Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsConsider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksThe Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
Best Space Opera
1,139 books — 1,891 voters
The Cyberiad by Stanisław LemThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
626 books — 1,201 voters

The Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Jackal of Nar by John Marco
Best Epic Fantasy
147 books — 106 voters
The Player of Games by Iain M. BanksEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsOld Man's War by John ScalziRevelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Best Science Fiction
3,848 books — 7,711 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinOld Man's War by John ScalziDauntless by Jack Campbell
Military Science Fiction
851 books — 1,148 voters
Artemis Fowl by Eoin ColferMagyk by Angie SageThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,230 books — 6,343 voters

Old Man's War by John ScalziRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsConsider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Excellent Space Opera
1,119 books — 3,824 voters

Mistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbThe Dragonbone Chair by Tad WilliamsFool's Errand by Robin Hobb
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,679 books — 26,713 voters