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Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,485 books — 16,045 voters
Living Stone by Edward CoxThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Modern Gothic
683 books — 1,348 voters

Night Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoThe Bottoms by Joe R. LansdaleThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,509 books — 1,490 voters
The Room by Hubert Selby Jr.The Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisTorture Garden by Octave MirbeauSilverfish by Hobie Anthony
Awful People Doing Awful Things
449 books — 212 voters

Babel-17 by Samuel R. DelanySnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Science Fiction using Languages or Linguistics as a Plot Device
70 books — 118 voters
Radio Free Albemuth by Philip K. DickDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickHumpty Dumpty in Oakland by Philip K. DickA Dirty Job by Christopher MooreThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
San Francisco Bay Area Fiction
443 books — 328 voters

The Good Girls by Allison M. DicksonFlowertown by S.G. RedlingFire Country by David EstesSunset Rising by S.M. McEachernUnder the Scotch Broom by Allison M. Dickson
Indie Authors Everybody Should Read
3,360 books — 3,573 voters
The Room by Hubert Selby Jr.Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. DickVurt by Jeff NoonAlas, Babylon by Pat FrankRoadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky
Best Unknown but must be Known books
9,010 books — 8,268 voters

The Room by Hubert Selby Jr.Withnail and I by Bruce RobinsonVurt by Jeff NoonRadio Free Albemuth by Philip K. DickWe by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Great Underrated and Obscure Books
778 books — 238 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovDune by Frank HerbertTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellVurt by Jeff Noon
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
1,015 books — 591 voters

Alas, Babylon by Pat FrankA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellThe Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Books Stephen King Recommends
207 books — 165 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertNeuromancer by William GibsonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick1984 by George OrwellA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Locus 2012 - 20th Century SF Novels - All-Centuries Polls
53 books — 15 voters

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Christian Science Fiction
130 books — 108 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Jesuits in Space
13 books — 30 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertNeuromancer by William GibsonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick1984 by George OrwellChildhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
Westeros Top 100 Genre Books
104 books — 46 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.VALIS by Philip K. DickDune by Frank HerbertSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
SF & Theology
240 books — 289 voters

Withnail and I by Bruce RobinsonTales of Ordinary Madness by Charles BukowskiFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonPost Office by Charles Bukowski
Drunken Masters
279 books — 376 voters
I-O by Simon Logan
Dieselpunk
115 books — 98 voters

Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny
Roger Zelazny (Your favourite)
72 books — 138 voters
Neuromancer by William GibsonFlow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. DickAlas, Babylon by Pat FrankVurt by Jeff Noon1984 by George Orwell
Dystopia!
1,212 books — 2,756 voters

Flowertown by S.G. RedlingSunset Rising by S.M. McEachern
2012 YA & MG Debut Authors: The Apocalypsies!
268 books — 1,153 voters
Blood Red Road by Moira YoungDelirium by Lauren Oliver
If You Like The Hunger Games Then You Will Like……
741 books — 2,052 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois LowryDelirium by Lauren Oliver
YA Books Far Better than Twilight
3,236 books — 4,903 voters
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Knock-out Novelettes - Novellas
361 books — 293 voters

Howl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergPost Office by Charles BukowskiHell's Angels by Hunter S. ThompsonDr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. DickThe Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
The Counter-Culture of the 1960s (fiction and nonfiction)
414 books — 163 voters
The Bottoms by Joe R. LansdaleA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickWhite Noise by Don DeLilloDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Best Books to Teach in high school
297 books — 335 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovDune by Frank HerbertTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Books Ever
74,931 books — 277,879 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertDune Messiah by Frank HerbertThe Road to Dune by Frank Herbert
The Classics of Frank Herbert
37 books — 57 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiUbik by Philip K. DickVurt by Jeff NoonThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Now That's REALLY Freakin' Weird...
714 books — 562 voters
The Room by Hubert Selby Jr.Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiThe Good Girls by Allison M. Dickson
The Goriest Books Ever
407 books — 621 voters