The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonRebecca by Daphne du MaurierA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin1984 by George OrwellThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Smart Summer Reads
12,513 books — 10,429 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson1984 by George OrwellAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best for Book Clubs
14,352 books — 18,177 voters

Hyperion by Dan SimmonsFoundation by Isaac AsimovDune by Frank HerbertThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Best Space Opera
1,046 books — 1,702 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Desert Spear by Peter V. BrettThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Warded Man by Peter V. BrettThe Black Prism by Brent Weeks
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,124 books — 2,666 voters

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Door Into Summer by Robert A. HeinleinHyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,943 books — 5,204 voters
Eragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,136 books — 6,302 voters

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,183 books — 117,860 voters