Emperor of Nihon-Ja by John Flanagan
Let out a breath they didn't know they were holding
98 books — 37 voters
Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Teutonic Knights by Henryk SienkiewiczThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettMacbeth by William ShakespeareCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Read These In School - Liked Them Anyway
348 books — 477 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Shack by William Paul YoungThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,663 voters
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à KempisCatechism of the Catholic Church by Catholic ChurchIntroduction to the Devout Life by Francis de SalesDark Night of The Soul by John of the CrossInterior Castle by Teresa de Ávila
Books for Catholics
703 books — 241 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Children's Books I'll Re-Read No Matter How Old I Am
2,551 books — 3,748 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,844 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisHinds' Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
Best Christian Fiction
2,714 books — 2,745 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,664 voters

Quo Vadis by Henryk SienkiewiczOgniem i mieczem by Henryk SienkiewiczStara baśń by Józef Ignacy KraszewskiTango by Sławomir MrożekInny świat by Gustaw Herling-Grudziński
Best Polish Books
578 books — 558 voters