The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Books Ever
75,410 books — 280,090 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Trippy Books
831 books — 892 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George Orwell
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
3,920 books — 4,910 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
S&L Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles
1,693 books — 2,149 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondCollapse by Jared DiamondThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnThe Code Book by Simon Singh
History of Science
484 books — 289 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Computers in Literature
237 books — 237 voters

Snow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Running Man by Richard  BachmanThe Invisible Man by H.G. WellsThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Best Technothrillers Ever
675 books — 986 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinThe Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. HamiltonA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Best Space Opera
1,050 books — 1,696 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksCollapse by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,833 books — 3,591 voters
Revelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsThe Martian by Andy WeirA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeHouse of Suns by Alastair ReynoldsRingworld by Larry Niven
best hard science fiction
391 books — 717 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsCollapse by Jared DiamondSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Best General Science Books
581 books — 484 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerDescartes' Error by António DamásioThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsMetaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
Best Cognitive Science Books
402 books — 487 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction
3,598 books — 6,837 voters
The Anubis Gates by Tim PowersTime Enough for Love by Robert A. HeinleinThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickThe Number of the Beast by Robert A. HeinleinThe Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,944 books — 5,220 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,703 books — 25,906 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Historical Fiction
7,275 books — 25,468 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,300 books — 24,517 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieLast Argument of Kings by Joe AbercrombieBefore They Are Hanged by Joe AbercrombiePerdido Street Station by China Miéville
Best Dark Fantasy
527 books — 685 voters

Starship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeThe Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. HamiltonGateway by Frederik Pohl
Excellent Space Opera
978 books — 3,517 voters
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeRed Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Classic Science Fiction - 1990-1999
325 books — 182 voters

Startide Rising by David BrinThe Uplift War by David BrinThe Number of the Beast by Robert A. HeinleinContact by Carl SaganHyperion by Dan Simmons
Classic Science Fiction - 1980-1989
302 books — 260 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le GuinGateway by Frederik PohlTime Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
Classic Science Fiction - 1970-1979
272 books — 245 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Classic Science Fiction - 1960-1969
292 books — 245 voters
Starship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinFoundation by Isaac AsimovThe Space Merchants by Frederik PohlMethuselah's Children by Robert A. HeinleinCitizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
Classic Science Fiction - 1950-1959
276 books — 273 voters

1984 by George OrwellRed Planet by Robert A. Heinlein
Classic Science Fiction - 1940-1949
90 books — 120 voters
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Classic Science Fiction - 1930-1939
102 books — 117 voters

Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe City & the City by China MiévilleRainbows End by Vernor VingeRevelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009
305 books — 239 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezPhantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollUbik by Philip K. DickThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Favorite Fiction
571 books — 294 voters

Intimate Memoirs by Georges SimenonAlan Turing by Andrew Hodges
Favorite Biography
23 books — 5 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerLe Ton beau de Marot by Douglas R. HofstadterGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterWriting Systems by Geoffrey Sampson
favorite non-fiction
2,765 books — 1,117 voters


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