Classics of Science Fiction

The Island of Doctor Moreau

1895

1962	A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2023	The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2013	HG Wells The Time Machine and the Issue of Race (The Boomerang)
2015	The Story Behind A First Edition Book - The Time Machine (Rare & Antique Books)
2018	The Time Machine: Notes Towards an Analysis of Wells's Novella (Interesting Literature)

1896

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

2010	The Island of Dr. Moreau (Kara Reviews)
2014	Review of The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells (Speculiction)
2019	The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells (Quiet and Busy)
2020	H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau (John Pistelli)

The Invisible Man

1897

1964	A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Damon Knight
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

"The Star"

1897

1966	Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr
1977	The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

The War of the Worlds

The First Men in the Moon

1898

1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2017	The War of the Worlds by HG Wells (SFBook.com)
2020	Guide to the classics: The War of the Worlds (The Conversation)
2020	Henrique Alvim Corrêa’s Illustrations for The War of the Worlds (1906) (The Public Domain Review)
2022	The War of the Worlds (Britannica)

"The Colour Out of Space"

1901

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn

The Machine Stops

E. M. Forster

1909

1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1977	The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2016	Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Machine Stops by EM Forster (Fantasy Book Review)
2020	The Horror of Direct Experience: Cyberpunk Bodies and “The Machine Stops” (SFRA Review)
2020	How E.M. Forster’s Only Foray Into Sci-Fi Predicted Social Distancing (Literary Hub)
2020	When Did E. M. Forster’s “The Machine Stops” Become Science Fiction? (Classics of Science Fiction)
2021	The Machine Stops: Science and Its Limits (Los Angeles Review of Books)

The Lost World

Arthur Conan Doyle

1912

1949	The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

The Scarlet Plague

Jack London

1912

1952	Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe

Herland

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

1915

1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn

A Princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

1917

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016	Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Library of America Science Fiction

2011	Review: A Princess of Mars (The Literary Omnivore)
2012	A Princess of Mars (SF Reviews)

The Moon Pool

A. Merritt

1919

1970	Under the Moons of Mars: A History and Anthology of 'The Scientific Romance' in the Munsey Magazines, 1912-1920 edited by Sam Moskowitz
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

R.U.R.

Karel Čapek

1923

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn

Yevgeny Zamyatin

1924

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200

1946	Freedom and Happiness (Review of 'We' by Yevgeny Zamyatin) (The Orwell Foundation)
2013	Review of We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (Speculiction)
2019	A review of Yevgeny Zamyatin's prescient dystopian novel We (Biblioklept)
2021	Book Review: We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin (Lightspeed)
2021	The Century-Old Russian Novel Said to Have Inspired '1984' (The New York Times)

H. P. Lovecraft

1927

1952	Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1967	Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

Last and First Men

Olaf Stapledon

1930

1949	The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult

2010	Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men (Vaguely Borgesian)
2013	1930: Last and First Men (Stapledon, Olaf) (Potpourri of Science Fiction Literature)
2014	Last and First Men: a pioneering work of science fiction (Northern Soul)

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

1932

1949	The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler
1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2007	Brave New World at 75 (The New Atlantis)
2014	Brave New World By Aldous Huxley (SFBook.com)
2016	Here's the Brave New World Book Report I Should've Written in 11th Grade (Phoenix New Times)

"A Martian Odyssey"

Stanley G. Weinbaum

1934

1943	The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2000	Millennial Reviews XXXII: “A Martian Odyssey” & “Valley of Dreams” by Stanley G. Weinbaum (James Nicoll Reviews)
2013	Book Review: A Martian Odyssey and Other Classics of Science Fiction, Stanley G. Weinbaum (1962) (Joachim Boaz)
2017	A Martian Odyssey • 1934 • SF novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum (Reißwolf)
2021	“A Martian Odyssey” by Stanley G. Weinbaum (Classics of Science Fiction)
9999	A Martian Odyssey (Wikipedia)

"Twilight"

John W. Campbell, Jr.

