American Pastoral by Philip RothCity of Thieves by David BenioffCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Fixer by Bernard MalamudPortnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
Jews in Literature
885 books — 312 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
True Crime
732 books — 623 voters

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeThe Martian by Andy WeirFootfall by Larry NivenThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
First Contact
280 books — 391 voters

Hyperion by Dan SimmonsA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeSeveneves by Neal StephensonLucifer's Hammer by Larry NivenThe Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Ultimate Hard Science Fiction
127 books — 183 voters
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyOld Man's War by John ScalziChildren of Time by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Reality Dysfunction 1 by Peter F. Hamilton
Excellent Space Opera
1,032 books — 3,707 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Urban Fantasy With Male Lead Characters
1,023 books — 1,414 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,363 books — 1,777 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,185 books — 1,509 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
905 books — 1,255 voters

Blindness by José Saramago
Best European Science Fiction Books
257 books — 208 voters

The Martian by Andy Weir
Horror and Creeping Dread
61 books — 13 voters
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Found-In-Ice Stories
85 books — 28 voters

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Best Fiction about Adoption
327 books — 221 voters
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
62 books — 1,991 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSix of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,500 books — 18,374 voters
Stoner by John  Williams
New York Review Books - Classics
532 books — 891 voters

Children of Time by Adrian TchaikovskyMidnight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. ChalkerStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Alien protagonists
128 books — 63 voters

Midnight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. ChalkerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Trippy Books
849 books — 903 voters
Borne by Jeff Vandermeer
Eco-Fiction
344 books — 321 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiBorne by Jeff Vandermeer
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,213 books — 1,113 voters

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
308 books — 438 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Literary Science Fiction
309 books — 234 voters
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovThe Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
Best Science Fiction Series
432 books — 1,115 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Napoleonic War fiction
172 books — 160 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Rising Up and Rising Down
81 books — 27 voters


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