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This list is an answer to lists like the Hidden Gems of Science Fiction which purports to list a few of science fiction's best and most tragically overlooked titles. This list definitely only contains those that are overlooked, though probably not in all cases tragically.

Looking for SF books with between 1000 and 9999 ratings on goodreads.

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Other SF Lists of Note:
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
Popular Highly Rated Science Fiction

SF Subgenres:
Alternate History
Space Opera
Steampunk

Locus Recommended Science Fiction:
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015,
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009, 2001, 2000

Science Fiction By Decade:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,
1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

SF By Year:
2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009

Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy By Year:
2027, 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

New Speculative Writers by Decade:
2000s, 2010s

Science Fiction By Ratings:
100,000 and more, 50000 to 99999, 25000 to 49999, 10000 to 24999
1000 to 9999, 100 to 999, Less than 100

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1	Our Lady of the Artilects by Andrew Gillsmith (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 1,478 ratings score: 765, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr. 4.17 avg rating — 4,937 ratings score: 655, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	A World Out of Time (The State, #1) by Larry Niven 3.80 avg rating — 7,240 ratings score: 617, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke 3.95 avg rating — 5,898 ratings score: 604, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Integral Trees (The State, #2) by Larry Niven 3.77 avg rating — 9,681 ratings score: 543, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein 3.86 avg rating — 9,657 ratings score: 517, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper 3.72 avg rating — 1,354 ratings score: 471, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 2,903 ratings score: 449, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke 3.96 avg rating — 5,147 ratings score: 449, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Reflex (Jumper, #2) by Steven Gould (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 7,538 ratings score: 440, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Eifelheim by Michael Flynn 3.79 avg rating — 4,891 ratings score: 437, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Rolling Stones by Robert A. Heinlein 3.89 avg rating — 8,057 ratings score: 432, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Kiln People by David Brin (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 6,181 ratings score: 409, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin 3.99 avg rating — 9,862 ratings score: 404, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Omega (The Academy, #4) by Jack McDevitt 3.87 avg rating — 4,703 ratings score: 398, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Disasters by M.K. England (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 7,289 ratings score: 394, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born (Stainless Steel Rat, #1) by Harry Harrison 3.97 avg rating — 9,284 ratings score: 391, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Maker of Universes (World of Tiers, #1) by Philip José Farmer 3.81 avg rating — 2,233 ratings score: 388, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Patchwork Girl by Larry Niven 3.63 avg rating — 1,252 ratings score: 388, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4) by James Blish 3.59 avg rating — 7,711 ratings score: 378, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet, #1) by Naomi Kritzer (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 2,747 ratings score: 369, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Titan (Gaea, #1) by John Varley 3.94 avg rating — 9,742 ratings score: 368, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Global Frequency, Vol. 1: Planet Ablaze by Warren Ellis (Writer) 3.97 avg rating — 2,836 ratings score: 366, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse, #1) by Jim C. Hines (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 3,654 ratings score: 364, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord 3.63 avg rating — 5,757 ratings score: 360, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Forever Free (The Forever War, #2) by Joe Haldeman 3.47 avg rating — 8,951 ratings score: 345, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Jack Glass by Adam Roberts 3.69 avg rating — 2,658 ratings score: 342, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith 3.96 avg rating — 3,008 ratings score: 338, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Birthday of the World and Other Stories (Hainish Cycle, #9) by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.32 avg rating — 6,448 ratings score: 336, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 3,043 ratings score: 332, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner 3.96 avg rating — 7,283 ratings score: 327, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Ocean by Warren Ellis 3.56 avg rating — 1,673 ratings score: 324, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Four Ways to Forgiveness (Hainish Cycle, #7) by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.20 avg rating — 5,099 ratings score: 322, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Intrusion by Ken MacLeod 3.36 avg rating — 1,236 ratings score: 315, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Time (Manifold #1) by Stephen Baxter 3.80 avg rating — 8,279 ratings score: 312, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Infinity's Shore (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #2) by David Brin (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 9,112 ratings score: 309, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	To Trade the Stars (Trade Pact Universe, #3) by Julie E. Czerneda (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 1,195 ratings score: 308, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Rule 34 (Halting State, #2) by Charles Stross (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 8,740 ratings score: 305, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Fairyland by Paul J. McAuley 3.53 avg rating — 1,294 ratings score: 304, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Heaven's Reach (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #3) by David Brin (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 7,486 ratings score: 301, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Emperor (Time's Tapestry, #1) by Stephen Baxter 3.42 avg rating — 1,051 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1) by John C. Wright 4.08 avg rating — 3,385 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan 4.05 avg rating — 6,349 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Torn (The Missing, #4) by Margaret Peterson Haddix 3.98 avg rating — 9,540 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Amphibian by Alexander Belyaev 4.13 avg rating — 7,616 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Necessity (Thessaly, #3) by Jo Walton (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 1,912 