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Fugitive Telemetry by Martha WellsA Desolation Called Peace by Arkady MartineLeviathan Falls by James S.A. CoreyThe Winds of Winter by George R.R. MartinThe Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2021
603 books — 1,496 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. LovecraftThe Scar by China MiévilleHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,264 books — 1,174 voters

Network Effect by Martha WellsThe City We Became by N.K. JemisinPeace Talks by Jim ButcherThe Empire of Gold by S.A. ChakrabortyThe Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2020
521 books — 1,309 voters
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. HamiltonStorm Front by Jim ButcherKitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie VaughnHounded by Kevin HearneMidnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
Best Adult Urban Fantasy (First Book Only)
189 books — 150 voters

Pandora's Star by Peter F. HamiltonChildren of Time by Adrian TchaikovskyLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyWe Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. TaylorThe Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Best Hard Science Fiction of the 21st Century
229 books — 1,590 voters
Grey Sister by Mark LawrenceThe Lost Metal by Brandon SandersonSpinning Silver by Naomi NovikArtificial Condition by Martha Wells
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2018
517 books — 1,553 voters

Holy Sister by Mark LawrenceThe Burning White by Brent Weeks
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2019
599 books — 1,724 voters
Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiThe Water Knife by Paolo BacigalupiThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodMaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
Cli-Fi: Climate Change Fiction
456 books — 702 voters

A Conjuring of Light by V.E. SchwabNorse Mythology by Neil GaimanOathbringer by Brandon SandersonThe Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi LeeBeren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkien
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2017
1,284 books — 3,817 voters
Burn Bright by Patricia BriggsThe Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi LeeSpinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Can't Wait Books of 2018
1,168 books — 4,449 voters

Old Man's War by John ScalziAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsThe City & the City by China Miéville
Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009
332 books — 239 voters
Oathbringer by Brandon SandersonAssassin's Fate by Robin HobbThe Core by Peter V. BrettSins of Empire by Brian McClellan
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2017
340 books — 1,386 voters

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Original Stories . . . a Breath of Fresh Air
12,270 books — 12,612 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesMarked by P.C. Cast
Books I wish I had never read
1,308 books — 1,378 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodCinder by Marissa MeyerContact by Carl SaganShards of Honour by Lois McMaster BujoldDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,443 books — 3,104 voters
Poison Study by Maria V. SnyderMistborn by Brandon SandersonHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesSabriel by Garth Nix
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,848 books — 19,116 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
World's Greatest Novellas
737 books — 1,476 voters
Storm Front by Jim ButcherHounded by Kevin HearneSandman Slim by Richard KadreyAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanSomething from the Nightside by Simon R. Green
Urban Fantasy With Male Lead Characters
1,022 books — 1,418 voters

The Thousand Names by Django WexlerThe Red Knight by Miles CameronHouse of Blades by Will Wight
r/fantasy's Official Underrated and Underread Fantasy
745 books — 1,130 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisThe Final Empire by Brandon SandersonThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
I read the first one and felt compelled to read them all
267 books — 86 voters

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreySaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanAbaddon’s Gate by James S.A. CoreyAncillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Science Fiction - 2010-2019
627 books — 758 voters
Rainbows End by Vernor VingeDownbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,164 books — 2,526 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
What we've read so far in...2015
9,780 books — 2,169 voters
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. SchwabNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenUprooted by Naomi NovikThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussHalf a King by Joe Abercrombie
Books I Should Read in 2017
71 books — 92 voters

The Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,026 books — 2,643 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,337 books — 8,175 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,711 voters
Seveneves by Neal StephensonThe Water Knife by Paolo BacigalupiAncillary Mercy by Ann LeckieNemesis Games by James S.A. CoreyThe End of All Things by John Scalzi
2015 Locus SF Novels Recommended Reading List
28 books — 26 voters


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