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The Sheep Look Up by John BrunnerFlow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. DickThe Inverted World by Christopher PriestWhat Entropy Means to Me by George Alec EffingerHigh-Rise by J.G. Ballard
Classic Science Fiction - 1970-1979
272 books — 245 voters
Life Story by Virginia Lee BurtonTown & Country by Martin ProvensenFarm by Elisha CooperBook of Cities by Piero Ventura
Best Picture Books
3,054 books — 1,946 voters

Monsieur Monde Vanishes by Georges SimenonThe Inverted World by Christopher PriestThe Man Who Watched Trains Go By by Georges SimenonA Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorMemories of the Future by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
New York Review Books - Classics
532 books — 881 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe House on the Strand by Daphne du MaurierTime and Again by Jack FinneySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
802 books — 1,671 voters

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Behold the Man by Michael MoorcockChildhood's End by Arthur C. ClarkeWay Station by Clifford D. SimakThe Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke
SF & Theology
240 books — 289 voters
The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause by Major Damon Rocky GauseWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeThe White Rabbit by Bruce MarshallWe Die Alone by David HowarthLove and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
658 books — 450 voters

The Ends of the Earth by Robert D. KaplanTravels with Herodotus by Ryszard KapuścińskiLast Chance to See by Douglas AdamsInto the Heart of Borneo by Redmond O'HanlonMediterranean Winter by Robert D. Kaplan
Favorite Travel Books
2,014 books — 3,938 voters
The Sheep Look Up by John BrunnerThe Bridge by Iain BanksGun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan LethemDeus Irae by Philip K. DickGalactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,019 books — 2,065 voters

The Bridge by Iain BanksThe Sheep Look Up by John BrunnerWay Station by Clifford D. SimakStand on Zanzibar by John BrunnerSolaris by Stanisław Lem
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,252 books — 24,499 voters
Stand on Zanzibar by John BrunnerWay Station by Clifford D. SimakBehold the Man by Michael MoorcockDune by Frank HerbertStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Classic Science Fiction - 1960-1969
292 books — 245 voters

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyMore Than Human by Theodore SturgeonCity by Clifford D. SimakThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Classic Science Fiction - 1950-1959
276 books — 273 voters
The Humanoids by Jack Williamson
Best Classic SF Novels (1930-1950)
63 books — 90 voters