Science fiction
Ideas first, worldbuilding second.
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Books with an idea in them, ranked on whether the idea survives past the setup. A clever premise with nothing behind it is the commonest failure in the genre and does not get in. Hard and soft both belong here; what is not wanted is a setting that exists to be admired.
This level only splits books by genre. It is not a ranking — open one of the lists for that.