Worm by WildbowWorth the Candle by cthulhuraejepsenUnsong by Scott   AlexanderThree Worlds Collide by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Best Original Web Fiction
89 books — 147 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchMistborn by Brandon SandersonAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,058 books — 9,898 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Books Ever
76,207 books — 283,392 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,226 books — 8,060 voters

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best Steampunk Books
1,247 books — 4,097 voters
1984 by George OrwellTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,166 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,209 books — 25,728 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,783 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,147 books — 2,719 voters