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
64 books — 393 voters

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Best Steampunk Books
1,257 books — 4,102 voters
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best Books About Nanotechnology
183 books — 659 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
3,857 books — 26,125 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
715 books — 906 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
1,250 books — 3,423 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
Best of Cyberpunk
377 books — 1,191 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
427 books — 629 voters