1934

1943	The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1978	Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri

Twilight (Wikipedia)

Odd John

Olaf Stapledon

1935

1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

2012	Odd John By Olaf Stapledon (SFBook.com)
2012	Odd John by Olaf Stapledon (SFFWorld.com)

Star Maker

Olaf Stapledon

1937

1949	The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe

2000	Star Make (SF Site)
2011	Star Men (Tablet)
2016	Star Maker: the cosmic theology of Olaf Stapledon (Turing Church)
2017	Star Maker: Science Fiction of Spiritual Woo-Woo? (Classics of Science Fiction)
2018	Book Review: Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon (Sam Woolfe)

Out of the Silent Planet

C. S. Lewis

1938

1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200

2012	Review: Out of the Silent Planet (The Literary Omnivore)
2019	'Out of the Silent Planet' and a New Era of Science Fiction (Kirk Center)
2021	Colonization, Empire, and Power in C.S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet (Reactor)
2021	Hnau and the Nature of Humanity in C.S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet (Reactor)
2021	Malacandra as Utopia: Plato's Republic as Reflected in C.S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet (Reactor)
2021	Moral Thought and Intergalactic Genocide in C.S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet (Reactor)

"Who Goes There?"

John W. Campbell, Jr.

1938

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1946	Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2005	The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	Who Goes There? (Wikipedia)
2014	Who Goes There? (Kara Reviews)
2016	Exploring the Cold, Desolate Cosmos: Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell (This Is Horror)

"Black Destroyer"

1939

1946	Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979	The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2005	The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	"Black Destroyer" by A. E. van Vogt (My Weird Life)
2009	Yesterday's Tomorrows: A.E. van Vogt by Graham Sleight (Locus)
2010	Review: Black Destroyer (The Quill & The Keyboard)

"Requiem"

1940

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1946	Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1965	Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"The Roads Must Roll"

1940

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1946	Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"Robbie"

"… And He Built a Crooked House"

1940

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1979	The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

1941

1943	The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1978	Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"By His Bootstraps"

By His Bootstraps (Wikipedia)

1941

1946	Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1978	Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

Lest Darkness Fall

L. Sprague de Camp

1941

1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

2020	Surviving Perilous Times: Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague De Camp (Reactor)

"Microcosmic God"

1941

1943	The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim
1965	Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1978	Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1980	The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2021	Flash Review: Microcosmic God by Theodore Sturgeon (Stuffed Puffin)

"Nightfall"

1941

1946	Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1978	Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1980	The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2012	Darkness in literature: 'Nightfall' by Isaac Asimov (The Guardian)

"Reason"

1941

1962	A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1978	Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

"The Weapon Shop"

"Mimsy Were the Borogoves"

1942

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1946	Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1980	The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore

1943

1948	A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1981	The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2021	"Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett - Sci-Fi Classic Review (The Unapologetic Geek)

Perelandra

C. S. Lewis

1943

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

"Arena"

Fredric Brown

1944

1950	Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1981	The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	Arena (Wikipedia)
2020	Retro Review: "Arena" by Fredric Brown (Cora Buhlert)

"Desertion"

First Contact (Wikipedia)

1944

1950	Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1981	The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2020	Retro Hugos: “Desertion” by Clifford D. Simak (Adventures Fantastic)
2020	Retro Review: “Desertion” by Clifford D. Simak (Cora Buhlert)
2021	"Desertion" by Clifford D. Simak (Classics of Science Fiction)

"First Contact"

Murray Leinster

1945

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
	Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
1946	The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1982	The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

That Hideous Strength

C. S. Lewis

1945

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

Adventures in Time and Space

Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas

1946

1949	The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler
1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

"Rescue Party"

1946

1948	A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1982	The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2005	The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

Slan

"The Green Hills of Earth"

1946

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1949	The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler
1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

2018	Slan (Kara Reviews)
2018	Slan: A classic and Retro-Hugo winner (Fantasy Literature)

"Vintage Season"

Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore

1946

	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1948	A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1981	Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
1982	The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2020	“Vintage Season” – a story for a coronavirus outbreak (Leigh Turner)
2023	“Vintage Season” by C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner

"E for Effort"

T. L. Sherred

1947

1950	Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1964	A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Damon Knight
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1981	Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
1983	The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

1947

1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"Thunder and Roses"

1947

1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1983	The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2005	The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"Mars Is Heaven!"

