A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Best Historical Fiction
7,437 books — 25,624 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAlas, Babylon by Pat FrankThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,242 books — 3,411 voters

Time and Again by Clifford D. Simak
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,973 books — 5,257 voters
Shiri by D.S. Taylor
Best Books About Egypt
490 books — 574 voters

Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters
Shōgun by James Clavell
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,955 books — 1,880 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,360 books — 1,778 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
611 books — 1,187 voters

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à KempisDeath on a Friday Afternoon by Richard John NeuhausThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisMere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Favorite Christian Books
1,910 books — 1,370 voters
The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Beginning
719 books — 652 voters

Time Quartet by Madeleine L'EngleDragonflight by Anne McCaffreyThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,085 books — 11,753 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,186 books — 28,369 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardNeuromancer by William Gibson
Old SciFi and Fantasy Book Club List
147 books — 211 voters