NPR came out with their Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy books. As you know, I love lists and I actually really love sci-fi. It's been getting some attention by fellow bloggers such as Drey's Library and Alive on the Shelves. I love Carl's posts over at Stainless Steel Droppings. Wouldn't this list be a great starting point for the Sci-Fi Challenge he hosts? I actually like the much longer list - way more to choose from.
What do you think of this list? Anything you are shocked to see on here or disappointed to not find? I always find it odd that whole series are listed - for instance ALL the Dune Chronicles or A Song of Ice and Fire Series. I think you could almost make that a list in of itself - best Sci-Fi series.
**Going through the list, I realized that you all may NOT have realized I'm a sci-fi fan! I've never reviewed a Connie Willis book (my gosh I own so many) and I've only reviewed ONE Neil Gaiman. Apparently I have a lot of catching up to do.
Anyway, I'm going to link this list to my challenges pages. I'll bold the ones I've read and link any reviews I have.
Read: 19
Read some of the series: 7
1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, - J.R.R. Tolkien (Read Hobbit and Lord of the Rings)
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
3. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
4. The Dune Chronicles - Frank Herbert (Dune - Book 1)
5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series - George R. R. Martin (A Game of Thrones)
6. 1984 - George Orwell
7. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
8. The Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov (Foundation)
9. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
10. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
11. The Princess Bride - William Goldman
12. The Wheel Of Time Series - Robert Jordan (Books 1-8)
13. Animal Farm - George Orwell
14. Neuromancer - William Gibson
15. Watchmen - Alan Moore
16. I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles - Patrick Rothfuss (The Name of the Wind)
19. Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
20. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
22. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick
23. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
24. The Dark Tower Series - Stephen King
25. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke
26. The Stand - Stephen King
27. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
28. The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
29. Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
30. The Sandman Series - Neil Gaiman (Book 1)
31. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
32. Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein
32. Watership Down - Richard Adams
33. Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey
34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
35. A Canticle For Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller
36. The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne
38. Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
39. The War Of The Worlds - H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles Of Amber - Roger Zelazny
41. The Belgariad - David Eddings
42. The Mists Of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
43. The Mistborn Series - Brandon Sanderson
44. Ringworld - Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand Of Darkness - Ursula K. LeGuin
46. The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien
47. The Once And Future King - T.H. White
48. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
49. Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
50. Contact - Carl Sagan
51. The Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmons
52. Stardust - Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
54. World War Z - Max Brooks
55. The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle
56. The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever - Stephen R. Donaldson
59. The Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
60. Going Postal - Terry Pratchett
61. The Mote In God's Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword Of Truth - Terry Goodkind
63. The Road - Cormac McCarthy
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
65. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
66. The Riftwar Saga - Raymond E. Feist
67. The Shannara Trilogy - Terry Brooks
68. The Conan The Barbarian Series - R.E. Howard
69. The Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb
70. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way Of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth - Jules Verne
73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series - R.A. Salvatore
74. Old Man's War - John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age - Neil Stephenson
76. Rendezvous With Rama - Arthur C. Clarke
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series - Jacqueline Carey
78. The Dispossessed - Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked - Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series - Steven Erikson
82. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
83. The Culture Series - Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart
85. Anathem - Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series - Jim Butcher
87. The Book Of The New Sun - Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn
89. The Outlander Series - Diana Gabaldan (Outlander, Book One)
90. The Elric Saga - Michael Moorcock
91. The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine - Robin McKinley
93. A Fire Upon The Deep - Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves Of Steel - Isaac Asimov
95. The Mars Trilogy - Kim Stanley Robinson
96. Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book - Connie Willis
98. Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
99. The Xanth Series - Piers Anthony
100. The Space Trilogy - C.S. Lewis
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