1948

	Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
1949	The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1983	The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

"That Only a Mother"

Judith Merril

1948

1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1978	Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1983	The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek

	That Only a Mother (Wikipedia)
2009	The All-Time Top 40: That Only a Mother, Judith Merril (Locus)

The World of Null-A

Coming Attraction (Wikipedia)

1948

1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

Earth Abides

George R. Stewart

1949

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

	The EARTH ABIDES Project
2015	Earth Abides by George R. Stewart (SFFWorld.com)
2016	Men go and come, but Earth Abides: Science fiction's most poignant post-apocalyptic story (Factor Daily)
2020	George R Stewart: Earth Abides (Survivors: A World Away)
2021	What I'm Reading: Earth Abides, George R. Stewart (Notre Dame Magazine)

The Humanoids

Jack Williamson

1949

1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

1949

1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2018	The Great American Read - PBS
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2023	The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

1949	Where The Rainbow Ends (Time)
2017	Why ‘1984’ Is a 2017 Must-Read (The New York Times)
2019	Doublethink Is Stronger Than Orwell Imagined (The Atlantic)

"Born of Man and Woman"

Richard Matheson

1950

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1951	The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1982	The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1984	The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

"Coming Attraction"

Fritz Leiber

1950

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1951	The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1965	Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1977	The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
1978	Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980	Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1984	The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

I, Robot

The Man Who Sold the Moon

1950

1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

2013	I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (Fantasy Literature)
2016	I, Robot (SFBook Reviews)

"The Little Black Bag"

C. M. Kornbluth

1950

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1984	The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Little Black Bag (Wikipedia)
2021	Flash Review: The Little Black Bag by Cyril M. Kornbluth (Stuffed Puffin)

1950

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1959	A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

The Martian Chronicles

"There Will Come Soft Rains"

1950

1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2019	The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury (Rich Horton)

"Scanners Live in Vain"

Cordwainer Smith

1950

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1984	The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

	Scanners Live in Vain (Wikipedia)
2019	Monsters of Duty: Cordwainer Smith’s Attack on Kantian Morality and the Suppression of Feeling in Scanners Live in Vain (VoegelinView)
2019	‘Scanners Live in Vain’ as realistic SF (Gwern.net)

1950

1984	The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	A Summary and Analysis of Ray Bradbury’s ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’ (Interesting Literature)
	There Will Come Soft Rains (Wikipedia)
2019	Analysis of 'There Will Come Soft Rains' by Ray Bradbury (ThoughtCo.)

The Day of the Triffids

John Wyndham

1951

1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

	The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham - Review (Writer's Edit)
	The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham [A Review] (We Need to Talk About Books)

The Illustrated Man

1951

1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

"The Marching Morons"

C. M. Kornbluth

1951

1952	The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1985	The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"The Sentinel"

1951

1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1985	The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Sentinel (Wikipedia)
2020	"The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke - Sci-Fi Classic Review (The Unapologetic Geek)

The Foundation Trilogy

1951-53

1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

1976	Isaac Asimov's FOUNDATION Novels: Historical Materialism Distorted into Cyclical Psycho-History (Science Fiction Studies)
2012	Paul Krugman: Asimov's Foundation novels grounded my economics (The Guardian)
2020	Isaac Asimov’s Comforting Technocratic Fable (National Review)

City

1952

1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

1995	Clifford Simak's City (Robert Silverberg)
2015	Revisited: City by Clifford Simak (SFFWorld.com)
2019	Gone to the Dogs: City by Clifford D. Simak (Reactor)
2020	Retro Review: "City" by Clifford D. Simak (Cora Buhlert)

The Demolished Man

1952

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

2016	The Demolished Man (worldswithoutend.com)
2016	Keeping Telepaths in Mind: The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (Reactor)

Player Piano

1952

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2020	Library of America Science Fiction

"Surface Tension"

James Blish

1952

1953	Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	Surface Tension (Wikipedia)
2021	"Surface Tension" by James Blish (Classics of Science Fiction)

Bring the Jubilee

Ward Moore

1953

1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

Childhood's End

1953

1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	SF Masterworks
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

1953	Childhood's End (The New York Times)
2012	Wow! Wait, What? Wow!: Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End (Reactor)
2013	BioSci Fi: Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke, 1953 (Stanford Law School)

