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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329 books — 136 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
Best Urban Fantasy SERIES
647 books — 3,752 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
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
89 books — 1,625 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
Most Difficult Novels
598 books — 2,063 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 — 2,834 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!
1,220 books — 6,117 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
Best of Cyberpunk
388 books — 1,202 voters
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
1,183 books — 2,016 voters

City of Bones by Cassandra ClareNeverwhere by Neil GaimanDead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonSunshine by Robin McKinley
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,330 books — 12,847 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
8,764 books — 25,713 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
2,250 books — 3,015 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books Ever
78,675 books — 293,189 voters