The Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanNeuromancer by William GibsonEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert
Nebula Award for Best Novel
63 books — 392 voters

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Best Steampunk Books
1,248 books — 4,093 voters
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best Books About Nanotechnology
183 books — 660 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,762 books — 25,999 voters
Starship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardArmor by John SteakleyHammer's Slammers by David Drake
Best Military Science Fiction Books
693 books — 850 voters

The Stand by Stephen  KingA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.World War Z by Max BrooksThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEarth Abides by George R. Stewart
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,241 books — 3,411 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
Best of Cyberpunk
372 books — 1,183 voters

The Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiThe Water Knife by Paolo BacigalupiRed Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonGreen Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonBlue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Cli-Fi: Climate Change Fiction
418 books — 616 voters