Quo Vadis by Henryk SienkiewiczShōgun by James ClavellThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Historical Fiction
7,860 books — 26,181 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienEast of Eden by John SteinbeckAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,509 books — 123,784 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,980 books — 26,590 voters
The Martian by Andy Weir
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,179 books — 9,128 voters