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I Am the Cheese by Robert CormierI Spy by Walter WickI Am Legend by Richard MathesonI Kill Giants by Joe KellyI Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
Books that start with the word I
100 books — 28 voters
Beautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaKino no Tabi by Keiichi SigsawaBeautiful Beasts by Serena ValentinoDune by Dave LouapreBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Beauty in the title
376 books — 30 voters

What They Always Tell Us by Martin WilsonLove You Forever by Robert Munsch
Always & Forever
522 books — 49 voters
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Fiction About Matriarchal Societies
23 books — 7 voters

Jaws by Peter BenchleyJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonReady Player One by Ernest ClineClose Encounters of the Third Kind by Steven SpielbergThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Books Filmed by Steven Spielberg
20 books — 9 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Gardens: Fact or Fiction set in a Garden Books
300 books — 153 voters

Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Feminist Utopian Writing 1405-Present
55 books — 24 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
We do Bones
59 books — 9 voters

Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
All Kurt Vonnegut, Ranked
8 books — 3 voters
In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-RhodesThe Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie RyanForest of Secrets by Erin Hunter
"Forest" in the Title
429 books — 33 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
Time Travel & Multiverse Reads
264 books — 39 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Crossover Fantasy - Characters Jumping Worlds
50 books — 27 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellA Modest Proposal by Jonathan SwiftSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Classic Satire
53 books — 31 voters
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead GeorgeThe Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingThe Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
Raised By Another: Interspecies Adoption in Fiction
31 books — 25 voters

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Books Made into Movies
1,102 books — 433 voters
InuYasha, Vol. 1 by Rumiko TakahashiKamisama Kiss, Vol. 1 by Julietta Suzuki
Kitsune in Books
169 books — 69 voters

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe Angel Experiment by James PattersonThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Runaway
95 books — 32 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
Classic Science Fiction - 1960-1969
292 books — 245 voters

The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams1984 by George OrwellFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Popular Highly Rated Science Fiction
194 books — 106 voters
Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov
Best Asimov Books
86 books — 123 voters

Dr. Franklin's Island by Ann Halam
Evolving protagonist
77 books — 104 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickMake Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
CLASSIC Dystopia, Utopia, & Apocalyptic Fiction
139 books — 36 voters

The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
Science Fiction/ Alternate World with Crime
27 books — 8 voters
Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg
Science Fiction Picture Books for Boys
101 books — 4 voters

The Odyssey by HomerGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftDracula by Bram StokerCyrano de Bergerac by Edmond RostandA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Adventure, Fantasy, and Sci Fi Before 1923
210 books — 54 voters
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Science-Fiction Colonization Style Books
46 books — 19 voters

Parasyte 1 by Hitoshi Iwaaki
Symbionts/Parasites And Their Hosts
36 books — 9 voters
We3 by Grant Morrison
Best Sci-Fi With Animals
6 books — 7 voters

Herland by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Eutopia Novels
22 books — 9 voters
Blame!, Vol. 1 by Tsutomu Nihei
Tsutomu Nihei The Architect Mangaka.
36 books — 2 voters