The Best of Jack Vance by Jack Vance
Pocket Books Best of Sci-Fi Series
13 books — 2 voters
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeThe Player of Games by Iain M. BanksHyperion by Dan SimmonsNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Classic Science Fiction - 1980-1989
302 books — 260 voters

Light in August by William FaulknerBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Best Southern Literature
1,331 books — 2,573 voters
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Collections of Short Stories
2,882 books — 2,036 voters

Blindsight by Peter WattsI Am Legend by Richard MathesonHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Sci Fi Horror
18 books — 6 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Most Difficult Novels
583 books — 2,040 voters
As I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Grit Lit
105 books — 75 voters

The Player of Games by Iain M. BanksHyperion by Dan SimmonsA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickNeuromancer by William Gibson
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,766 books — 3,882 voters
The Anubis Gates by Tim PowersThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,943 books — 5,204 voters

Riverworld and Other Stories by philip-jose-farmerThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeChildren of Dune by Frank HerbertThe Citadel of the Autarch by Gene WolfeEschatus by Bruce Pennington
Favourite Bruce Pennington Cover Art
103 books — 10 voters
More Than Human by Theodore SturgeonA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamThe Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
Classic Science Fiction - 1950-1959
276 books — 273 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Postmodern Genius
506 books — 582 voters
Born with the Dead by Robert SilverbergThe Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene WolfeSeven American Nights by Gene WolfeSailing to Byzantium by Robert SilverbergNightwings by Robert Silverberg
Nebula and Hugo Nominated Novellas
100 books — 13 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerLight in August by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Best Southern Gothic Literature
332 books — 489 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsVenus on the Half-Shell by Kilgore Trout
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
604 books — 1,184 voters

Dying Inside by Robert SilverbergThe Book of Skulls by Robert SilverbergMore Than Human by Theodore SturgeonA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe
SF Masterworks
196 books — 718 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertThe Player of Games by Iain M. BanksUse of Weapons by Iain M. BanksDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickTo Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
550 books — 476 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyLight in August by William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
Best Twentieth Century American Novels
299 books — 225 voters
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksDune by Frank HerbertHyperion by Dan SimmonsTo Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José FarmerLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Excellent Space Opera
971 books — 3,513 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Alternate History
351 books — 685 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Anubis Gates by Tim PowersKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Stress of Her Regard by Tim PowersThe Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers
Best Historical Fantasy
315 books — 275 voters

Children of Time by Adrian TchaikovskySurface Detail by Iain M. BanksRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyDiamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds
Best Space Opera of the 21st Century
287 books — 547 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerEmpire of the Sun by J.G. BallardCryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
World War II Fiction
1,274 books — 1,974 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Iliad by Homer
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,867 books — 6,999 voters
Kindly Inquisitors by Jonathan RauchOn Liberty by John Stuart MillUnlearning Liberty by Greg LukianoffHATE by Nadine Strossen
Free Speech!
105 books — 60 voters


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