The Road by Cormac McCarthyWool by Hugh HoweyStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangThe City & the City by China MiévilleNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Literary Science Fiction
314 books — 245 voters
Wool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinThe Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,339 books — 9,241 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWatership Down by Richard  AdamsJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Highbrow Fantasy Books
422 books — 627 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyTitus Groan by Mervyn PeakeLord of the Flies by William GoldingWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,932 books — 26,290 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyThe Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
4,097 books — 5,363 voters
Watership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Re-Readable
7,658 books — 2,363 voters

True Grit by Charles PortisThe Inheritors by William GoldingA Soldier of the Great War by Mark HelprinThe Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre BoulleGates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
Best historical fiction novels
1,225 books — 1,089 voters