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Brave New World by Aldous HuxleySolaris by Stanisław LemThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinUbik by Philip K. Dick
Philosophical Science Fiction
473 books — 460 voters
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeChildhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeBlindsight by Peter WattsThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
First Contact
294 books — 438 voters

Starship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Military Science Fiction Books
718 books — 907 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinKindred by Octavia E. ButlerNeuromancer by William Gibson
Speculative Fiction that Passes the Bechdel Test
854 books — 854 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyHyperion by Dan SimmonsDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickDune by Frank Herbert
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,824 books — 4,135 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Quality Dark Fiction
2,704 books — 3,980 voters

House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Excellent Space Opera
1,128 books — 3,904 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Ultimate Hard Science Fiction
144 books — 255 voters

The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.Peopleware by Tom DeMarcoDesign Patterns by Erich GammaProgramming Pearls by Jon L. Bentley
Best Popular Computer Science Books on Goodreads
259 books — 110 voters
Operating Systems Design and Implementation by Andrew S. TanenbaumThe Best Software Writing I by Joel SpolskyAn Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calc... by Greg Michaelson
Best Less Popular Computer Science Books on Goodreads
377 books — 26 voters

Sunstone, Vol. 5 by Stjepan ŠejićSunstone, Vol. 1 by Stjepan Šejić
Lesbian and F/F BDSM
167 books — 190 voters
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Science Writing
289 books — 148 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,443 books — 3,104 voters
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry NivenRed Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best Science Fiction I've read over time
50 books — 4 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Science Fiction/Fantasy
707 books — 660 voters
1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodDune by Frank HerbertA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,843 voters

Foundation by Isaac Asimov1984 by George OrwellDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickHyperion by Dan SimmonsChildhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Science Fiction
3,865 books — 7,831 voters
Death Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaAkira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro OtomoBerserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura
Best Manga Book Ever
1,255 books — 3,951 voters

Machine Learning by Tom M. MitchellThe Elements of Statistical Learning by Trevor Hastie
Best machine learning books
90 books — 80 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Commune Reading List
179 books — 16 voters

A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Hidden Gems of Science Fiction
487 books — 433 voters
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven PinkerHow to Lie with Statistics by Darrell HuffGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
Reddit's Favourite Non-Fiction
37 books — 8 voters

An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calc... by Greg MichaelsonThe Little Schemer by Daniel P. Friedman
Functional Programming
47 books — 35 voters
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'MalleyDeath Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaAkira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro OtomoHellblazer by Jamie DelanoNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1 by Hayao Miyazaki
Best Graphic Novels
3,502 books — 6,792 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Feminist Books
2,944 books — 4,273 voters

Peopleware by Tom DeMarcoThe Mythical Man Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Fog Creek Software Management Training Program
119 books — 69 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,720 books — 17,951 voters