Shortlist

#2

A Discovery of Witches

#1 of 6 in All Souls

2011 • 1,045 Readers • 579 pages 3.7

#3

Dune Messiah

#2 of 9 in Dune

1965 • 1,832 Readers • 352 pages 3.8

#4

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

1979 • 616 Readers • 272 pages 4.1

#5

Catch-22

#1 of 2 in Catch-22

1961 • 2,051 Readers • 466 pages 4

#6

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

2014 • 314 Readers • 353 pages 3.5

#7

Ego Is the Enemy

#2 of 3 in The Way, The Enemy, and The Key

2016 • 421 Readers • 6h 56m 3.9

#8

The Invisible Heart

2002 • 4 Readers • 282 pages 3.5

#9

The Last Hero

#27 of 42 in Discworld

2001 • 223 Readers • 176 pages 4

#10

The Knife of Never Letting Go

#1 of 3 in Chaos Walking

2008 • 671 Readers • 512 pages 3.9

#11

Piranesi

2019 • 3,073 Readers • 246 pages 4.2

#12

Exhalation

2019 • 1,190 Readers • 350 pages 4.3

#14

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

#1.5 in Strange & Norrell

2004 • 191 Readers • 256 pages 3.6

#15

The Woman Who Smashed Codes

2017 • 95 Readers • 444 pages 4.3

#16

The Haunting of Hill House

1959 • 1,316 Readers • 288 pages 3.7

#17

Stardust

#1 of 1 in Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust

1997 • 1,491 Readers • 248 pages 4

#18

Watership Down

#1 of 2 in Watership Down

1972 • 1,120 Readers • 385 pages 4.1

#19

The Wandering Earth

2 Liu Cixin Graphic Novels

2000 • 176 Readers • 464 pages 3.8

#20

Monster Hunter Siege

#6 of 8 in Monster Hunters International

2017 • 34 Readers • 384 pages 4

#21

All Systems Red

#1 of 7 in The Murderbot Diaries

2017 • 3,589 Readers • 144 pages 4.1

#22

Gideon the Ninth

#1 of 3 in The Locked Tomb

2019 • 2,069 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

#23

Scythe

#1 of 3 in Arc of a Scythe

2016 • 1,474 Readers • 464 pages 4.2

#24

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

1989 • 2,260 Readers • 492 pages 4.3

#25

Recursion

2005 • 1,961 Readers • 329 pages 4.2

#27

The Thursday Murder Club

#1 of 4 in Thursday Murder Club

2020 • 1,469 Readers • 377 pages 3.8

#28

Off to Be the Wizard

#1 of 5 in Magic 2.0

2013 • 377 Readers • 373 pages 4

#29

The Coward

#1 of 2 in Quest for Heroes

2021 • 83 Readers • 412 pages 3.7

#30

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

#1 of 1 in Fractalverse

2020 • 919 Readers • 880 pages 3.6

#31

The Midnight Library

2020 • 3,801 Readers • 288 pages 3.8

#32

Spellbreaker

#1 of 2 in Spellbreaker Duology

2020 • 211 Readers • 305 pages 4

#34

John and Dave and the Temple of X'al'naa'thuthuthu

#1.5 of 4 in John Dies at the End

2011 • 23 Readers • 102 pages 5

#35

Hard Magic

#1 of 3 in Grimnoir Chronicles

2011 • 118 Readers 3.9

#36

Oryx and Crake

#1 of 3 in MaddAddam

2002 • 952 Readers • 402 pages 3.9

#37

This Savage Song

#1 of 2 in Monsters of Verity

2016 • 425 Readers • 469 pages 4

#38

The Sword of Kaigen

2018 • 1,207 Readers • 651 pages 4.4

#39

Red Rising

#1 of 6 in Red Rising Saga

2014 • 3,544 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

#40

Dance of Thieves

#1 of 2 in Dance of Thieves

2018 • 538 Readers • 512 pages 3.9

#41

Nevernight

#1 of 3 in The Nevernight Chronicle

2016 • 744 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

#42

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

#1 of 3 in Daughter of Smoke & Bone

2001 • 795 Readers • 448 pages 4

#43

The Will of the Many

#1 of 1 in Hierarchy

2023 • 1,672 Readers • 639 pages 4.5

#44

The Spear Cuts Through Water

2022 • 680 Readers • 400 pages 4.3