The City & the City by China MiévilleRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleBlindsight by Peter WattsAnathem by Neal Stephenson
Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009
309 books — 241 voters
The City & the City by China MiévilleDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Demolished Man by Alfred BesterChasm City by Alastair ReynoldsDiplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
Science Fiction Detective Novels
230 books — 155 voters

The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanWarbreaker by Brandon SandersonThe Alloy of Law by Brandon SandersonNight Watch by Terry PratchettThe Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Sword and Laser Fantasy List
1,005 books — 1,735 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,790 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Modern-day Classics
364 books — 192 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyDead Souls by Nikolai GogolEugene Onegin and Other Poems by Alexander PushkinCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyA Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
Russian school curriculum literature
101 books — 22 voters

Sex at Dawn by Christopher  Ryan
Histories of the Everyday
370 books — 339 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsSex at Dawn by Christopher  RyanNonsense on Stilts by Massimo Pigliucci
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,294 books — 1,425 voters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Taming of the Shrew by William ShakespeareMythology by Edith HamiltonThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Required Reading in High School
813 books — 1,289 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Principia  by Isaac NewtonThe Republic by PlatoAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,287 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsThe Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
611 books — 1,187 voters
Witches Abroad by Terry PratchettLords and Ladies by Terry PratchettThud! by Terry PratchettFeet of Clay by Terry PratchettMen at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Worlds You Wish You Lived In
106 books — 60 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William Golding1984 by George OrwellAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Books to Read Before You're 30
729 books — 250 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
One Book - Genre
41 books — 77 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyTime and Again by Clifford D. Simak
Best Classic SF Novels (1930-1950)
64 books — 91 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Science Fiction/Fantasy
698 books — 626 voters

Roadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinSolaris by Stanisław LemHeart of a Dog by Mikhail BulgakovWar with the Newts by Karel Čapek
Best European Science Fiction Books
257 books — 208 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Feminist Science Fiction Books
239 books — 412 voters

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Hyperion Omnibus by Dan SimmonsRed Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonRevelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Best Science Fiction Series
432 books — 1,098 voters
Neuromancer by William GibsonThe Diamond Age by Neal StephensonAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganKiln People by David Brin
Best of Cyberpunk
374 books — 1,186 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Books you have read more than one time
12,686 books — 7,915 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleSlan by A.E. van VogtDarwin's Radio by Greg BearWicked by Crystal JordanParable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Books I wish I had never read
1,277 books — 1,342 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,107 books — 1,718 voters
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsDune by Frank Herbert
Excellent Space Opera
1,032 books — 3,684 voters

The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
3,968 books — 5,066 voters
CryoBurn by Lois McMaster BujoldRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsThe City & the City by China MiévilleThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiIlium by Dan Simmons
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,237 books — 8,977 voters

The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction
3,676 books — 7,009 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
76,626 books — 284,997 voters


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