Ready Player One by Ernest ClineOld Man's War by John ScalziLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyWorld War Z by Max BrooksPerdido Street Station by China Miéville
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,333 books — 9,236 voters
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanAll Clear by Connie WillisThe Big Short by Michael   Lewis
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,719 books — 14,314 voters

Armor by John SteakleyDune by Frank Patrick HerbertStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
Best Science Fiction
3,796 books — 7,400 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,841 books — 22,294 voters

True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter CareyThe Ghost Road by Pat Barker
Booker Prize Winners
69 books — 2,006 voters
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank Patrick HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Dosadi Experiment by Frank Patrick Herbert
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,214 books — 11,775 voters

The Secrets of Inchon by Eugene Franklin Clark
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,191 books — 2,509 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanNeverwhere by Neil GaimanAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Best Fantasy Books
1,696 books — 2,077 voters

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Jesus Incident by Frank Patrick Herbert
Best Books on Artificial Intelligence
477 books — 703 voters
Seventh Son by Orson Scott CardThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Alternate History
370 books — 687 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Most Interesting Magic System
2,669 books — 8,801 voters
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Read These In School - Liked Them Anyway
342 books — 472 voters

Batman by Frank MillerThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanFrank Miller's Complete Sin City Library by Frank Miller
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,018 voters
A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. MalkielThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul ZindelThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Best Book Titles
12,022 books — 8,410 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Ending
8,131 books — 6,250 voters
’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingVampire$ by John Steakley
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,828 books — 4,957 voters

Different Seasons by Stephen  King
Prison Books
529 books — 249 voters
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
Saddest Books
485 books — 720 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleHouse Atreides by Brian Herbert
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,606 voters
Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,486 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,352 books — 123,395 voters
Dune by Frank Patrick HerbertIt by Stephen  KingThe Stand by Stephen  KingEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books Ever
77,772 books — 290,198 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Stranger by Albert CamusGates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,163 books — 10,814 voters
A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. MalkielThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebFooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas TalebFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,261 books — 8,076 voters

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebFooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas TalebFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittAtonement by Ian McEwanHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,218 books — 28,369 voters
Insomnia by Stephen  King
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,155 books — 3,679 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSmall Gods by Terry PratchettThe World According to Garp by John Irving
Best Humorous Books
4,393 books — 8,021 voters
Starship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,578 books — 18,686 voters

Dune by Frank Patrick HerbertIt by Stephen  KingArmor by John SteakleyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Stand by Stephen  King
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,890 books — 49,804 voters
The Invaders Plan by L. Ron HubbardHouse Atreides by Brian HerbertGods in Alabama by Joshilyn JacksonDestiny's End by Tim SullivanInterstellar Pig by William Sleator
The Worst Books of All Time
8,097 books — 19,880 voters


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