Fahrenheit 451

"The Liberation of Earth"

1953

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2005	Fahrenheit 451: 50th Anniversary Edition (SF Site)
2008	Burning still: Fahrenheit 451 (The Guardian)
2011	Fahrenheit 451: Reading the 1950s (The Guardian)
2013	A Short Analysis of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 (Interesting Literature)
2016	“Fahrenheit 451,” Reviewed: An Adaptation for the Apotheosis of Social Media, and the Approach of Authoritarianism (The New Yorker)
2018	Fahrenheit 451 review: How tech, ignorance exploit us (C\|Net)
2018	Why ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Is the Book for Our Social Media Age (The New York Times)
2022	Fahrenheit 451 (The Bookish Elf)

"It's a Good Life"

Jerome Bixby

1953

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1961	Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1986	The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2012	WFR’s 101 Weird Writers: #13 — Jerome Bixby (Weird Fiction Review)
2017	Throwback Thursday: “It’s a Good Life” by Jerome Bixby (1953) (ScienceFiction.com)
2018	Fantastic Transmissions E001 - It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby (Off the Bookshelf)

William Tenn

1953

1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1979	Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander
1986	The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

2004	"The Liberation of Earth" (and other stories) by William Tenn (The Mumpsimus)
2019	SF Stories in Which Earth Is Liberated by an Alien Empire (Reactor)
2021	Book Review: Of All Possible Worlds, William Tenn (1955) (Science Fiction Ruminations)
2021	The Liberation of Earth by William Tenn (SF Short Stories)
2021	"Liberation of Earth" (1953) by William Tenn (Prospero's Isle)
2021	“The Liberation of Earth” by William Tenn (Classics of Science Fiction)

More Than Human

"The Nine Billion Names of God"

1953

1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2000	More Than Human (SF Site)

1953

	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1956	Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1968	One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1986	The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Nine Billion Names of God (Wikipedia)
2015	The Nine Billion Names of God • 1953 • SF short story by Arthur C. Clarke (Reißwolf)

"A Saucer of Loneliness"

1953

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1979	Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander
1986	The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

"Second Variety"

Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth

1953

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1954	Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1977	The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2014	Second Variety (Philip K. Dick Review)
2020	Vintage Science Fiction Month: Second Variety by Philip K. Dick (Lydia Schoch)
2021	Humanity’s Immanent Self-Destruction: Analyzing “Second Variety” by Philip K. Dick (Medium)
2021	Second Variety. Philip K. Dick, 1953 (Tales From the Neon Beach)

The Space Merchants

1953

1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

	Michael Dirda on The Space Merchants (Library of America)
2009	Advertising dystopia: Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth's The Space Merchants (Reactor)
2012	The best science fiction novel about Madison Ave you'll ever read (Gizmodo)

Brain Wave

1954

1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

The Caves of Steel

1954

1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2001	The Caves of Steel (SFBook Reviews)
2008	The Caves of Steel (SF Site)
2013	The Caves of Steel (Worlds Without End)
2019	The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov (The Little Red Reviewer)

"The Cold Equations"

Tom Godwin

1954

1955	The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty
1958	Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1987	The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2005	The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Cold Equations (Wikipedia)
2019	On Needless Cruelty in SF: Tom Godwin's "The Cold Equations" (Reactor)

"Fondly Fahrenheit"

1954

	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1981	Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
1987	The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

	Fondly Fahrenheit (Wikipedia)
2007	Fondly Fahrenheit by Alfred Bester (Auxiliary Memory)

I Am Legend

Richard Matheson

1954

1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2011	I am Legend (SFBook Reviews)

A Mirror for Observers

Edgar Pangborn

1954

1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron

Mission of Gravity

Hal Clement

1954

1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel

2013	Book Review: Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement (serialized, 1953) (Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations)
2018	Creator of Worlds: Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement (Reactor)

"Allamagoosa"

Eric Frank Russell

1955

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1988	The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

The Chrysalids

John Wyndham

1955

1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

The End of Eternity

"The Game of Rat and Dragon"

1955

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time

Cordwainer Smith

1955

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1956	Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty
1958	Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1972	A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
1978	Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1988	The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2006	The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

