A Decade of Hit Books

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East of Eden by John SteinbeckA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Oprah's Book Club Picks
133 books — 2,208 voters
Mind Over Ship by David MarusekLady of Mazes by Karl SchroederA Million Open Doors by John BarnesForgotten Suns by Judith TarrMission Child by Maureen F. McHugh
Best Science Fiction on Goodreads with between 100 and 999 ratings
937 books — 89 voters

Miners In The Sky by Murray Leinster
Asteroid Mining Books
46 books — 24 voters
Norstrilia by Cordwainer SmithDune by Frank HerbertFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels
101 books — 111 voters

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeThe Steerswoman by Rosemary KirsteinGrass by Sheri S. TepperCyteen by C.J. CherryhEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels (1985 – 2010)
101 books — 9 voters
At the Eye of the Ocean by Hilbert Schenck
Classic Science Fiction - 1980-1989
325 books — 260 voters

And Shall Machines Surrender by Benjanun SriduangkaewDark Eden by Chris BeckettGlasshouse by Charles StrossKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroThe Mount by Carol Emshwiller
BSFBC 2022 Long List
71 books — 3 voters
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Hugo 2022 Eligible Novels
96 books — 131 voters

Dawn by Octavia E. ButlerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Diverse Science Fiction Horror Books
48 books — 6 voters
The Burning Dark by Adam Christopher
Space Horror
341 books — 317 voters

Children of Time by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellHe, She and It by Marge PiercyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAir by Geoff Ryman
Arthur C. Clarke Award Winners
40 books — 97 voters
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Nebula Award for Best Novel
66 books — 395 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Rains Came by Louis BromfieldThe Jewel in the Crown by Paul ScottCyberabad Days by Ian McDonaldRiver of Gods by Ian McDonald
India
1,037 books — 908 voters
Death in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas Mann
Italy
1,042 books — 554 voters

The Miracle Worker by William GibsonThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovThe Last Battle by C.S. LewisMy Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,165 books — 1,526 voters
The Long Walk by Richard BachmanWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,087 books — 26,982 voters

Buddenbrooks by Thomas MannEffi Briest by Theodor FontaneHeidi by Johanna SpyriAusterlitz by W.G. Sebald
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
951 books — 973 voters
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinA Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor ArnasonSet This House in Order by Matt RuffBlack Wine by Candas Jane DorseyThe Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
James Tiptree, Jr. Award
50 books — 20 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,882 voters
Grass by Sheri S. TepperBlood Music by Greg BearThe Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,180 books — 2,689 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Novels mentioned in Among Others by Jo Walton
173 books — 127 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Guardian's 100 greatest novels of all time
106 books — 116 voters

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyA Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
BBC Top 200 Books
200 books — 116 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesThe Way We Live Now by Anthony TrollopeThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
Times Are A-Changing
105 books — 28 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
I Saw the Movie First
190 books — 100 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Promise by Chaim PotokRules of Civility by Amor TowlesHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughTime and Again by Jack Finney
Tales of New York City
1,759 books — 1,352 voters

Snow Treasure by Marie McSwiganThe Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor CameronThe Witch Family by Eleanor EstesThe Glassblower's Children by Maria GripeThe Light Princess by George MacDonald
Best Children's Books Most People Haven't Heard of...
1,774 books — 973 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes DodgeThe Wheel on the School by Meindert De JongThe Upstairs Room by Johanna ReissDirk's Dog, Bello by Meindert De Jong
Netherlands
157 books — 29 voters


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