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Young Miles (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #2) by Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 6,246 ratings score: 296, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Millennium by John Varley 3.78 avg rating — 3,054 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Armageddon 2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan 3.34 avg rating — 1,328 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	My Enemy, My Ally (Star Trek: Rihannsu, #1) by Diane Duane (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,394 ratings score: 295, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Red Star: The First Bolshevik Utopia by Alexandr Bogdanov 3.56 avg rating — 1,632 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Big Time by Fritz Leiber 3.25 avg rating — 4,837 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Doctor Who: The Doctor Trap by Simon Messingham 3.64 avg rating — 1,698 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Dark Eden (Dark Eden, #1) by Chris Beckett 3.79 avg rating — 8,860 ratings score: 291, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya 3.81 avg rating — 5,785 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Biting the Sun (Four-BEE, #1-2) by Tanith Lee 4.25 avg rating — 2,225 ratings score: 289, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Mindbridge by Joe Haldeman 3.76 avg rating — 2,739 ratings score: 289, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Neverness (A Requiem for Homo Sapiens, #0) by David Zindell 4.03 avg rating — 1,848 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Death of Sleep (Planet Pirates, #2) by Anne McCaffrey 3.86 avg rating — 3,526 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Vortex (Spin, #3) by Robert Charles Wilson 3.77 avg rating — 6,858 ratings score: 287, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Somewhere In Time by Richard Matheson 3.84 avg rating — 9,011 ratings score: 286, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Otherness by David Brin (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 1,722 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Space Captain Smith (Chronicles of Isambard Smith, #1) by Toby Frost (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 1,236 ratings score: 285, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Market Forces by Richard K. Morgan 3.63 avg rating — 7,970 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Dying of the Light by George R.R. Martin 3.56 avg rating — 8,182 ratings score: 284, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Here There Be Dragons (Star Trek: The Next Generation #28) by John Peel (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 1,186 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Impulse (Jumper, #3) by Steven Gould (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 4,829 ratings score: 282, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Future Shock (Future Shock, #1) by Elizabeth Briggs 3.82 avg rating — 1,615 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove 3.96 avg rating — 9,929 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Ancestral Night (White Space, #1) by Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 7,585 ratings score: 281, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Hothouse by Brian W. Aldiss 3.63 avg rating — 6,742 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Ghost Ship (Star Trek: The Next Generation #1) by Diane Carey 3.22 avg rating — 2,716 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Exo (Jumper, #4) by Steven Gould (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 3,257 ratings score: 279, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Faded Sun Trilogy (The Faded Sun, #1-3) by C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 5,576 ratings score: 279, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	TekWar (TekWar, #1) by William Shatner 3.13 avg rating — 2,015 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Protector's War (Emberverse, #2) by S.M. Stirling 3.99 avg rating — 9,565 ratings score: 277, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Inheritance by Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 6,050 ratings score: 276, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Ties of Power (Trade Pact Universe, #2) by Julie E. Czerneda (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 1,202 ratings score: 276, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Clockwork Heart (Clockwork Heart, #1) by Dru Pagliassotti (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 1,880 ratings score: 276, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg 3.63 avg rating — 4,169 ratings score: 275, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Heaven's Queen (Paradox, #3) by Rachel Bach (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 8,510 ratings score: 274, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The Smallest Dragonboy (Dragonriders of Pern) (Pern, #4.5) by Anne McCaffrey 4.28 avg rating — 5,277 ratings score: 273, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem 3.55 avg rating — 9,202 ratings score: 272, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Shakespeare's Planet by Clifford D. Simak 3.60 avg rating — 1,377 ratings score: 272, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Emissary (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, #1) by J.M. Dillard 3.80 avg rating — 1,418 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Broken Symmetry by Dan Rix 3.86 avg rating — 1,151 ratings score: 269, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Zendegi by Greg Egan 3.46 avg rating — 1,333 ratings score: 269, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Present (VanWest, #2) by Kenneth Thomas 3.65 avg rating — 2,274 ratings score: 269, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Counting Heads (Counting Heads, #1) by David Marusek (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 1,253 ratings score: 268, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp 3.91 avg rating — 3,334 ratings score: 268, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner 3.91 avg rating — 5,950 ratings score: 267, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Earth by David Brin (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 8,527 ratings score: 267, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K. Le Guin 3.83 avg rating — 4,430 ratings score: 266, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Face of Another by Kōbō Abe 3.73 avg rating — 6,138 ratings score: 266, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein 3.86 avg rating — 9,055 ratings score: 265, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Fire Watch by Connie Willis 3.84 avg rating — 4,772 ratings score: 265, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Lives of Tao (Tao, #1) by Wesley Chu (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 9,758 ratings score: 264, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Neuropath by R. Scott Bakker 3.50 avg rating — 1,790 ratings score: 263, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven (Known Space) by Larry Niven 4.19 avg rating — 6,049 ratings score: 262, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.39 avg rating — 2,044 ratings score: 262, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sep 29, 2014 08:27AM