1977	Mythic Structures in Cordwainer Smith's "The Game of Rat and Dragon" (Science Fiction Studies)
2021	"The Game of Rat and Dragon" by Cordwainer Smith (classicsofsciencefiction.com)

The Long Tomorrow

Leigh Brackett

1955

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks
2020	Library of America Science Fiction

"Nobody Bothers Gus"

Algis Budrys

1955

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1956	S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1968	One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1979	Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander
1982	The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1988	The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell

"The Star"

1955

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1962	A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1963	Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1988	The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1998	The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

2021	The Star by Arthur C. Clarke (SF Short Stories)

The City and the Stars

"The Country of the Kind"

1956

1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2013	Review of The City & the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke (Speculiction)
2015	Review: The City and the Stars (Waiving Entropy)
2018	Two Improvised Fugues: Arthur C. Clarke's The City and the Stars and Against the Fall of Night (Reactor)

Damon Knight

1956

1956	S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1979	Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander
1988	The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Country of the Kind (Wikipedia)
2023	"The Country of the Kind" by Damon Knight

Double Star

1956

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	SF Masterworks
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Library of America Science Fiction

	Connie Willis on Double Star (Library of America)
2008	Heinlein's Double Star deserves a second look (The Guardian)
2010	Parliamentary Democracy with Martians: Robert Heinlein's Double Star (Reactor)
2014	Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein (SFF World)

"The Last Question"

1956

1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1988	The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2005	The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Last Question (Wikipedia)
2009	“The Last Question” and why I am so intrigued by it (Awkward Loop)
2011	Review: The Last Question (The Quill & The Keyboard)
2021	“The Last Question” by Isaac Asimov (Classics of Science Fiction)

"The Man Who Came Early"

1956

	Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
1968	One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

The Stars My Destination

1956

1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

1994	Hell's My Destination: Imprisonment in the Works of Alfred Bester (Science Fiction Studies)
2001	The Stars my Destination by Alfred Bester (Infinity Plus)
2011	Outer Space Awaits: A Sci-Fi Escape To 'The Stars' (NPR)
2012	Review of "The Stars My Destination" by Alfred Bester (Speculiction)
2020	The Stars My Destination (Media Death Cult - Yahoo)

The Door into Summer

1957

1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time

The Midwich Cuckoos

John Wyndham

1957

1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2023	The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller

On the Beach

Nevil Shute

1957

1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn

"The Big Front Yard"

The Big Front Yard (Wikipedia)

1958

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1990	The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

The Big Time

Fritz Leiber

1958

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2020	Library of America Science Fiction

A Case of Conscience

James Blish

1958

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2024	The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled

	James Morrow on A Case of Conscience (Library of America)
1982	Covering A Case of Conscience (Science Fiction Studies)
2010	Aliens and Jesuits: James Blish's A Case of Conscience (Reactor)
2015	Classic SciFi 1: James Blish, A Case of Conscience (Breadtag Sagas)

Have Space Suit-Will Travel

"The Men Who Murdered Mohammed"

1958

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

1958

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1981	Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

Non-Stop

"Or All the Seas with Oysters"

1958

1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks
2023	The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller

Avram Davidson

1958

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1959	SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1990	The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2012	"Retro Review - 'Or All the Seas with Oysters' (1958) by Avram Davidson" (Fantastic Worlds)
2015	Stories from the Borderland #3: "Or All the Seas With Oysters," by Avram Davidson (Scott Nicolay)

"Who Can Replace a Man?"

1958

1962	A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1963	Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019	Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories

"All You Zombies—"

"The Man Who Lost the Sea"

1959

	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2004	All You Zombies: Reviewed by David Wright (The Heinlein Society)
2007	"All You Zombies—" by Robert Heinlein (Tangent)

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

1959

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	SF Masterworks
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2014	A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders (The New Yorker)
2021	The crux of religious belief: Walter Miller Jr.’s ‘A Canticle for Leibowitz’ (America)
2021	In Service to God and Science: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. (Reactor)

"Flowers for Algernon"

Daniel Keyes

1959

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1960	The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
1961	Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1982	The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

