Ventus by Karl SchroederAccelerando by Charles StrossA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeLady of Mazes by Karl SchroederSingularity Sky by Charles Stross
Transhuman Science Fiction
152 books — 188 voters
Feast of Souls by C.S. FriedmanMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott BakkerBlack Sun Rising by C.S. FriedmanThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,166 books — 12,209 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Road by Cormac McCarthySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,929 books — 26,285 voters
Sabriel by Garth NixThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Young Adult Books
13,246 books — 80,341 voters

Ventus by Karl SchroederPermanence by Karl SchroederA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeDune by Frank Patrick HerbertHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,676 books — 25,211 voters
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayNaked Empire by Terry GoodkindThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Books I wish I had never read
1,293 books — 1,360 voters