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American Gods by Neil GaimanNeverwhere by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
136th out of 886 books — 487 voters
Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Etched City by K.J. BishopHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiAuthority by Jeff Vandermeer
New Weird Books
17th out of 207 books — 151 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best Weird Fiction Books
348th out of 1,217 books — 1,144 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
876th out of 3,822 books — 26,070 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Fantasy that is Really Fantasy
151st out of 332 books — 285 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
2903rd out of 8,534 books — 24,899 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
New Speculative Fiction Stars 2000-2009
25th out of 108 books — 14 voters

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
2023: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2023
908th out of 6,961 books — 516 voters
Down Under by Bill BrysonSomething Under the Bed is Drooling by Bill WattersonTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneUnder Milk Wood by Dylan ThomasNotes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I've Been "Under" Everywhere
146th out of 488 books — 17 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
The Most Popular Weird Books on Goodreads
47th out of 112 books — 18 voters
The Song of Us by Kate FussnerOrpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-HenryA Song for Ella Grey by David AlmondNightsong by Michael CadnumLyra by Erica Crouch
Orpheus and Eurydice Retellings
17th out of 49 books — 29 voters

What Moves the Dead by T. KingfisherEmily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettEmily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaGhost Music by An Yu
Mushrooms, Toadstools, Fungi
110th out of 123 books — 46 voters
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Martian by Andy WeirWatchmen by Alan             MooreBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Unbound Worlds - The 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time
95th out of 100 books — 9 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
4381st out of 7,187 books — 28,370 voters

Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony HawksOpened Ground by Seamus HeaneyThe Sea Around Us by Rachel CarsonLuxury for Export by Pedro Moura CarvalhoThe Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg
"Round"
123rd out of 293 books — 9 voters
Vurt by Jeff NoonThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven  HallGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonShades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Batshit Crazy Fantasy
13th out of 14 books — 4 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyNot Okay by Brett Axel
Dark Literary Fiction
121st out of 132 books — 52 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Final Empire by Brandon SandersonHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Fantasy of the 2000s
479th out of 606 books — 677 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Fantasy Books Written for Adults
1260th out of 1,309 books — 1,625 voters
1984 by George OrwellDune by Frank HerbertBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Adult Science Fiction
118th out of 188 books — 49 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
8861st out of 9,847 books — 22,128 voters
The Sightless City by Noah LemelsonA Fistful of Nothing by Dan GlaserDieselpunk ePulp Showcase by Grant GardinerPandora Driver by John PichaLeviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Dieselpunk
86th out of 117 books — 99 voters

Dragon's Egg by Robert L. ForwardThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyEchoes from the Lost Ones by Nicola J. McDonaghInvolution Ocean by Bruce SterlingMetropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
In a strange place
45th out of 62 books — 18 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertDragonflight by Anne McCaffreyLord of Light by Roger ZelaznyThe Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) separate by Stephen  KingThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Books With The Best Blend Of Sci-fi and Fantasy
224th out of 261 books — 161 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinMia's Magic Wand by Peter Volkofsky
Best Fantasy: Unique Worlds
580th out of 640 books — 498 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
31296th out of 77,012 books — 286,606 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienViciously Yours by Jamie Applegate Hunter
The Best Fantasy Books
1237th out of 1,743 books — 1,469 voters