Mirror Dance graduated

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message 2: by Mitchell (new)

Nov 05, 2014 01:41PM

Forever Peace graduated

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message 3: by Mitchell (new)

Dec 04, 2014 10:06PM

Ancillary Justice, Saga, Volume 3, Field of Dishonor and Station Eleven graduated

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message 4: by Mitchell (new)

Jan 03, 2015 10:47PM

Afterparty needs to be added to this list. But I can't add it because I only get 100 votes. Anyone out there who wants to help out could vote for 100 books on this list and that would be awesome.

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message 5: by Mitchell (new)

Jan 03, 2015 10:49PM

Ancillary Sword needs to be added to this list. But I can't add it because I only get 100 votes. Anyone out there who wants to help out could vote for 100 books on this list and that would be awesome.

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message 6: by Mitchell (new)

Jan 20, 2015 04:57PM

Night of the Purple Moon needs to be added to this list. But I can't add it because I only get 100 votes. Anyone out there who wants to help out could vote for 100 books on this list and that would be awesome.

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message 7: by Maarit (new)

Jan 28, 2015 11:25AM

Mitchell: I added all the missing books to the list and voted some already in there, so I think you can now free some of your votes, if you need to.

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message 8: by Mitchell (new)

Jan 28, 2015 03:43PM

Transmetropolitan, Vol. 3: Year of the Bastard graduated

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message 9: by Maarit (new)

Feb 19, 2015 12:34PM

The Last Policeman and Zone One graduated

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message 10: by Mitchell (new)

Mar 09, 2015 11:43AM

Dies the Fire graduated

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message 11: by Mitchell (new)

Mar 14, 2015 11:02PM

Akira, Vol. 1 graduated

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message 12: by Maarit (new)

May 10, 2015 03:21AM

Killashandra graduated

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message 13: by Mitchell (new)

