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Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
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Best Science Fiction Fantasy Books
Best Space Opera
Best Urban Fantasy
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Best Alternate H*story [asterisk is here so this list isn't misclassified]
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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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Kiss of Surrender (Deadly Angels, #2)
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Sandra Hill (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,434 ratings
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Gravity’s Rainbow
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Wild Magic (Immortals, #1)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 82,665 ratings
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Waylander (The Drenai Saga #3)
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The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend (The Drenai Saga, #6)
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Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)
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Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1)
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Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 62,468 ratings
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Sirius
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| 1709 |
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Swordspoint (Riverside, #1)
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Ellen Kushner (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 10,980 ratings
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| 1710 |
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A Cavern of Black Ice (Sword of Shadows, #1)
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| 1710 |
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The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)
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Katherine Addison (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 53,677 ratings
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| 1710 |
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Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #1)
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Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 62,529 ratings
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| 1713 |
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Pretty Monsters: Stories
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3.91 avg rating — 6,175 ratings
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Aurora Blazing (Consortium Rebellion, #2)
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Jessie Mihalik (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 7,700 ratings
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| 1715 |
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A Fistful of Sky (LaZelle, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 1,655 ratings
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Kiss of Pride (Deadly Angels, #1)
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Sandra Hill (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 2,197 ratings
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| 1715 |
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Disenchanted (Land of Dis, #1)
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Robert Kroese (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 2,476 ratings
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Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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Stuart Turton (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 471,583 ratings
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| 1720 |
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The Awakening (Darkest Powers, #2)
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Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 117,774 ratings
score: 147,
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The Wretched of Muirwood (Legends of Muirwood, #1)
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Jeff Wheeler (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 24,883 ratings
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| 1720 |
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Lord of the Vampires (Royal House of Shadows, #1)
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 9,588 ratings
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| 1723 |
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Necroscope (Necroscope, #1)
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| 1723 |
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Family Law (Family Law, #1)
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Mackey Chandler (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 1,464 ratings
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| 1723 |
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April (April, #1)
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Mackey Chandler (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 1,248 ratings
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| 1723 |
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 430,776 ratings
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| 1727 |
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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3.90 avg rating — 25,156 ratings
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| 1727 |
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Dark Taste of Rapture (Alien Huntress, #6)
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 6,204 ratings
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| 1727 |
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Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #3)
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Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 31,229 ratings
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| 1730 |
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Yellow Blue Tibia
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3.62 avg rating — 1,700 ratings
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Oh. My. Gods. (Oh. My. Gods., #1)
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Tera Lynn Childs (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 15,205 ratings
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| 1730 |
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The Ladies of Mandrigyn (Sun Wolf and Starhawk #1)
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Barbara Hambly (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 3,445 ratings
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| 1730 |
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Across the Great Barrier (Frontier Magic, #2)
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Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 5,968 ratings
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| 1734 |
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Untouched by Human Hands
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4.16 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
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| 1734 |
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We the Underpeople
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4.15 avg rating — 210 ratings
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| 1734 |
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Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)
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3.86 avg rating — 82,024 ratings
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| 1734 |
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Ecstasy in Darkness (Alien Huntress, #5)
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 7,262 ratings
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| 1734 |
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Black Wings (Black Wings, #1)
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Christina Henry (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 9,666 ratings
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| 1739 |
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Dying Bites (The Bloodhound Files, #1)
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D.D. Barant (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 6,778 ratings
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The Fall of Atlantis (The Fall of Atlantis, #1-2)
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3.77 avg rating — 4,712 ratings
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Quarter Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, #1)
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Nathan Lowell (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 10,599 ratings
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| 1742 |
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Neutron Star
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4.13 avg rating — 13,007 ratings
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| 1742 |
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The Book of Words (Book of Words, #1-3)
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4.16 avg rating — 309 ratings
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The Tenth Kingdom: Do You Believe in Magic?
