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Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Science Fiction Fantasy Books
Best Space Opera
Best Urban Fantasy
Related Lists of Note:
Best Alternate H*story [asterisk is here so this list isn't misclassified]
Best Dystopian and Post Apocalyptic Fiction
Best Epic Fantasy
Best Fantasy of the 21st Century
Best Science Fiction
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Science Fiction Fantasy Books
Best Space Opera
Best Urban Fantasy
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On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 41,315 ratings
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The Elfstones of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #2)
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Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 73,720 ratings
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
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Fantastic Voyage
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| 1205 |
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Project Hail Mary
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Andy Weir (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 1,009,504 ratings
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
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The Paper Bag Princess
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4.31 avg rating — 52,171 ratings
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| 1208 |
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The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
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The Man Who Never Missed (Matador, #1)
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4.25 avg rating — 2,025 ratings
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| 1210 |
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Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy (Arthurian Saga, #1-3)
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4.41 avg rating — 4,950 ratings
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The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
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Storm Seed
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Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 76 ratings
score: 359,
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Ingo
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3.95 avg rating — 10,745 ratings
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| 1214 |
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The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3)
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David Brin (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 27,330 ratings
score: 355,
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| 1215 |
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Calling on Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #3)
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Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 44,240 ratings
score: 354,
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| 1216 |
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Who Fears Death
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Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 28,093 ratings
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Running Out of Time (Out of Time #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 28,493 ratings
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| 1218 |
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Searching for Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #2)
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Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 45,896 ratings
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| 1219 |
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So You Want to Be a Wizard (Young Wizards, #1)
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Diane Duane (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 28,240 ratings
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| 1220 |
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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 3,451,419 ratings
score: 344,
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| 1221 |
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The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, #2)
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 287,015 ratings
score: 343,
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| 1222 |
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Cast in Courtlight (Chronicles of Elantra, #2)
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4.13 avg rating — 10,954 ratings
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| 1223 |
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The Black Witch (The Black Witch Chronicles, #1)
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Laurie Forest (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 48,907 ratings
score: 341,
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| 1224 |
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The Emperor's Edge (The Emperor's Edge, #1)
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Lindsay Buroker (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 15,939 ratings
score: 339,
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| 1224 |
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Tempus Unbound
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Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 122 ratings
score: 339,
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| 1224 |
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James and the Giant Peach
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4.04 avg rating — 511,612 ratings
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| 1227 |
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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
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Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 14,101 ratings
score: 336,
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| 1228 |
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Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)
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Jacqueline Carey (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 41,692 ratings
score: 334,
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| 1229 |
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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 424,981 ratings
score: 333,
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| 1230 |
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Soldier of the Mist (Latro, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 4,187 ratings
score: 332,
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| 1231 |
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Haven of Dante: The Staff of Moshe
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Leonardo Ramirez (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 121 ratings
score: 330,
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| 1232 |
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The Darkest Secret (Lords of the Underworld, #7)
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 31,046 ratings
score: 325,
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| 1233 |
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Her Fearful Symmetry
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Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author)
3.27 avg rating — 95,928 ratings
score: 322,
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| 1233 |
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Half-Blood (Covenant, #1)
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Jennifer L. Armentrout (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 120,744 ratings
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| 1235 |
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The Margarets
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3.88 avg rating — 1,727 ratings
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| 1236 |
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Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 122,233 ratings
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| 1237 |
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The Einstein Intersection
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3.55 avg rating — 6,198 ratings
score: 316,
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| 1237 |
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Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2)
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Deborah Harkness (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 269,459 ratings
score: 316,
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Saga, Volume 1
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4.16 avg rating — 358,580 ratings
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Babel-17/Empire Star
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3.89 avg rating — 2,521 ratings
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Monkey
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4.04 avg rating — 7,999 ratings
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The Worm Ouroboros
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3.70 avg rating — 5,066 ratings
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| 1242 |
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Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
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Sheree Renée Thomas (Editor)
4.17 avg rating — 1,439 ratings
score: 312,
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| 1244 |
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Alice in Wonderland
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Jane Carruth (Adapted By)
4.03 avg rating — 396,457 ratings
score: 311,
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| 1244 |
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Forest Born (The Books of Bayern, #4)
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Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 28,376 ratings
score: 311,
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| 1246 |