2015	Escape Pod 490: Flowers for Algernon (Audio version of story)
2016	Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes (Young People Read Old SFF)
2021	15 Facts About Flowers for Algernon (Mental Floss)
9999	Meet American writer Daniel Keyes (Wayne State University)

1959

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1960	The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1990	The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2019	Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

2010	Review: "The Man Who Lost the Sea" by Theodore Sturgeon (Good Short Fiction to Read)
2021	Short Story Review: Theodore Sturgeon’s “The Man Who Lost the Sea” (1959) (Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations)
2021	“The Man Who Lost the Sea” by Theodore Sturgeon (Classics of Science Fiction)

The Sirens of Titan

1959

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2018	The Great American Read - PBS
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine

	Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan and the Question of Genre
2014	The Sirens of Titan (Kara Reviews)
2021	"The Sirens of Titan" by Kurt Vonnegut - The Inescapable Plan (Bookwormex)
2022	The Sirens of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (The Metaphysical Circus)

Starship Troopers

1959

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2008	Blasting bugs is more complicated than you think (The Guardian)
2016	A Genre Cornerstone: Startship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (Reactor)
2017	Heinlein Reread: Starship Troopers (SFFWorld.com)

The High Crusade

1960

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2020	Library of America Science Fiction

Rogue Moon

Algis Budrys

1960

	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	SF Masterworks

2011	How to die many times over (worldswithoutend.com)
2012	Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys (SFFWorld.com)

"The Voices of Time"

1960

	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1968	One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1977	The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
1991	The Great SF Stories 22 (1960) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1998	The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

2021	The Voices of Time by J. G. Ballard (SF Short Stories)

"Harrison Bergeron"

Harrison Bergeron (Wikipedia)

1961

1970	Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"The Moon Moth"

Jack Vance

1961

1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1982	The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1991	The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

	The Moon Moth (Wikipedia)
2012	A Re-telling Full of Musical Script: Jack Vance’s “The Moon Moth”, Adapted By Humayoun Ibrahim (Reactor)

"The Ship Who Sang"

Anne McCaffrey

1961

1962	The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1991	The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

The Stainless Steel Rat

Harry Harrison

1961

1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time

Stranger in a Strange Land

1961

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult

1990	Heinlein Gets the Last Word (New York Times)
2005	Stranger In A Strange Land (The Uncut Version) (Hack Writers)
2007	Stranger in a Strange Land (SFF180)
2009	Robert Heinlein's softer side (The Guardian)
2010	Smug messiah: Robert A. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land (Reactor)
2018	book review: stranger in a strange land, by robert a. heinlein (TizzysArt)
2022	Heinlein’s Classic Stranger In A Stranger Land Revisited And Reviewed (Giant Freakin Robot)
2022	Stranger in a Strange Land (Conceptual Fiction)
2023	How Should We Judge Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land in 2023?

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

1962

1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2023	The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

1963	Books of The Times (The New York Times)
2006	A Prophetic and Violent Masterpiece (City Journal)
2012	The Shock of the New (The New York Times)

The Drowned World

1962

1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks

1963	The Drowned World by JG Ballard (The Guardian)
1963	Kingsley Amis on J.G. Ballard's The Drowned World (Literary Hub)
1979	The Drowned World (Adventure Through Inner Space)
2000	The Drowned World (SF Site)
2010	The Drowned World (Kara Reviews)
2014	Revisiting J.G. Ballard's 1962 Global Warming Novel (Conceptual Fiction)
2020	The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard (The Fantasy Hive)

Hothouse

The Man in the High Castle

1962

1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2024	The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2001	Hothouse (SF Site)
2012	Review of "Hothouse" by Brian Aldiss (Speculiction)
2014	'Hothouse' by Brian Aldiss. Book review and analysis (Heart and Sole)
2016	Review – Hothouse by Brian Aldiss (Nat Newman)
2022	Book Review: Hothouse (variant title: The Long Afternoon of Earth), Brian W. Aldiss (1962) (Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations)

1962

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

1962	The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (Kirkus Reviews)
2020	Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle (John Pistelli)
2022	The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (conceptual fiction)

