The Vanished Birds by Simon JimenezWhen the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi VoFinna by Nino CipriThe Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi VoPiranesi by Susanna Clarke
Adult Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2020
93 books — 38 voters
Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi VoBlack Sun by Rebecca RoanhorseThe Unspoken Name by A.K. LarkwoodHeaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
Best Fantasy of the 2020s
452 books — 483 voters

Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeBlack Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Hugo 2021 Eligible Novels
121 books — 215 voters
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Hugo 2022 Eligible Novellas
42 books — 53 voters

Heaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng XiùGrandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
Danmei Officially Translated to English
179 books — 185 voters
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady MartineShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Hugo 2022 Eligible Novels
96 books — 131 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerSpinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Hugo 2019 Eligible Novels
124 books — 422 voters
Spinning Silver by Naomi NovikCirce by Madeline Miller
Best Books of 2018
1,651 books — 2,958 voters

The Winter of the Witch by Katherine ArdenLent by Jo Walton
2019 Most Anticipated Releases -No YA
305 books — 459 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
2018: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,747 books — 302 voters

The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
2017: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,707 books — 203 voters
Cloud Atlas by David  MitchellThe City & the City by China MiévilleWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyThe Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,203 books — 8,943 voters

The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
767 books — 1,292 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodMonkey Beach by Eden Robinson
Best Canadian Literature
2,332 books — 1,145 voters

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge PiercyMission Child by Maureen F. McHughThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Feminist Science Fiction Books
239 books — 411 voters

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Best History Books
3,694 books — 3,730 voters
Red China Blues by Jan WongThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Best Books About China
743 books — 565 voters

The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger
Substance Abuse & Addiction
717 books — 1,315 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Quick Reads
1,061 books — 716 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Aeneid by VirgilMetamorphoses by OvidThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
1,078 books — 623 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Best Books about Elves or Faeries
814 books — 1,055 voters

Ubik by Philip K. DickThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeThe Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Trippy Books
842 books — 896 voters
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Vampires and Werewolves and Witches...Oh My!
1,945 books — 2,995 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeCatch-22 by Joseph HellerGhostwritten by David  Mitchell
Great Debut Novels
1,574 books — 1,472 voters
Ficciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyTales of the Unexpected by Roald DahlThe Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna ClarkeWelcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Collections of Short Stories
2,894 books — 2,037 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
If I Were Stranded On a Desert Island...
1,203 books — 432 voters
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHughMission Child by Maureen F. McHughChanging Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,079 books — 2,105 voters


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