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Tithe (Modern Faerie Tales, #1)
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Holly Black (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 106,280 ratings
score: 310,
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Matilda
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4.33 avg rating — 1,094,325 ratings
score: 309,
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Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, #5)
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Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 306,585 ratings
score: 309,
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Eaters of the Dead
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3.71 avg rating — 46,220 ratings
score: 306,
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| 1250 |
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The Lions of Al-Rassan
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Guy Gavriel Kay (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 26,052 ratings
score: 305,
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| 1251 |
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The Android's Dream
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John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 23,936 ratings
score: 304,
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The Rise of Nine (Lorien Legacies, #3)
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4.16 avg rating — 112,119 ratings
score: 302,
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The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5)
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4.01 avg rating — 159,780 ratings
score: 301,
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The Darkest Night (Lords of the Underworld, #1)
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 85,882 ratings
score: 301,
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| 1255 |
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Poseidon’s Children (The Legacy of the Gods, #1)
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Michael West (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 446 ratings
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| 1255 |
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Theocracide
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James Wymore (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 54 ratings
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The Dragon God (The Horn King, #2)
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Brae Wyckoff (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Brush of Shade (The Whisperer's Chronicles, #1)
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Jan Harman (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 78 ratings
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The Founder's Curse (New Zigon, #1)
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Danelle O'Donnell (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Throne of Novoxos (Van Laven Chronicles, #1)
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Tyler Chase (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 2,240 ratings
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Albion Imperilled
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3.82 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Haunted Tree (The Magus Family Chronicles, #1)
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Scott Robert Scheller (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 103 ratings
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| 1255 |
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A Kingdom Forgotten (A Throne of Souls #1)
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Charles W. McDonald Jr. (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings
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| 1255 |
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Ellipsis (Creators of Six, #1)
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Jacob L. White (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 30 ratings
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| 1255 |
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Future Remains
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Robert Jack (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 280 ratings
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Gray Hawk of Terrapin
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Moss Whelan (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 50 ratings
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The Shaman's Apprentice (Jovai, #1)
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4.33 avg rating — 51 ratings
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The Time Tourists (Time Tourists Trilogy, #1)
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Sharleen Nelson (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Black Creek
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Dan Kemp (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, #3)
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 244,733 ratings
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Letters from the Light
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Shel Calopa (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Slab Steele and the Venusian Exchange
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Ron Starke (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Timothy Mean and the Time Machine 2
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William A.E. Ford (Goodreads Author)
4.75 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Sancta Femina
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Kathryn Combs (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Inferno's Silence
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Rainer Meri (Goodreads Author)
4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Redemption (The Alterran Legacy, #4)
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Regina M. Joseph (Goodreads Author)
4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Quest for Freedom (The Conquest Trilogy #1)
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Matthew D. Devitt (Goodreads Author)
4.87 avg rating — 39 ratings
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| 1278 |
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Crossline
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Russ Colchamiro (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 98 ratings
score: 299,
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| 1278 |
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City of Skies (The Viking Assassin #1)
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Farah Cook (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 802 ratings
score: 299,
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The Mage's Tome (Cry of the Acere Duology, #I)
by
Arisawe Hampton (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Prison of Deviants
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Tamuna Tsertsvadze (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 25 ratings
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| 1278 |
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Blindspace (The Common, #2)
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Jeremy Szal (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 163 ratings
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| 1278 |
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Beneath the Scarlet Frost
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Marissa Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.58 avg rating — 97 ratings
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| 1284 |
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Incarceron (Incarceron, #1)
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3.65 avg rating — 62,348 ratings
score: 298,
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| 1284 |
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Finders Keepers: Raw and Uncensored Edition
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Russ Colchamiro (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 115 ratings
score: 298,
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| 1284 |
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City of Vikings (The Viking Assassin #2)
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Farah Cook (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 264 ratings
score: 298,
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| 1284 |
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The Mage Attendant (Cry of the Acere Duology, #2)
by
Arisawe Hampton (Goodreads Author)
4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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| 1284 |
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Galaxy Pirates
by
Tamuna Tsertsvadze (Goodreads Author)
4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
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| 1284 |
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Stormblood (The Common, #1)
by
Jeremy Szal (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 630 ratings
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| 1284 |
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Meta Game On
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Xander Black (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 112 ratings
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| 1291 |
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Time and Again
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3.94 avg rating — 24,982 ratings
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| 1291 |
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The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl #7)
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3.97 avg rating — 63,037 ratings
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| 1291 |
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Storms (Sharani series, #2)
by
Kevin L. Nielsen (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 248 ratings
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Why are The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns on here? There are neither Science Fiction nor Fantasy. Can someone remove them?
