So as not to overburden the polling process, I've stripped out of my unread books list all books by white men which I acquired before 2013. This left about 50 in each category (sf, non-genre and non-fiction) which is a pleasing symmetry.
NB that the question for the non-fiction books is different from the questions for the other two categories.
Individual recommendations, pro and anti - preferably of books actually on the lists - are very welcome in comments.
Edited to add: aargh! I see at least one mis-categorised book in the non-genre section. Oh well.
Which of these 50 SF books have you read?
The Shining, by Stephen King
18(7.6%)
Assassin's Quest, by Robin Hobb
16(6.8%)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman
18(7.6%)
Wool , by Hugh Howey
3(1.3%)
Kushiel's Justice, by Jacqueline Carey
3(1.3%)
And Another Thing..., by Eoin Colfer
4(1.7%)
Rivers of London, by Ben Aaronovitch
21(8.9%)
Dawn, by Octavia E. Butler
11(4.7%)
Kushiel's Mercy, by Jacqueline Carey
3(1.3%)
The Long Earth, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
12(5.1%)
Any Given Doomsday , by Lori Handeland
1(0.4%)
The Arabian Nights, ed Muhsin Mahdi
4(1.7%)
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, by Samuel R. Delany
14(5.9%)
Naamah's Kiss, by Jacqueline Carey
0(0.0%)
Keeping it Real, by Justina Robson
6(2.5%)
Shades of Milk and Honey, by Mary Robinette Kowal
6(2.5%)
Godslayer , by Jacqueline Carey
2(0.8%)
Flora Segunda , by Ysabeau S. Wilce
6(2.5%)
Deathless, by Catherynne M. Valente
5(2.1%)
Naamah's Curse, by Jacqueline Carey
0(0.0%)
Up the Walls of the World, by James Tiptree
8(3.4%)
Moxyland, by Lauren Beukes
11(4.7%)
Wild Life, by Molly Gloss
2(0.8%)
The Empress of Mars, by Kage Baker
4(1.7%)
Stopping for a Spell, by Diana Wynne Jones
5(2.1%)
Streetlethal, by Steven Barnes
3(1.3%)
Gorgon Child, by Steven Barnes
2(0.8%)
The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter, Griot and the Snow Dog, by Doris Lessing
0(0.0%)
Motherlines, by Suzy McKee Charnas
7(3.0%)
Bitter Angels, by C. L. Anderson
3(1.3%)
George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt, by Lucy Hawking
1(0.4%)
Planesrunner, by Ian McDonald
0(0.0%)
The Wind's Twelve Quarters, by Ursula K. Le Guin
23(9.7%)
Your Code Name Is Jonah, by Edward Packard
0(0.0%)
North Wind, by Gwyneth Jones
3(1.3%)
The Sound of his Horn, by Sarban
1(0.4%)
Sovereign, by R M Meluch
1(0.4%)
Phoenix Cafe, by Gwyneth Jones
3(1.3%)
Avalanche Soldier, by Susan Matthews
0(0.0%)
Brontomek!, by Michael Coney
4(1.7%)
Prophet of Bones, by Ted Kosmatka
0(0.0%)
Gateways, ed Elizabeth Anne Hull
0(0.0%)
Be My Enemy, by Ian McDonald
0(0.0%)
Spirit: The Princess of Bois Dormant, by Gwyneth Jones
2(0.8%)
Halo: The Thursday War , by Karen Traviss
0(0.0%)
Being Human: Chasers, by Mark Michalowski
0(0.0%)
Heaven's War, by David S Goyer
0(0.0%)
Heartspell, by Blaine Anderson
0(0.0%)
Anno Mortis , by Rebecca Levene
0(0.0%)
Assassin Hunter, by Billy Bob Buttons
0(0.0%)
Which of these 53 non-sf works of fiction have you read?
The Other Hand, by Chris Cleave
1(0.8%)
Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner
7(5.9%)
Brick Lane, by Monica Ali
7(5.9%)
The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver
7(5.9%)
The Waves, by Virginia Woolf
3(2.5%)
The Memoirs of Hadrian, by Marguerite Youncenar
3(2.5%)
Rules, by Cynthia Lord
1(0.8%)
Empire of the Sun, by J. G. Ballard
16(13.4%)
The Snowman, by Jo Nesbo
3(2.5%)
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, by Maggie O'Farrell
3(2.5%)
Home, by Marilynne Robinson
2(1.7%)
The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
4(3.4%)
I Don't Know How She Does It, by Allison Pearson
2(1.7%)
The Grass is Singing, by Doris Lessing
2(1.7%)
Between the Acts, by Virginia Woolf
2(1.7%)
The Complete Plays, by Christopher Marlowe
2(1.7%)
The Love of a Good Woman , by Alice Munro
1(0.8%)
Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munro
0(0.0%)
Goodbye To Berlin, by Christopher Isherwood
12(10.1%)
The Sorrows of an American, by Siri Hustvedt
0(0.0%)
History, by Elsa Morante
0(0.0%)
Selected Stories, by Alice Munro
0(0.0%)
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel, by Jeff Kinney
0(0.0%)
The Summer Before the Dark, by Doris Lessing
1(0.8%)
Land of Green Plums, by Herta Muller
0(0.0%)
The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton
0(0.0%)
Are You My Mother?, by Alison Bechdel
4(3.4%)
Mr. Norris Changes Trains, by Christopher Isherwood
4(3.4%)
Race Of Scorpions, by Dorothy Dunnett
3(2.5%)
The True Deceiver, by Tove Jansson
3(2.5%)
It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, by Seth
0(0.0%)
Brother and Sister, by Joanna Trollope
1(0.8%)
A Winter Book: Selected Stories, by Tove Jansson
6(5.0%)
Girls in Love, by Jacqueline Wilson
2(1.7%)
Lost At Sea, by Bryan Lee O'Malley
2(1.7%)
A Man of Parts, by David Lodge
1(0.8%)
The Saint Zita Society, by Ruth Rendell
1(0.8%)
Something Like Normal, by Trish Doller
0(0.0%)
The Habit of Loving, by Doris May Lessing
0(0.0%)
Quoth the Raven, by Jane Haddam
1(0.8%)
Dotter of Her Father's Eyes, by Mary M. Talbot and Bryan Talbot
5(4.2%)
Travelling Light, by Tove Jansson
0(0.0%)
Dear Old Dead (The Gregor Demarkian Holiday Series), by Jane Haddam
1(0.8%)
Baptism in Blood, by Jane Haddam
1(0.8%)
Laatste schooldag, by J. G Siebelink
0(0.0%)
Local Hero, by David Benedictus
1(0.8%)
Doctor Who: A History Of The Universe In 100 Objects, by Steve Tribe
1(0.8%)
The Ghost of Lily Painter, by Caitlin Davies
2(1.7%)
Kings of the North, by Cecelia Holland
1(0.8%)
Every Step You Take, by Maureen O'Brien
0(0.0%)
Brussel in beeldekes: Manneken Pis en andere sjarels
0(0.0%)
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by Luo Guanzhong
0(0.0%)
Of these 47 non-fiction books, please indicate both the books you have read and also the ones that just sound interesting!
