Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. ForesterHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradMr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. ForesterOn Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
Boat Books
764 books — 496 voters

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John Le CarréThe Dragon Masters by Jack Vance
Best Books 1963
103 books — 55 voters
The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord DunsanyThe King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord DunsanyThe Book of Wonder by Lord DunsanyTime and the Gods by Lord DunsanyThe Collected Jorkens, Volume 1 by Lord Dunsany
Lord Dunsany
25 books — 10 voters

Dead Souls by Nikolai GogolThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Greatest Russian Novels of All Time
196 books — 497 voters
The Dirdir by Jack VanceNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseButcher's Moon by Richard StarkThe Last Good Kiss by James Crumley
Top Five-Star Reads of 2011
415 books — 671 voters

The Iliad by HomerThe Poetic Edda by AnonymousParadise Lost by John MiltonThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriMetamorphoses by Ovid
Best of Epic Poetry
122 books — 200 voters
I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsFlow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. DickDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Dystopian Books
512 books — 1,013 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank HerbertDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,866 books — 7,001 voters
Emphyrio by Jack VanceI Am Legend by Richard MathesonThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
SF Masterworks
196 books — 718 voters

Horatio Hornblower 1 - 11 by C.S. ForesterThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasSharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell
Swashbucklers
559 books — 497 voters
Kejsarn av Portugallien by Selma LagerlöfGhosts by Henrik IbsenThe Poetic Edda by AnonymousMio, My Son by Astrid LindgrenJättehemligt by Barbro Lindgren
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,214 books — 1,243 voters

The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di FilippoThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Steampunk Books
1,222 books — 4,075 voters
Miles to Go by Miley CyrusThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,636 books — 6,005 voters

Red Harvest by Dashiell HammettTales of the Dying Earth by Jack VanceThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonThe Star Rover by Jack LondonThe Bride Wore Black by Cornell Woolrich
Best Twentieth Century American Novels
299 books — 225 voters
Daredevil by Frank MillerBatman by Frank Miller
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,009 voters

The Hunter by Richard StarkThe Complete Chronicles of Conan by Robert E. HowardThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterRed Harvest by Dashiell HammettHornblower and the Hotspur by C.S. Forester
Best Male Character
3,161 books — 2,769 voters
The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Drunken Masters
279 books — 376 voters

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Nautical Novels
439 books — 330 voters

Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack VanceThe Broken Sword by Poul AndersonTime and the Gods by Lord Dunsany
Fantasy Classics
298 books — 571 voters
Red Harvest by Dashiell HammettThe Hunter by Richard StarkThe Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. HowardI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonBeat to Quarters by C.S. Forester
Best Manfiction
2,212 books — 551 voters

Beat to Quarters by C.S. ForesterShip of the Line by C.S. ForesterHornblower and the Hotspur by C.S. ForesterLieutenant Hornblower by C.S. ForesterHornblower and the Atropos by C.S. Forester
Sailing Cruising
277 books — 195 voters
Beat to Quarters by C.S. ForesterHornblower and the Hotspur by C.S. ForesterLieutenant Hornblower by C.S. ForesterHornblower and the Atropos by C.S. ForesterMr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Best Historical Fiction
7,156 books — 25,290 voters

The Complete Chronicles of Conan by Robert E. HowardLegend by David GemmellImaro by Charles R. SaundersNorthwest of Earth by C.L. MooreWolf in Shadow by David Gemmell
Best Heroic Fantasy
699 books — 1,438 voters
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinNow Wait for Last Year by Philip K. DickI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonEmphyrio by Jack VanceThe Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Golden Age & New Wave SF
269 books — 205 voters


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