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4.22 avg rating — 3,757 ratings
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| 1742 |
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Seduce the Darkness (Alien Huntress, #4)
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 7,782 ratings
score: 141,
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| 1742 |
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Let The Right One In
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4.04 avg rating — 119,923 ratings
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Raymond E. Feist's Magician Master
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Bryan J.L. Glass (Adapter)
4.45 avg rating — 20,115 ratings
score: 140,
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| 1748 |
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On Stranger Tides
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3.82 avg rating — 10,969 ratings
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| 1748 |
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The Misenchanted Sword (Ethshar, #1)
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Lawrence Watt-Evans (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 3,761 ratings
score: 139,
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Pegasus in Flight (The Talent, #2)
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4.19 avg rating — 9,065 ratings
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Savor Me Slowly (Alien Huntress, #3)
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 6,269 ratings
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| 1752 |
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Night's Sorceries (Flat Earth, #5)
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4.29 avg rating — 581 ratings
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| 1753 |
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Don’t Bite the Sun (Four-BEE, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 818 ratings
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Shambleau and Others
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4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
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| 1755 |
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Watcher of the Dead (Sword of Shadows, #4)
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4.13 avg rating — 3,173 ratings
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Contagion (Contagion, #1)
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Erin Bowman (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 7,375 ratings
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The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 272,961 ratings
score: 136,
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Pebble in the Sky (Galactic Empire, #3)
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3.90 avg rating — 27,098 ratings
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The Birthgrave
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3.78 avg rating — 1,751 ratings
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The Wayfarer Redemption (Wayfarer Redemption, #1)
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3.96 avg rating — 17,222 ratings
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Starship's Mage: Omnibus (Starship's Mage, #1)
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Glynn Stewart (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 9,109 ratings
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| 1759 |
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The Stars Between Us
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Cristin Terrill (Goodreads Author)
3.40 avg rating — 808 ratings
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| 1759 |
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Welcome to Lovecraft (Locke & Key #1)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 99,511 ratings
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| 1764 |
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Extra (Ordinary) People
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3.74 avg rating — 252 ratings
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Saturn's Children (Freyaverse #1)
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Charles Stross (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 8,118 ratings
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A Demon Bound (Imp, #1)
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Debra Dunbar (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 8,165 ratings
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Burned by Magic (The Baine Chronicles, #1)
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Jasmine Walt (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 6,610 ratings
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The Terran Privateer (Duchy of Terra, #1)
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Glynn Stewart (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 4,154 ratings
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The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #1)
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Erika Johansen (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 98,605 ratings
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| 1770 |
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Dead Witches Tell No Tales (The Hollows, #3-4)
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Kim Harrison (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 1,397 ratings
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Only You Can Save Mankind (Johnny Maxwell, #1)
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3.73 avg rating — 13,686 ratings
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Lion's Blood
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Steven Barnes (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 916 ratings
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A Man Rides Through (Mordant's Need, #2)
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4.03 avg rating — 13,175 ratings
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A Grey Moon over China
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3.44 avg rating — 136 ratings
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| 1775 |
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The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction of Samuel R. Delany
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4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Fledgling
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3.80 avg rating — 38,756 ratings
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A Fortress of Grey Ice (Sword of Shadows, #2)
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Traitor's Moon (Nightrunner, #3)
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Lynn Flewelling (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 12,049 ratings
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Inter Ice Age 4
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3.68 avg rating — 1,293 ratings
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Lord of Misrule (The Morganville Vampires, #5)
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4.15 avg rating — 48,881 ratings
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The Ill-Made Mute (The Bitterbynde, #1)
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Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 4,889 ratings
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| 1782 |
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Flamecaster (Shattered Realms, #1)
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Cinda Williams Chima (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 17,093 ratings
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| 1783 |
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Caught (The Missing, #5)
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4.20 avg rating — 7,113 ratings
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Atlantis Series Bundle 1-4.5
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Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 2,142 ratings
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This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)
by
Emily Thiede (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 16,973 ratings
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| 1786 |
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Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1)
by
Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 495,368 ratings
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| 1786 |
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Violet Made of Thorns
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Gina Chen (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 22,567 ratings
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| 1788 |
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Doctor Who: Reckless Engineering
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3.42 avg rating — 139 ratings
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| 1789 |
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Stalking Darkness (Nightrunner, #2)
by
Lynn Flewelling (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 16,515 ratings
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| 1789 |
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Doctor Who: The Last Resort
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2.99 avg rating — 119 ratings
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| 1791 |
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Doctor Who: Unnatural History
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3.88 avg rating — 340 ratings
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Seeker's Mask (Kencyrath, #3)
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4.23 avg rating — 945 ratings
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| 1792 |
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To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #3; Part 2)
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Tad Williams (Goodreads Author)
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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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