The Stand by Stephen  KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyWorld War Z by Max BrooksI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson1984 by George Orwell
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,245 books — 3,416 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Stand by Stephen  King
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,326 books — 24,667 voters
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. ForesterThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Caine Mutiny by Herman WoukDas Boot by Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Nautical Novels
431 books — 331 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. WellsSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Timeline by Michael CrichtonReplay by Ken GrimwoodSomewhere In Time by Richard Matheson
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters