The Big Books of Fall

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Al (14 Lists)



The Last Policeman by Ben H. WintersThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Weird Detectives (NOT paranormal detectives!)
21 books — 27 voters
Little, Big by John CrowleyLord of Light by Roger ZelaznyTigana by Guy Gavriel KayThe Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Best Stand-Alone Fantasy Book
261 books — 200 voters

Quicksilver by Neal StephensonPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,244 books — 2,911 voters
Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert SilverbergThe Drawing of the Dark by Tim PowersCity of Stairs by Robert Jackson BennettLatro in the Mist by Gene WolfeThe List of Seven by Mark Frost
r/fantasy's Official Underrated and Underread Fantasy
747 books — 1,141 voters

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas PynchonOnly Forward by Michael Marshall SmithSlade House by David MitchellThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
Trippy Books
855 books — 910 voters
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Superhero Fiction
852 books — 1,270 voters

The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John BellairsThe Halloween Tree by Ray BradburyKoko by Peter Straub
Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror
812 books — 416 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra NewmanStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelRiddley Walker by Russell Hoban
Adult Dystopian Books
150 books — 258 voters

Little, Big by John CrowleyThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonLast Call by Tim Powers
Endicott's Mythic Fiction List
112 books — 99 voters
Slade House by David MitchellZeroville by Steve EricksonThe Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels
119 books — 126 voters

Shadow & Claw by Gene WolfeSword & Citadel by Gene WolfeHyperion by Dan SimmonsLord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
910 books — 507 voters
Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
Super Hero Books [Not Graphic Novels]
702 books — 1,057 voters

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleWhen Gravity Fails by George Alec EffingerThe House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,281 books — 1,188 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingShadow & Claw by Gene WolfeFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,311 books — 3,580 voters