Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster BujoldA Matter of Oaths by Helen S. WrightEverfair by Nisi ShawlBehind the Throne by K.B. WagersPaladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
Old(er) Women in SF/F
209 books — 107 voters
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky ChambersGrey Sister by Mark  LawrenceBeneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuireArtificial Condition by Martha Wells
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2018
508 books — 1,547 voters

Ancillary Justice by Ann LeckieShards of Honour by Lois McMaster BujoldAmmonite by Nicola GriffithGrass by Sheri S. TepperThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Space Opera Written By Women
245 books — 96 voters
Salt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterLongitude by Dava SobelThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
You Read a Book about What?
4,018 books — 2,065 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsNeverwhere by Neil GaimanNeuromancer by William GibsonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Books for Gamers
375 books — 135 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiSolaris by Stanisław LemLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Translated Speculative Fiction
379 books — 199 voters

Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Scar by China MiévilleGormenghast by Mervyn Peake
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,194 books — 1,088 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,320 books — 118,976 voters
All the Paths of Shadow by Frank TuttleLady of Devices by Shelley AdinaFlash Gold by Lindsay Buroker
Indie Steampunk
156 books — 122 voters

The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeBlood Music by Greg BearSnow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Bohr Maker by Linda Nagata
Best Books About Nanotechnology
182 books — 659 voters
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeThe Fall of Hyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Diamond Age by Neal StephensonDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Difference Engine by William Gibson
Classic Science Fiction - 1990-1999
325 books — 182 voters

Neverwhere by Neil GaimanAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareTithe by Holly BlackValiant by Holly Black
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,392 books — 12,521 voters

Foundation by Isaac AsimovDune by Frank HerbertConsider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksChasm City by Alastair ReynoldsThe Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Space Opera classics
32 books — 19 voters
Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinThe Quantum Thief by Hannu RajaniemiFirst Light by Linda NagataGod's War by Kameron Hurley
Science Fiction - 2010-2019
547 books — 777 voters

Revelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsConsider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeThe Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
Best Space Opera
1,050 books — 1,697 voters


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