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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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Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
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China Miéville (Goodreads Author)
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
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Animal Farm
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Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)
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A.R. Merrydew (Goodreads Author)
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Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
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Chasm City
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In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness, #2)
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Path of the Berserker (Path of the Berserker, #1)
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The Starbirth Assignment: Shifter (Starbirth, #1)
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J.M. Johnson (Goodreads Author)
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The Girl with Ghost Eyes
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Fallen (Fallen, #1)
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The City & the City
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China Miéville (Goodreads Author)
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Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
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The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)
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Horn-Horn (The Horn-Horn Series)
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A.D.T. McLellan (Goodreads Author)
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Call of Magic
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Becca Blake (Goodreads Author)
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The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
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R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)
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Earth Abides
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The Difference Engine
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Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
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Tail of the Devil (Mathias Drvar #1)
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Danielle DeVor (Goodreads Author)
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Quantum Roots (Quantum Roots, #1)
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Kyle Keyes (Goodreads Author)
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The Sacred Band
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Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
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Coraline
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
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Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
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Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #3)
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The Midwich Cuckoos
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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Max Brooks (Goodreads Author)
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Six Wakes
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Mur Lafferty (Goodreads Author)
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Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
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Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)
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Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
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Anathem
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)
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Station Eleven
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Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author)
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The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)
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James Dashner (Goodreads Author)
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Children of Dune (Dune #3)
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The Postman
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David Brin (Goodreads Author)
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
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Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)
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Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
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Matter (Culture, #8)
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Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)
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Sylvain Neuvel (Goodreads Author)
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Fire Study (Study, #3)
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Maria V. Snyder (Goodreads Author)
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The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue
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Trevor Alan Foris (Goodreads Author)
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Child of Another Kind
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Steven Decker (Goodreads Author)
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Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel), Vol. 1
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Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
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Jacqueline Carey (Goodreads Author)
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V for Vendetta
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Alan Moore (Goodreads Author)
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Roadside Picnic
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Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
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The Deed of Paksenarrion (The Deed of Paksenarrion, #1-3)
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The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)
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Fire (Graceling Realm, #2)
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The Blood Legacy (The Divine Elements #1)
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Daman (Goodreads Author)
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A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet, #3)
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Brainwalker
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Robyn Mundell (Goodreads Author)
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The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
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Blood Music
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The Currents of Space (Galactic Empire, #2)
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
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Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
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Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author)
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House of Suns
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The Sword of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #1)
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Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
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The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
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The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
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Peter S. Beagle (Goodreads Author)
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The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
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The State of the Art (Culture, #4)
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Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]
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The Rising (Blue River Chronicles, #1)
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Charlotte Malina Meridian (Goodreads Author)
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The Selection (The Selection, #1)
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Kiera Cass (Goodreads Author)
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The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, #1)
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K.D. Edwards (Goodreads Author)
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Evermore (The Immortals, #1)
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Alyson Noel (Goodreads Author)
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Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
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The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)
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Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
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The Night Circus
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Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author)
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Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)
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Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author)
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Stardust
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
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The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
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Metro 2033 (Metro, #1)
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Dmitry Glukhovsky (Goodreads Author)
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Extras (Uglies, #4)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
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Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
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Peter Watts (Goodreads Author)
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The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
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The City and the Stars
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The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1)
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Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author)
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Specials (Uglies, #3)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
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The Shadow Sect (Netherdei #1)
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Peter Hackshaw (Goodreads Author)
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Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
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Hunted (House of Night, #5)
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P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author)
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Seventh Son (Tales of Alvin Maker, #1)
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Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
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Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author)
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The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
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Sphere
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Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)
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Jeff Vandermeer (Goodreads Author)
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Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
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Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)
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The Price of Creation (The Historian Tales, #1)
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Lance Conrad (Goodreads Author)
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Excession (Culture, #5)
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
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Diplomat of Uram
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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
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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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