Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Gumps (9 Lists)



1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Stand by Stephen KingShades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,760 books — 25,997 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiThe City & the City by China MiévilleOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,213 books — 8,960 voters

The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeElantris by Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe City & the City by China Miéville
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,060 books — 9,904 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingNeverwhere by Neil GaimanWicked by Gregory Maguire
Best Fantasy of the 90s
382 books — 787 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyMary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy by Mary StewartOn a Pale Horse by Piers AnthonyThe Anubis Gates by Tim PowersWinter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Best Fantasy of the 80s
343 books — 691 voters
The Sword of Shannara by Terry BrooksLord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. DonaldsonThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Fantasy of the 70s
141 books — 310 voters

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinDune by Frank HerbertHyperion by Dan Simmons1984 by George OrwellFoundation by Isaac Asimov
The Best Classical Science Fiction Works
112 books — 153 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrAn Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain PearsThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Best Historical Mystery
2,083 books — 4,544 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
BBC Top 200 Books
201 books — 115 voters