May 22, 2015 12:35PM

Saga, Volume 4 graduated

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message 14: by Maarit (new)

Jun 08, 2015 08:32AM

Rainbows End and The Skies of Pern graduated

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message 15: by Maarit (new)

Jul 19, 2015 01:48AM

All Clear, Promised, The Quantum Thief, Flag in Exile and Falling Free graduated

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message 16: by Maarit (new)

Sep 13, 2015 08:21AM

A Civil Campaign graduated

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message 17: by Maarit (new)

Oct 27, 2015 08:57AM

Pebble in the Sky, Ancillary Sword and Cetaganda graduated

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message 18: by Mitchell (new)

Dec 19, 2015 02:43PM

The Android's Dream and Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands and The Hydrogen Sonata and Jennifer Government graduated.

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message 19: by Maarit (new)

Jan 11, 2016 09:12AM

Way Station, Stand on Zanzibar, The Human Division and Memory graduated

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message 20: by Mitchell (last edited Feb 14, 2016 12:28PM) (new)

Feb 14, 2016 12:27PM

Beggars Ride and The Cassandra Project would have graduated to this list but I have only 100 votes.

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message 21: by Mitchell (new)

Feb 14, 2016 12:34PM

Lonely City graduated

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message 22: by Mitchell (new)

Apr 04, 2016 12:03AM

Influx and Flashforward and Nemesis Games graduated

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message 23: by Mitchell (new)

May 02, 2016 11:24PM

Brothers in Arms and The Forge of God graduated

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message 24: by Mitchell (new)

Sep 05, 2016 09:00PM

Agent to the Stars and Transmetropolitan, Vol. 4: The New Scum and The Stars, Like Dust and 2312 and Jumper and Singularity Sky and Cordelia's Honor and Komarr graduated

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message 25: by Mitchell (new)

Oct 10, 2016 09:34PM

Nexus graduated

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message 26: by Mitchell (new)

Nov 24, 2016 12:05PM

Beyond Sanctuary is not science fiction and has been removed

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message 27: by Mitchell (last edited Nov 24, 2016 01:55PM) (new)

Nov 24, 2016 12:06PM

Downbelow Station and Woman on the Edge of Time has graduated

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message 28: by Mitchell (new)

Dec 18, 2016 09:57PM

Inversions and Transmetropolitan, Vol. 6: Gouge Away and Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom and Diplomatic Immunity graduated

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message 29: by Mitchell (new)

Feb 01, 2017 05:19PM

Neutron Star and Glory Road and Darwin's Radio and Damia graduated

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message 30: by Mitchell (new)

Aug 21, 2017 03:30PM

Begging for help on this list. Again. With a 100 book limit there is no way I can add all sf with 1000 to 9999 ratings to this list.

How can you help? Vote for books that have only 1 vote. Find books that are missing from this list and add them. Look on the 100 to 999 list for books ready to graduate and even if you can't remove them from that list, add them to this one.

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message 31: by Mitchell (new)

Aug 22, 2017 09:48PM

Transmetropolitan, Vol. 7: Spider's Thrash and Captain Vorpatril's Alliance and The Snow Queen and The Currents of Space and CryoBurn graduated

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message 32: by Claire (Clairby11xxx) (new)

Jan 23, 2018 03:58AM

Graduated:
Farnham's Freehold
Lilith's Brood
Hominids
Ethan of Athos
The End of All Things
The Ship Who Searched

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message 33: by Mitchell (new)

Mar 09, 2018 11:03PM

The Word for World is Forest and Transmetropolitan, Vol. 9: The Cure and Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 1: Cosmic Avengers graduated

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message 34: by Mitchell (last edited Jul 28, 2019 09:26AM) (new)

Jul 28, 2019 09:23AM

Head On and The Consuming Fire and The Girl Who Heard Dragons and Crystal Line graduated

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message 35: by Mitchell (new)

