Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/5420722-derek">Derek</a> (10 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Derek (10 Lists)

Embassytown by China Miéville

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Blindsight by Peter Watts

Science Fiction using Languages or Linguistics as a Plot Device

68 books — 119 voters

Blake or The Huts of America by Martin R. Delany

The Conjure Woman by Charles W. Chesnutt

The Comet by W.E.B. Du Bois

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola

The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delany

A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction

48 books — 19 voters

Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson

Best of Poul Anderson

54 books — 16 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Best Young Adult Books

13,340 books — 80,621 voters

The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton

Old Man's War by John Scalzi

On Basilisk Station by David Weber

The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh

The Faded Sun Trilogy by C.J. Cherryh

Excellent Space Opera

1,134 books — 3,970 voters

Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint

Best Urban Fantasy SERIES

652 books — 3,756 voters

Contact by Carl Sagan

Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist

1,447 books — 3,109 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Best Series Ever

77 books — 36 voters

The City & the City by China Miéville

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

585 books — 2,400 voters

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

8,797 books — 26,032 voters