NPR's top 100 science fiction and fantasy
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So, a lot of people are posting NPR's list of the 100 best science fiction and fantasy books. The idea is to bold the ones that you've read, and, I guess, compare with everyone else. Speculative fiction is definitely my field, so I might as well join in. 1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien 2. The Hitchhiker?s Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams 3. Ender?s Game, by Orson Scott Card 4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert (only the first) 5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin 6. 1984, by George Orwell 7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury 8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov 9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley 10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman 11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman 12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan 13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell 14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson 15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore 16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov 17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein 18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss 19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut 20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley 21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick 22. The Handmaid?s Tale, by Margaret Atwood 23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King 24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke 25. The Stand, by Stephen King 26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson 27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury 28. Cat?s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut 29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman 30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess 31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein 32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams 33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey 34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein 35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller 36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells 37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne 38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys 39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells 40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny (only the first) 41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings (very good... for someone who is 11) 42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley (awful) 43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson 44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven 45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin 46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien (most of it) 47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White 48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman (didn't much like it) 49. Childhood?s End, by Arthur C. Clarke (as a kid, don't remember it) 50. Contact, by Carl Sagan 51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons 52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman 53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson 54. World War Z, by Max Brooks 55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle 56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman 57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett 58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson 59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold 60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett 61. The Mote In God?s Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle 62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind (... and I regret it) 63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy 64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke 65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson 66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist 67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks 68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard 69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb 70. The Time Traveler?s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger 71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson (This shouldn't be on the list. Sorry, Brandon, it's the first book in a series projected for 10 books, and it's not that good. The rest of the series may improve.) 72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne 73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore (and oh boy do I regret it). 74. Old Man?s War, by John Scalzi 75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson (Started, got bored) 76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke (Loved it. Yes, the beginning is slow. Stick with it, well worth it.) 77. The Kushiel?s Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey 78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin 79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury 80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire 81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson (The first 4 or 5. The author's grasp of exposition is very shaky and did not sit well with me. Good stories, but something about the narrative voice is just wrong for me.) 82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde 83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks 84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart 85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson 86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher (Why this, and not the Dresden files for which he is better known?) 87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe 88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn 89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan 90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock 91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury 92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley 93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge (This should be higher on the list, and also include A Deepness in the Sky) 94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov 95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson (Tried it. Hated it.) 96. Lucifer?s Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle 97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis (For a book about future historians traveling through time to the middle ages to study history, it's surprisingly good). 98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville 99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony (The first couple only). 100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis |
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