Apr 10, 2020 07:43PM

Transmetropolitan, Vol. 10: One More Time and The Gate to Women's Country and Transmetropolitan, Vol. 8: Dirge and Blood Music and Kill Decision and Into the Forest and Countdown City and The Claw of the Conciliator and Martian Time-Slip and Only Ever Yours and Rocannon's World graduated

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message 36: by Navi (new)

Jun 16, 2020 02:06PM

Graduated:

The Memory Police
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Logan's Run
Time Out of Joint

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message 37: by Mitchell (new)

Jul 12, 2020 04:39PM

Freedom's Landing and The V Girl: A Coming Of Age Story graduated

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message 38: by Mitchell (new)

Aug 29, 2020 08:33PM

Damia's Children graduated

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message 39: by Mitchell (new)

May 12, 2021 11:53AM

Dhalgren and War with the Newts Too Like the Lightning and The Ringworld Throne and Blue Remembered Earth and The Speed of Dark and Axiom's End and Fluency and Akira, Vol. 2 and Defy the Stars and Galaxy in Flames and Summer Frost and Dragon Harper and The Vital Abyss Acorna: The Unicorn Girl and Robot Dreams and Ripple and Chains of Command and At All Costs and Time and Time Again and Callahan's Crosstime Saloon and Ark graduated

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message 40: by Mitchell (new)

Jan 02, 2022 02:32PM

Fugitive Telemetry and A Memory Called Empire and Akira, Vol. 3 and The Fated Sky and Dorsai! and Mission of Honor and Michael Crichton's Jurassic World: Jurassic Park / The Lost World and Zero K and The Girl in the Clockwork Collar and Gun, With Occasional Music and Strange Dogs and Tuf Voyaging and R.U.R. and Catalyst and Revenger and Feersum Endjinn and The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy and Rosewater and Foreigner and Semiosis The Last Conversation graduated

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message 41: by Rachel (new)

Sep 25, 2022 04:38AM

The City in the Middle of the Night has graduated.

Not a librarian so I can't delete, but I did add it to the next list.

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message 42: by Mitchell (last edited Nov 24, 2023 09:03PM) (new)

Nov 24, 2023 08:49PM

Semiosis and The Last Conversation and Fugitive Telemetry and Iron Widow and Leviathan Falls already graduated

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message 43: by Mitchell (last edited Nov 24, 2023 09:39PM) (new)

Nov 24, 2023 08:56PM

Polaris Rising and The Machine Stops and Borders of Infinity and Dreamsnake and Planet of Exile and Brightness Reef and Sea of Rust and Transition and Alive and The Wall and Crux and Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang and Frankissstein: A Love Story and Kallocain and Akira, Vol. 4 and To Ride Pegasus and Akira, Vol. 5 and The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red and Akira, Vol. 6 and Star Wars: Darksaber and Third Shift: Pact and River of Teeth and Mind's Eye and The City in the Middle of the Night and The Emissary and The Space Merchants and Little Fuzzy and Angelmaker and Protector and Marque and Reprisal and Fields of Fire Dragon's Kin and The Scarlet Plague and Fulgrim and The Arm of the Starfish and Auberon and The Man Who Fell to Earth and Chocky and The Ice People and This Mortal Coil and Girls with Sharp Sticks and Dogs of War and Rabbits and The Stranded and Sorrowland and Riot Baby and The Man Who Sold the Moon and The Colour Out of Space and Orphans of the Sky and Permutation City and The Fabulous Riverboat and Cold Storage and Upgrade graduated

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message 44: by Mitchell (new)

Nov 25, 2023 10:17AM

If you want to help maintain this list and related lists, the easiest thing to do is to vote on 100 books that are already on this list, but only have 1 or 2 votes.

This will allow a list maintainer like myself to remove their vote and use it to add fresh books from the lower lists.

