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Bossypants by Tina Fey
Books that Make you Laugh
3,487 books — 5,028 voters
Harpo Speaks! by Harpo Marx
Comedy Tonight!
128 books — 14 voters

Baa Baa Black Sheep by Gregory Boyington
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
656 books — 449 voters
Miracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen
Best American History Books
2,101 books — 2,463 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonCosmos by Carl Sagan
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,830 books — 3,587 voters
Straight Man by Richard RussoBoomsday by Christopher BuckleyA Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Best Dark Humor
724 books — 1,649 voters

Doomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisTime and Again by Jack FinneyThe Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
Best Time-Travel Novels
708 books — 427 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams1984 by George OrwellFoundation by Isaac AsimovI, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Most Popular Science Fiction on Goodreads
253 books — 511 voters

Other Stories and Other Stories by Ali SmithThe Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America by Julian MontagueHow to Sharpen Pencils by David Rees
Totally Hilarious Titles
121 books — 38 voters
The Man Who Folded Himself by David GerroldJennifer Government by Max BarryTime and Again by Jack FinneyMartians, Go Home by Fredric Brown
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,019 books — 2,065 voters

The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
802 books — 1,671 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas AdamsDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
604 books — 1,184 voters

The Man Who Folded Himself by David GerroldThe Accidental Time Machine by Joe HaldemanA Sound of Thunder and Other Stories by Ray BradburyMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,943 books — 5,204 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
3,910 books — 4,916 voters

The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
Phobos Entertainment's "100 Science Fiction Books You Just Have to Read"
100 books — 262 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,062 voters

Meet Mr. Mulliner by P.G. WodehouseGood Omens by Terry PratchettRight Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Best Humorous Books
4,285 books — 7,883 voters