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
78,069 books — 291,105 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
855 books — 909 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
4,120 books — 5,480 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
1,754 books — 2,241 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
485 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
245 books — 244 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
716 books — 1,050 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
1,137 books — 1,888 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
1,927 books — 3,623 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
441 books — 887 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
590 books — 496 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
418 books — 515 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
3,820 books — 7,563 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
2,151 books — 5,406 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
3,982 books — 26,543 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Historical Fiction
7,856 books — 26,167 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
8,704 books — 25,615 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
548 books — 814 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
1,111 books — 3,809 voters
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeRed Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Classic Science Fiction - 1990-1999
326 books — 185 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
303 books — 261 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 — 247 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
304 books — 250 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
275 books — 272 voters

1984 by George OrwellRed Planet by Robert A. Heinlein
Classic Science Fiction - 1940-1949
91 books — 122 voters
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Classic Science Fiction - 1930-1939
102 books — 116 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
312 books — 243 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
583 books — 319 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
2,909 books — 1,332 voters


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