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
332 books — 239 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
237 books — 163 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
1,007 books — 1,733 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,817 books — 49,849 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
365 books — 196 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
380 books — 431 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
1,379 books — 1,639 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
817 books — 1,308 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
1,497 books — 5,310 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
636 books — 1,219 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
786 books — 307 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
One Book - Genre
46 books — 79 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyTime and Again by Clifford D. Simak
Best Classic SF Novels (1930-1950)
64 books — 92 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Science Fiction/Fantasy
709 books — 662 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
260 books — 211 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Feminist Science Fiction Books
242 books — 415 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
450 books — 1,144 voters
Neuromancer by William GibsonThe Diamond Age by Neal StephensonAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganKiln People by David Brin
Best of Cyberpunk
390 books — 1,220 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
13,257 books — 8,398 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
1,309 books — 1,379 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
1,123 books — 1,855 voters
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsDune by Frank Herbert
Excellent Space Opera
1,160 books — 3,961 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
4,192 books — 5,725 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
1,196 books — 9,103 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
3,848 books — 7,854 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
78,962 books — 294,235 voters


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