Jane Austen: A Life, by Claire Tomalin
10(4.6%)
The Unfolding Of Language: The Evolution of Mankind`s greatest Invention, by Guy Deutscher
20(9.3%)
The Road to Middle-earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien created a new mythology, by Tom Shippey
15(6.9%)
Tolstoy, by Henri Troyat
1(0.5%)
New Europe, by Michael Palin
3(1.4%)
F In Exams: The Best Test Paper Blunders, by Richard Benson
7(3.2%)
The Kindness of Strangers, by Kate Adie
10(4.6%)
Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry, by Jane Hirshfield
1(0.5%)
How Languages Are Learned, by Patsy M. Lightbown
12(5.6%)
Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse, by Brigid Keenan
9(4.2%)
Is it Just Me?, by Miranda Hart
4(1.9%)
Understanding the Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism, by Rose A. Zimbardo
5(2.3%)
Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure, by Artemis Cooper
3(1.4%)
Sculptor's Daughter: A Childhood Memoir, by Tove Jansson
7(3.2%)
Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary, by Jacqueline Rayner
3(1.4%)
Double Down, by John Heilemann
0(0.0%)
52 Ways of Looking at a Poem: A Poem for Every Week of the Year, by Ruth Padel
4(1.9%)
Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney, by Dennis O'Driscoll
3(1.4%)
Alexander the Corrector: The Tormented Genius Whose Cruden's Concordance Unwrote the Bible, by Julia Keay
5(2.3%)
Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City, by Russell Shorto
11(5.1%)
Selected Essays, by Virginia Woolf
6(2.8%)
Getting the Buggers to Behave, by Sue Cowley
8(3.7%)
George Eliot, by Tim Dolin
2(0.9%)
Presentations, by Daria Price Bowman
0(0.0%)
From a Clear Blue Sky, by Timothy Knatchbull
0(0.0%)
The Teenage Guy's Survival Guide , by Jeremy Daldry
0(0.0%)
Self Portrait: My Journey as an Actress, Wife and Mother in the Swinging Sixties, by Anneke Wills
2(0.9%)
Helen Waddell, by Felicitas Corrigan
0(0.0%)
Who's There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell, by Jessica Carney
4(1.9%)
Blue Box Boy: A Memoir of Doctor Who in Four Episodes, by Matthew Waterhouse
5(2.3%)
Edward Gibbon and Empire, by Rosamond McKitterick
8(3.7%)
No Going Back To Moldova, by Anna Robertson
4(1.9%)
Virgins, Weeders and Queens: A History of Women in the Garden, by Twigs Way
5(2.3%)
Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory, by Deborah M. Withers
3(1.4%)
British Interventions in Early Modern Ireland, by Ciaran Brady
4(1.9%)
Here's One I Wrote Earlier , by Peter Purves
2(0.9%)
The Big Finish Companion - Volume 1, by Richard Dinnick
2(0.9%)
Fanny Kemble and the lovely land, by Constance Wright
2(0.9%)
Fair Trade: The Challenges of Transforming Globalization, by Laura Raynolds
2(0.9%)
The Big Finish Companion: Volume 2, by Kenny Smith
2(0.9%)
Anglicizing the Government of Ireland, by Jon G. Crawford
1(0.5%)
F in Retakes: Even More Test Paper Blunders, by Richard Benson
2(0.9%)
A Crocodile in the Fernery: An A-Z of Animals in the Garden, by Twigs Way
0(0.0%)
What Made Now in Northern Ireland, by Maurna Crozier
2(0.9%)
Building Confidence in Peace: Public Opinion and the Cyprus Peace Process, by Nathalie Tocci
3(1.4%)
Yugoslavia's Implosion: The Fatal Attraction of Serbian Nationalism, by Sonja Biserko
3(1.4%)
Exiled to Nowhere: Burma's Rohingya, by Greg Constantine
6(2.8%)
Survive!: How to survive, anything, anywhere, by Huw Davies
5(2.3%)
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