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1636 by Eric FlintThe Odyssey by HomerThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
[ATY 2025] Waves on Cover
349 books — 96 voters
All Systems Red by Martha WellsThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarNetwork Effect by Martha WellsThe Martian by Andy WeirExhalation by Ted Chiang
[ATY 2025] NPR's Books We Love
431 books — 75 voters

The Crossing by Kevin IkenberryThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonPompeii by Robert HarrisThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerJulius Caesar by William Shakespeare
[ATY 2025] Set Prior to 1925
300 books — 75 voters
Grantville Gazette, Volume 6 by Eric FlintThe Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz KafkaExhalation by Ted ChiangThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
[ATY 2025] A Collection
392 books — 75 voters

A Diogenes Club for the Czar by Gorg HuffFuturistic Violence and Fancy Suits by David WongDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsIf This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe by Jason ParginThis Idea Must Die by John Brockman
[ATY 2025] Weird or Intriguing Title
468 books — 103 voters
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Crystal Balls on the Cover
70 books — 21 voters

The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit FoxTime and Time Again by Ben EltonHollow World by Michael J. Sullivan
ATY Group Members Recommendations
246 books — 88 voters
The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold11/22/63 by Stephen KingLightning by Dean KoontzThe Accidental Time Machine by Joe HaldemanThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,182 books — 5,465 voters

The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold11/22/63 by Stephen KingLightning by Dean KoontzThe Accidental Time Machine by Joe HaldemanTime by Stephen Baxter
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
890 books — 1,865 voters
The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold11/22/63 by Stephen KingLightning by Dean KoontzThe Accidental Time Machine by Joe HaldemanSmall Eternities by Michael Lawrence
Best Time-Travel Novels
741 books — 519 voters

Out by Natsuo KirinoSilence by Shūsaku Endō
Cultural reads
402 books — 167 voters
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsStorm Front by Jim ButcherFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Authors Under 30
148 books — 104 voters

John Dies at the End by David WongHELP! A Bear is Eating Me! by Mykle Hansen
Bizarro
358 books — 255 voters
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardTau Zero by Poul AndersonXenocide by Orson Scott Card
Best Hugo Award Winners and Nominees
299 books — 169 voters

Shinigami Eyes by Cheree SmithFor Fukui's Sake by Sam Baldwin
Let's Japan!
185 books — 66 voters
Shinigami Eyes by Cheree Smith
Fiction Novels Featuring Yokai
110 books — 112 voters

Shinigami Eyes by Cheree Smith
Best Teen Horror/Suspense/Thriller
959 books — 1,576 voters
Shinigami Eyes by Cheree Smith
Bring on the Creepy!
723 books — 479 voters

Shinigami Eyes by Cheree Smith
Fall 2014 Young Adult Releases
227 books — 916 voters
Batman by Alan MooreThe Gunslinger Born by Peter David
Best Graphic Novels
3,502 books — 6,792 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Shining by Stephen King1984 by George OrwellThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsIt by Stephen King
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,844 voters
STEINS；GATE 円環連鎖のウロボロス 1 by Chōshirō MiwaSteins;Gate タイムトラベラーズテイル [Steins;Gate by IDコミックス／DNAメディアコミックスSTEINS；GATE 円環連鎖のウロボロス 2 by Chōshirō MiwaSteins;Gate タイムトラベラーズテイル 2 [Steins;Gate by IDコミックス／DNAメディアコミックスSTEINS；GATE 比翼連理のアンダーリン 2 by Chōshirō Miwa
STEINS;GATE BOOKS
22 books — 3 voters

The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne BishopThe Dark Tower Series by Stephen KingEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardIt by Stephen KingThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,664 voters
It by Stephen King11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Drawing of the Three by Stephen KingThe Dark Tower by Stephen KingThe Tommyknockers by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,893 voters