I also hate when people put Science Fiction and Fantasy together. They are clearly very different things.
Dude, your book is not a 'must read.' It's not even a 'maybe read.'
Wish I could have retracted my vote (for a single Pullman vs the series). Roger Zelazny, the Amber Chronicles The Great Book of Amber
Isaac Asimov, the Foundation seriesThe Foundation Trilogy
Emily wrote: "Why are The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns on here? There are neither Science Fiction nor Fantasy. Can someone remove them?"Thoroughly agree!
Oh, well if vampires are included then one must read Anne Rice, who popularized the romance and sensuality of vampires:The Vampire Chronicles Interview With the Vampire; The Vampire Lestat; The Queen of the Damned
Doctruthyness wrote: "Dude, your book is not a 'must read.' It's not even a 'maybe read.'"Just wondering who "Dude, your book" is!
And could someone remove the duplicate editions? I don't think we need to list titles like Brave New World more than once. And yes, why are books like The Kite Runner on this list, which clearly are not science fiction nor fantasy?
How is Midnight Sun number 33? It's not a book, it is, at best, an unfinished manuscript available on the internet that will probably never be published.
There are a great many books on this list that do not qualify as great or even good, they are merely new. Apparently a lot of people haven't read anything that was published before they entered high school.
The Hunger Games before Dune? This list lost all it's credibility
4l3x wrote: "The Hunger Games before Dune? This list lost all it's credibility"
the hunger games is much better
the hunger games is much better
Monique wrote: "4l3x wrote: "The Hunger Games before Dune? This list lost all it's credibility"the hunger games is much better"
oh please... Have you even read Dune?
4l3x wrote: "Monique wrote: "4l3x wrote: "The Hunger Games before Dune? This list lost all it's credibility"
the hunger games is much better"
oh please... Have you even read Dune?"
have you even read the hunger games?
the hunger games is much better"
oh please... Have you even read Dune?"
have you even read the hunger games?
Monique wrote: "4l3x wrote: "Monique wrote: "4l3x wrote: "The Hunger Games before Dune? This list lost all it's credibility"
the hunger games is much better"
oh please... Have you even read Dune?"
have you even..."
and yes i have read it
the hunger games is much better"
oh please... Have you even read Dune?"
have you even..."
and yes i have read it
Somebody's eatin' the crazy pills! The Hunger Games is young adult!! There's no way it could compare to the universe & history in the Dune series. Get a perspective.
Monique wrote:oh please... Have you even read Dune?"
have you even read the hunger games? "
I have. The whole series. (as you can see in my read books ;D) And while I enjoyed it in some extent (I find Katniss incredibly annoying and clueless) there is no way it should be before Dune in any list
Ruby wrote: "There's no way it could compare to the universe & history in the Dune series. Get a perspective. "
I see there is still hope out there
4l3x wrote: "The Hunger Games before Dune? This list lost all it's credibility"LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE
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+1
Emily wrote: "I also hate when people put Science Fiction and Fantasy together. They are clearly very different things. "YES! 1000X YES!
science fiction and fantasy can be good together
I agree. I love it when they are mixed in the same world! Or when the story seems like one and turns out to be the other.
i like fantasy and science fition i loved footprints of thunder and thunder of time there fantasy and science fiction
It feels as though books that are part of series are really clogging the list up. Someone who's read a single series from start to finish will feel like they're a big man on campus after reading this list.
