Revelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsRedemption Ark by Alastair ReynoldsChasm City by Alastair ReynoldsIlium by Dan Simmons
Best Space Opera of the 21st Century
288 books — 548 voters
The Stand by Stephen        KingSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,703 books — 25,906 voters

Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Excellent Space Opera
978 books — 3,517 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,330 books — 119,090 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAnathem by Neal StephensonCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction
3,598 books — 6,837 voters

Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Best Middle Ages Books
1,208 books — 1,681 voters
Little Big Man by Thomas BergerThe Thin Red Line by James  JonesAn Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain PearsThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Historical Fiction
7,275 books — 25,468 voters