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



The Player of Games by Iain M. BanksNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinContact by Carl SaganSolaris by Stanisław Lem
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,824 books — 4,135 voters
The Number Devil by Hans Magnus EnzensbergerThe Man Who Counted by Malba Tahan
The Pi Collection
42 books — 37 voters

The Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettDouble Indemnity by James M. CainThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonThe Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
779 books — 1,021 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Dystopia!
1,244 books — 2,814 voters

Solaris by Stanisław LemRingworld by Larry NivenThe Dark Forest by Liu CixinRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeRoadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky
Best Science Fiction
3,865 books — 7,831 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythOur Man in Havana by Graham GreeneThe Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Best Spy Novels
1,455 books — 2,673 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
The A to Z of Murder: Essential Guide to Mystery, Detective & Pulp Fiction of the 19th and 20th C
88 books — 19 voters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Booker Prize Winners
62 books — 2,002 voters

The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganThe Martian by Andy WeirNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,200 books — 9,117 voters
Uncle Abner by Melville Davisson PostThe Three Coffins by John Dickson CarrAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Locked Room Mysteries
191 books — 157 voters