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message 45: by Mitchell (new)

May 18, 2024 05:45PM

The Unit and Empire of Silence andThe Stars Are Legion and Cyteen Mockingbird and The Penultimate Truth and Finna and The Light Brigade and Here and Now and Then and No Time Like the Past and The Wandering Earth and The Andromeda Evolution and Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days and The Kraken Wakes and Echopraxia and The Visitor graduated

System Collapse and To Sleep in a Sea of Stars previously graduated

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message 46: by Mitchell (new)

Dec 15, 2024 10:10AM

City of Illusions and This Perfect Day and Cage of Souls and Command Decision and Aftershocks and The Accidental Time Machine and Quarter Share and The Invincible and Patternmaster and Diaspora and Once & Future and The Golden Apples of the Sun and Lies, Damned Lies, and History and Farmer in the Sky and Cold Storage and The Flight of the Eisenstein and The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story and Legion and The Fatal Eggs and Earth Is Room Enough and What Could Possibly Go Wrong? and Clay's Ark and The Borders of Infinity and Red Planet graduated

I was able to only do the first 15 pages before I ran completely out of votes on the next list. With the limit of 100 votes, the easiest way to help maintain these lists is vote for 100 books on each list starting with the ones that only have 1 vote. And then revisit your votes once a year - since some of your books will likely graduate.

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message 47: by Mitchell (new)

Oct 19, 2025 02:01PM

The Engines of God and Dr. Bloodmoney and The Star Diaries and Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen and Ice and A Maze of Death and The Vanished Birds and Vurt and Engaging the Enemy and The Death of Grass and Guardian and Life on Mars: Poems and Starfish and Empire and Memory of Water and Nightflyers and Honor's Knight and Century Rain and Calculating God and Foreigner and Delta-v and Phule's Company and BioShock: Rapture and The Inverted World and Mind of My Mind and Retribution Falls and First and Only and The Black God's Drums and Memoirs of a Space Traveler: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy and Paradox Bound and A Fall of Moondust and From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon and Daughter of Time and Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy and The Book of Koli and Nyxia and The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4: The Minority Report and Who Goes There? and Earthfall and Robot Visions and Imprudence and Passage and Dragon Pearl and The Long Utopia graduated

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message 48: by Mitchell (new)

May 10, 2026 05:05PM

Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1) and There Will Come Soft Rains and Star Wars: Children of the Jedi (The Callista Trilogy, #1) and And the Rest Is History (The Chronicles of St Mary’s, #8) and Backwards (Red Dwarf #3) and Axis (Spin, #2) and Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Barsoom, #4) and The Strange Case of Jane O. and Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome (Lock In, #0.5) and A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #4) and The True Meaning of Smekday and Defending Elysium and Paul of Dune (Heroes of Dune, #1) and The Original and Dangerous Visions and Eisenhorn (Eisenhorn, #1-3) and The Encounter (Animorphs, #3) and The Martian Tales Trilogy (Barsoom #1-3) and Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman, #1) and Planetfall (Planetfall, #1) and Nightfall graduated

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message 49: by Mitchell (new)

Jun 08, 2026 10:51PM

🎓 Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8) and Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) graduated

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message 50: by Mitchell (new)

Jul 03, 2026 04:55PM

❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Raven Stratagem (The Machineries of Empire, #2) by Yoon Ha Lee (Ratings: 10,004, Avg: 4.09, Pos: 101)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO FEW RATINGS] The Past (VanWest, #1) by Kenneth Thomas (Ratings: 799, Avg: 3.94, Pos: 220)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag (Ratings: 10,023, Avg: 4.34, Pos: 320)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO FEW RATINGS] When the People Fell by Cordwainer Smith (Ratings: 179, Avg: 4.15, Pos: 803)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO FEW RATINGS] Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg (Ratings: 724, Avg: 3.77, Pos: 1254)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO FEW RATINGS] Mirage (Isaac Asimov's Robot Mystery, #1) by Mark W. Tiedemann (Ratings: 374, Avg: 4.04, Pos: 1963)

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