Science fiction AND fantasy in one list? Oh brother... Why don't you just mix children books with zombie books next for all the sense it makes? YAUGRL--yet another useless goodreads list.
another list turned worthless due to everyone and his brother spaming every single book in a series.....When all you need is the first one.
There are other better lists:For recent science fiction take a look at Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century.
For popular fantasy take a look at The Most Popular Fantasy on Goodreads
For both these lists there are links in the list description to other good fantasy and science fiction lists.
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Greg wrote: "A new collection for consideration. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3..."This is spam, and it violates Goodreads author conduct policy. I recommend you delete it. Otherwise I will flag it.
As mixed lists go, this one is pretty good. I am seeing some genre issues though. Removed Beloved from p 5. Toni Morrison, science fiction and fantasy? The hell? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
On the line: where do we draw the line between fantasy and horror, folks? I am looking at some Stephen King titles, and Anne Rice. Dracula by Bram Stoker is clearly out of genre, and I'm removing it:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Love to hear some input about the others mentioned here. Some have a large number of votes, and I know that once a list is established, the first page becomes almost sacred. I don't want to touch anything that's liable to draw objections unless it's very clearly in the wrong place...
Removed from page 7, A Thousand Splendid Suns, out of genre:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Removed from page 8, A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
So - I'm not a big fan of horror. But a lot of horror I would consider also fantasy. And I'm not the only one. Dracula for example, is shelved 7,950 as horror. But it is also shelved 3,360 as fantasy. As a librarian I do a lot of removing books from lists. But as far as I'm concerned vampires and werewolves are just about always fantasy - and sometimes horror and sometimes romance and sometimes very rarely science fiction.
Mitchell wrote: "So - I'm not a big fan of horror. But a lot of horror I would consider also fantasy. And I'm not the only one. Dracula for example, is shelved 7,950 as horror. But it is also shelved 3..."The difference in genre, as I understand it, is that horror is written to induce fear more than anything else. I did see that some people have incorrectly shelved Dracula, but it's also a very small percentage of readers overall. (Look at the numbers at the top of the shelf list and you'll see what I mean.)
However, I also realize--though I'm not a fan personally--that there are now a lot of stories involving paranormal and vampirical love. So that's where the line gets hazy, because we have a category that used to be entirely horror and now is not.
As I previously said, I"m not going to remove anything I'm not sure of. I feel confident about Dracula.
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Emily wrote: "I also hate when people put Science Fiction and Fantasy together. They are clearly very different things. "I TOTALLY agree!
Horn-Horn by ADT McLellan - one of those few books that you will go from the last page immediately back to the first page. Like The Sixth Sense, reading it a second time is like reading it for the first time again. It's a completely different story once all of the twists are revealed.
So...number 1777 is Black Beauty. Perhaps the person who added it meant a different Black Beauty? Either way, they tagged the kid's book. Perhaps it should be deleted...or we should add Old Yeller. ;)
Liz wrote: "So...number 1777 is Black Beauty. Perhaps the person who added it meant a different Black Beauty? Either way, they tagged the kid's book. Perhaps it should be deleted...or we should add Old Yeller. ;)"Good eyes. It's gone now.
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The Ascendance Protocol: Endeavour by Chris ScottSuch a great book. I have both kindle and paperback versions!
The Ascendance Protocol: Endeavour
The Ascendance Protocol: Endeavour
Amy wrote: "The Ascendance Protocol: Endeavour by Chris ScottSuch a great book. I have both kindle and paperback versions!
The Ascendance Protocol: Endeavour
[book:The Ascendance Protocol: ..."
If you want that title on the list and it isn't there yet, you have to enter it yourself using the tab at the top of the list.
Mary wrote: "Why are there some books with less than 1K votes and hundreds of votes in the list? They should be deleted..what a joke.Examples: The Outlands"
This list was setup without criteria that let's a librarian remove books with some impunity. You might appreciate Most Popular Science Fiction on Goodreads and the lists that it links to more.
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