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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinAncillary Justice by Ann LeckieDune by Frank HerbertR.U.R. / War with the Newts by Karel Čapek
SF books similar to Mass Effect
79 books — 50 voters
The Lake by Banana YoshimotoThe Killing Moon by N.K. JemisinSkim by Mariko TamakiFalling in Love with Hominids by Nalo HopkinsonA Mercy by Toni Morrison
Best Books by Women of Color
630 books — 76 voters

The Snow Queen by Joan D. VingeAncillary Justice by Ann LeckieThe Killing Moon by N.K. JemisinThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels By Female Authors
100 books — 87 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Killing Moon by N.K. JemisinMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana SinghNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
741 books — 481 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
Staff picks: Feminist books for International Women’s Day
42 books — 47 voters
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Lesbian novels from before 1990
255 books — 116 voters

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le GuinA Hat Full of Sky by Terry PratchettHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,793 books — 19,019 voters
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieDaja's Book by Tamora PierceAkata Witch by Nnedi OkoraforRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorFledgling by Octavia E. Butler
#1000BlackGirlBooks: Suggestions for Marley Dias's Amazing Book Drive
1,326 books — 385 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonShiloh by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorHurry Home, Candy by Meindert De Jong
Dog Books Where the Dog Doesn't Die
237 books — 67 voters
Watership Down by Richard AdamsMiddlemarch by George EliotThe Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
The View from Fifty-One
75 books — 29 voters

The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,136 books — 9,198 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenSoulless by Gail Carriger
The Shallow Best Friend Trope
9 books — 8 voters

The Only Child by GuojingThe Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let... by Amanda PalmerDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisThe Telling by Ursula K. Le GuinQuiet by Susan Cain
What we've read so far in 2016
8,002 books — 1,012 voters
The Only Child by GuojingThe Arrival by Shaun Tan
Wordless Picture Books
426 books — 389 voters

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanEinstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
Gateways to books beyond YA
50 books — 12 voters
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. MartinDaughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini TaylorA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasA History of Glitter and Blood by Hannah MoskowitzThe Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
The Blank of Blank and Blank
568 books — 64 voters

The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan MooreWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Arrival by Shaun TanSkim by Mariko Tamaki
Best Graphic Novels
3,457 books — 6,779 voters
Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo HopkinsonCrenshaw by Katherine ApplegateRadiance by Catherynne M. ValenteThe Only Child by GuojingLair of Dreams by Libba Bray
Best Books of 2015 That Are NOT Erotica
151 books — 47 voters

Dogsbody by Diana Wynne JonesThe Boggart by Susan CooperThe Monster Garden by Vivien AlcockAwake and Dreaming by Kit PearsonThe Steps Up the Chimney by William Corlett
Hidden Gems: YA-Fantasy Novels
2,244 books — 2,852 voters
Sabriel by Garth NixThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudThe Rithmatist by Brandon SandersonA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,228 books — 6,340 voters

All Our Worldly Goods by Irène NémirovskyAwake and Dreaming by Kit Pearson
Moderately Underrated Books (1,000 to 10,000 ratings)
1,956 books — 267 voters
Lila by Marilynne RobinsonNo Normal by G. Willow WilsonHold Your Own by Kae TempestThe Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat
Best Books of 2014 That Are NOT Erotica
523 books — 374 voters

Cloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Arrival by Shaun TanThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinHold Your Own by Kae TempestThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Great Book Covers
727 books — 109 voters
Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson
Black Women Horror Writers
95 books — 54 voters

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel PitcherSkim by Mariko Tamaki
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,775 books — 12,295 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Nobel Prize Contenders
79 books — 70 voters

Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson
2015 Speculative Fiction
31 books — 35 voters
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
2015 YA Books with LGBT Themes
217 books — 817 voters

Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
YA Novels of 2015
1,459 books — 8,328 voters
Akaela by E.E. Giorgi
Dystopian, (post-)apocalyptic and sci-fi YA of 2015
183 books — 251 voters


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