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

1962

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine

2012	'A Wrinkle in Time' and Its Sci-Fi Heroine (The New York Times)
2012	The Unlikely Best-Seller: 'A Wrinkle In Time' Turns 50 (NPR)
2018	Feeling the Fear of Difference: Celebrating "A Wrinkle in Time" (Los Angeles Review of Books)

Cat's Cradle

"A Rose for Ecclesiastes"

1963

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time

2003	Dubious Truths: An Examination of Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle (Strange Horizons)
2011	Postmodernism in Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle (Inquiries Journal)
2015	15 Things You Might Not Know About Cat's Cradle (Mental Floss)
2018	"Cat's Cradle: The Sin of Scientists and Systems" (Terse Journal)
2020	Representation of Religion in Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" (Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research)

1963

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1965	10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1992	The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook

2020	"A Rose for Ecclesiastes" by Roger Zelazny (Classics of Science Fiction)
2021	Flash Review: A Rose for Ecclesiastes by Roger Zelazny (Stuffed Puffin)

Way Station

1963

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2001	Way Station (SF Site)
2009	Clifford D. Simak: sci-fi in the countryside (The Guardian)
2019	Way Station by Clifford D. Simak (SFFWorld.com)

Greybeard

1964

1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	SF Masterworks

Martian Time-Slip

1964

1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2020	Library of America Science Fiction

"The Terminal Beach"

"The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth"

1964

1965	10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1981	Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories

The Wanderer

Fritz Leiber

1964

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman"

1965

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1970	Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1982	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

Dune

Frank Herbert

1965

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2018	The Great American Read - PBS
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2015	Dune, 50 years on: how a science fiction novel changed the world (The Guardian)
2015	Frank Herbert's Dune - A guide for further study: Articles (Pollak Library)
2018	Elitist Classic: Dune (Elitist Book Reviews)
2020	Heresies of "Dune" (Los Angeles Review of Books)
2021	What Accounts for the Lasting Appeal of Dune? (Literary Hub)

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

1965

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1966	World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1982	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2021	"'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" Harlan Ellison (Young People Read Old SFF)
2021	“Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison (SF Short Stories)
2021	“Repent, Harlequin!” Said The Ticktockman” Harlan Ellison Lecture And Review (YouTube)
2022	Civil disobedience challenging repressive authority

1965

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2020	Library of America Science Fiction

Babel-17

1966

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

2013	Review of Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany (Speculiction)
2015	Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany (SFFWorld)
2018	QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany (Reactor)
2021	Babel-17 (Kara Reviews)

The Crystal World

1966

1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

1973	The Undivided Self: J.G. Ballard's "The Crystal World" (The Riverside Quarterly)
2015	The Crystal World by JG Ballard - a petrified apocalypse (The Guardian)
2016	Post-Colonial Duality and Identity in Ballard's The Crystal World (Inquiries Journal)

"Day Million"

1966

1967	World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1972	A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1978	Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	"Day Million" (Transhumanism and science fiction)
2019	Day Million: language, singularities, affects, and encounters (not to mention "love") (Xeno Swarm)
2021	"Day Million" by Frederik Pohl (Classics of Science Fiction)

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

1966

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2012	"You're Not the Same Kind of Human Being": The Evolution of Pity to Horror in Daniel Keyes's Flowers for Algernon (Disability Studies Quarterly)
2016	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (The Guardian)
2016	In retrospect: Flowers for Algernon (Nature)
2018	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (Roger's Reads)
2019	A Neuroscientist reads… Daniel Keyes’ Flowers for Algernon (Medium)
2021	15 Facts About Flowers for Algernon (Mental Floss)
2021	Analysis of Daniel Keyes’s Flowers for Algernon (Literainess)

"For a Breath I Tarry"

For a Breath I Tarry (Wikipedia)

1966

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1967	World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"The Last Castle"

Jack Vance

1966

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1982	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"Light of Other Days"

Bob Shaw

1966

	Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1967	World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1968	SF 12 edited by Judith Merril
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1972	A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1982	The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook

2005	"Light of Other Days" by Bob Shaw: An Appreciation by Graham Sleight (The ED SF Project)
2017	The Light of Other Days (Young People Read Old SFF)

Make Room! Make Room!

