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The Esquire 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

Since time immemorial, mankind has been looking up at the stars and dreaming, but it was only centuries ago that we started turning those dreams into fiction. And what remarkable dreams they are—dr...

Frankenstein
Dune
The Martian Chronicles
The Fifth Season
Kindred

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100 books

100 New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century

As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

My Brilliant Friend
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Wolf Hall
The Known World
The Corrections

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18 books

Queer SFF Books For Pride

In this list, I tried to focus on queer books that don't get as much buzz on other lists. Most are indie titles, others are traditionally published or from smaller presses. They aren't listed in an...

Benetnasch
AlkaidSupporter
Sister, Maiden, Monster
Qoheleth
The Genesis of Misery
Her Wolf in the Wild
Maria Llovet's Eros/Psyche

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14 books

Stripe Press Books

Stripe partners with millions of the world’s most innovative businesses. These businesses are the result of many different inputs. Perhaps the most important ingredient is “ideas.” Stripe Press hi...

Pieces of the Action
Where Is My Flying Car?
The Big Score
Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization
The Making of Prince of Persia

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20 books

Top 20 Ennui-Filled Magical Realism Reads

These stories take place in worlds similar to ours with magical elements that blue the lines between fantasy and reality. Their characters must first conquer their own demons before they can conque...

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Nothing to See Here
The Passion
The Falling in Love Montage
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

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66 books

Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiction

This list contains Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction since the Fiction Prize's inception in 1948. The Pulitzer Prizes and Fellowships were established in Columbia University by Joseph Pulitzer. Prizes...

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26 books

Top 25 Books to Unleash Your Creative Potential

Creativity can flourish if fed by curiosity, self-motivation, and a thirst for knowledge. Below is a treasure trove of brilliant books for creatives as gathered by Lifehack's Tayyab Babar.

Drawing on the right side of the brain workbook
The Elements of Style
Save the Cat
Understanding Comics
Contagious

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100 books

NPR Top 100 Science Fiction Fantasy

More than 60,000 ballots were cast in NPR's annual summer reader's survey. These are the top 100 winners - ordered by the number of votes they received.

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The Lord of the Rings
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ender's Game
Dune
A Game of Thrones

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27 books

Pulitzer Prize-winning Novels

This list contains Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction from 1918 to 1947. The Pulitzer Prizes and Fellowships were established in Columbia University by Joseph Pulitzer. Prizes are awarded by the Univer...

All the King's Men
A Bell for Adano
Journey in the dark.
Dragon's Teeth
In This Our Life

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49 books

The New York Times's 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years

The New York Times' Book critics far and wide have selected the top best memoirs published since 1969.

Palimpsest
A Childhood
Patrimony
All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw
A Life's Work

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Ten Best Non-Fiction Science Books to Read Right Now

From Einstein's quantum theory to human evolution and beyond—this list includes science books that tap into a universe of knowledge as collected by New Scientist's Simon Ings.

Einstein's Unfinished Revolution: The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum
A World Beyond Physics
Mind Fixers
How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog)
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

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28 books

NPR Book Concierge's 29 Best Historical Fiction of 2020

National Public Radio's 29 best historical fiction books of 2020 as aggregated by Rose Friedman, Petra Mayer, Beth Novey, and Meghan Sullivan with Executive Producer Ellen Silva.

At Night All Blood is Black
Black Bottom Saints
The Book of V.
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows
Conjure Women

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87 books

The Best Travel Books of All Time by Condé Nast

Authors including Pico Iyer, Julia Phillips, and Imbolo Mbue et al gathered their favorite travel reads that will inspire, inform, and explore. Books included on this list—some old, some new—may ha...

Along the Ganges
Among the Cities
Arabian Sands
An Area of Darkness
Blue highways

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69 books

The 70 Best Science Books You Need to Read in 2021

Well-researched, peer-reviewed discoveries fuel both Science and Science Fiction as this list rounds up the best science books you need to read in 2021.

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30 books

The 31 Best Fantasy Books Everyone Should Read

WIRED's team has summoned some of the strangest creatures in the most fantastic worlds in this list of the best fantasy books everyone should read.

Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1)
A Court of Thorns and Roses
The Power
Riot Baby
Kindred

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100 books

NPRs Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time

In 2011, NPR set out to make a list of what their listeners believed to be the best science fiction and fantasy books ever written. More than 5,000 people nominated books, then over 60,000 people v...

The Lord of the Rings
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ender's Game
Dune
A Game of Thrones

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95 books

The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Time Magazine

Time Magazine called upon top fantasy authors (e.g., N.K. Jemisin, Neil Gaiman, Sabaa Tahir, Tomi Edeyemi, Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin, Cassandra Clare, and Marlon James) to collect the most...

The Palm-Wine Drinkard
Le Morte D'Arthur
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Graphic Novel
A Hero Born