The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi VoRing Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
Hugo 2021 Eligible Novellas
45 books — 67 voters
Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de BodardA Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
2021 Queer SFF
240 books — 532 voters

Foundation by Isaac AsimovDune by Frank HerbertFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,695 books — 25,419 voters
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinNeuromancer by William Gibson
Penguin Galaxy Series
6 books — 9 voters

Guards! Guards! by Terry PratchettThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeCold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Humorous Books
4,404 books — 8,036 voters
The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanFables, Vol. 1 by Bill WillinghamScott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Best Graphic Novels
3,458 books — 6,778 voters

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerFight Club by Chuck PalahniukBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingAbout a Boy by Nick Hornby
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,135 books — 10,099 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction
7,836 books — 26,139 voters

Smiley's People by John le CarréTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
Best Spy Novels
1,398 books — 2,474 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingNeverwhere by Neil GaimanNight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,424 books — 12,862 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Best Literary Mysteries
2,649 books — 4,830 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,357 books — 9,434 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Redbreast by Jo NesbøThe Snowman by Jo Nesbø
Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries
331 books — 688 voters
The Poet by Michael    ConnellyThe Lincoln Lawyer by Michael    ConnellyThe Black Echo by Michael    ConnellyTrunk Music by Michael    ConnellyLost Light by Michael    Connelly
Best by Michael Connelly
33 books — 99 voters

Resurrection Men by Ian RankinA Question of Blood by Ian RankinExit Music by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin
52 books — 13 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Poet by Michael    ConnellyThe Lincoln Lawyer by Michael    Connelly
Detective Fiction
1,235 books — 1,122 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonL.A. Confidential by James EllroyThe Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Best Crime Thrillers
143 books — 153 voters
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
SF Masterworks
203 books — 726 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,581 books — 26,672 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,974 books — 26,426 voters

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingEragon by Christopher PaoliniHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,686 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,372 voters

1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,814 voters