The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGood Omens by Terry PratchettA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyHyperion by Dan Simmons
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327 books — 132 voters
Storm Front by Jim  ButcherNight Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareGrave Witch by Kalayna Price
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630 books — 3,740 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyHyperion by Dan SimmonsStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
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84 books — 1,613 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James JoyceWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
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588 books — 2,042 voters

Wither by Lauren DeStefanoEntwined by Heather Dixon WallworkFor Nothing by Nicholas DenmonLuminous by Dawn MetcalfMy Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland
Best Book Covers 2011
743 books — 2,835 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomMary Poppins by P.L. TraversThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumLegends of the Fall by Jim HarrisonThe Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,222 books — 6,121 voters

Snow Crash by Neal StephensonNeuromancer by William GibsonGhost in the Shell by Masamune ShirowDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
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Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreBatman by Frank MillerThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,014 voters

City of Bones by Cassandra ClareNeverwhere by Neil GaimanDead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonSunshine by Robin McKinley
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,405 books — 12,548 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFoundation by Isaac AsimovSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,331 books — 24,664 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnAssassination Vacation by Sarah VowellLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenManhunt by James L. SwansonThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best American History Books
2,124 books — 2,495 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books Ever
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