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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Scott Shjefte (17 Lists)



Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingGuards! Guards! by Terry PratchettGoing Postal by Terry PratchettThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchAssassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
SFF: Best Characters
97 books — 20 voters
Dark Days by Kate Ormand
Dystopian, (post-)apocalyptic and sci-fi YA of 2014
238 books — 348 voters

It Lives in The Basement by Sahara Foley
Obscure books for avid readers
328 books — 234 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsDoomsday Book by Connie WillisTime and Again by Jack FinneySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Timeline by Michael Crichton
Best Time-Travel Novels
733 books — 514 voters

Dinosaur Lake by Kathryn Meyer GriffithThe Enormous Egg by Oliver ButterworthJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules VerneDinosaur Planet by Anne McCaffreyJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Dinosaur Fantasy and Science Fiction
103 books — 163 voters
The Scorpion's Tail by Douglas PrestonWay Station by Clifford D. SimakA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainThe Ninth Metal by Benjamin Percy
Sesame's good reads
4 books — 1 voter

Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Damnation Alley by Roger ZelaznyEternity Road by Jack McDevitt
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,288 books — 3,468 voters
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Jewish Books That Aren't Depressing
184 books — 30 voters

Storm Front by Jim ButcherFool Moon by Jim ButcherSomething from the Nightside by Simon R. GreenTurn Coat by Jim ButcherSmall Favor by Jim Butcher
Best Occult Detective Fiction
459 books — 406 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyAnother Fine Myth by Robert Lynn AsprinPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,229 books — 6,336 voters

Chaos on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
Goodreads Choice Awards 2021 (eligible for write-in only)
2,645 books — 3,820 voters
The Theory of the Properties of Metals and Alloys by Neville F. MottThe New Gold Rush by Joseph N. PeltonStuff Matters by Mark Miodownik
Best Material Engineering Books
4 books — 2 voters

Artificial Condition by Martha WellsRogue Protocol by Martha WellsExit Strategy by Martha WellsThe Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster BujoldTime Was by Ian McDonald
2019 Hugo Awards - Best Novella
49 books — 90 voters
Spellhacker by M.K. EnglandThe Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs
Goodreads Choice Awards 2020 (eligible for write-in only)
876 books — 639 voters

The Kevorkian Oath by Richard E. BrownHow Does Your Garden Grow? by Mary Hilliard JacksonStars of Fortune by Nora RobertsEternity Soup by Greg CritserInterWorld by Neil Gaiman
2020: What the Over-50s Are Reading
559 books — 29 voters
It by Stephen King
Clown Horror
51 books — 46 voters

Rite of Passage by Alexei PanshinWaldo and Magic, Inc by Robert A. HeinleinForever Peace by Joe HaldemanSecond Foundation by Isaac AsimovOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,728 books — 25,782 voters