Harry Harrison

1966

1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

1966

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2015	The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Kara Reviews)
2019	Is The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Heinlein's All-Time Greatest Work? (Reactor)

"Neutron Star"

Larry Niven

1966

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986	Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2014	Neutron Star (James Nicoll Reviews)

This Immortal

"We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"

1966

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2020	Library of America Science Fiction

2000	This Immortal (SF Site)
2013	Review of This Immortal by Roger Zelazny (Speculiction)

1966

1967	World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2014	We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (Philip K. Dick Review)

"Aye, and Gomorrah …"

1967

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1982	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2016	"Aye, and Gomorrah..." by Samuel R. Delany (My Weird Life)
2020	Aye, and Gomorrah • 1967 • SF short story by Samuel R. Delany (Reißwolf)

Dangerous Visions

1967

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks

"Driftglass"

The Einstein Intersection

1967

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1968	World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1986	Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri

2020	Driftglass by Samuel R Delany (bookforager)

"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"

1967

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

2013	The Einstein Intersection (worldswithoutend.com)
2016	Samuel R. Delany's 'The Einstein Intersection' Review (Futurism)

1967

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1968	World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1986	Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (Wikipedia)
2016	A Review on the Short Story: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (Teen Ink)
2020	I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: Analysis (Jotted Lines)

Lord of Light

The Past Through Tomorrow

1967

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2000	Lord of Light (SF Site)
2009	Fantasy disguised as science fiction disguised as fantasy: Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light (Reactor)
2010	Back to the Hugos: Lord of Light by Robert Zelazny (The Guardian)
2017	The book that Argo forgot: SF Classic Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light (Factor Daily)

1967

1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

"The Star Pit"

1967

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
1968	SF 12 edited by Judith Merril
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1994	Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook

2018	Reading the Pulps 7: “The Star Pit” by Samuel R. Delany (Worlds Without End)

2001: A Space Odyssey

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

1968

1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

	Book 41 – 2001: A Space Odyssey (Andrea Elisabeth Kovarcsik)
2017	2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke (Fantasy Book Review)
2022	Should You Read 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke? (Shannon Fallon)

Camp Concentration

Thomas M. Disch

1968

1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

1968

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2023	The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

1997	Entering the Posthuman Collective in Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Science Fiction Studies)
2017	The Lasting Brilliance of 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' (Medium)
2018	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? A metaphysical detective story (The Irish Times)

Dragonflight

Anne McCaffrey

1968

1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery

	Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey - Vintage Science Fiction Month (SciFi Mind)
2013	Review: Dragonflight (The Literary Omnivore)
2014	Review of Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey (Speculiction)
2016	Dragonflight (1968): Anne McCaffrey (The Idle Woman)

Nova

1968

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2020	Library of America Science Fiction

2010	Nova (Kara Reviews)
2010	Overloading the senses: Samuel Delany's Nova (Reactor)
2014	Nova by Samuel R. Delany - Reading Science Fiction in 1968 and 2014 (Auxiliary Memory)

"Passengers"

"Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones"

1968

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1982	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

Passengers (Wikipedia)

Pavane

Keith Roberts

1968

1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2016	SF Masterworks
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2001	Pavane (SF Site)
2014	Review of Pavane by Keith Roberts (Speculiction)
2016	Science Fiction in Your Own Back Yard: Pavane, by Keith Roberts (Reactor)

Rite of Passage

Alexei Panshin

1968

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

Stand on Zanzibar

John Brunner

1968

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	British Science Fiction Association Awards
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2010	Back to the Hugos: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (The Guardian)
2013	The Weird 1969 New Wave Sci-Fi Novel that Correctly Predicted the Current Day (The Millions)
2019	The 1968 sci-fi that spookily predicted today (BBC)

Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones (Wikipedia)

1968

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1969	World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1982	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"A Boy and His Dog"

1969

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1970	World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1982	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	"A Boy & His Dog" by Harlan Ellison (My Weird Life)
	A Boy and His Dog (Wikipedia)
2017	A Boy and His Dog • 1969 • Post-apocalyptic novella by Harlan Ellison (Reißwolf)
2019	Harlan Ellison's Dog Days: Remembering "A Boy and His Dog" at 50 (Kirkus)
2021	A Man and His Stories (The Bulwark)

Bug Jack Barron

Norman Spinrad

1969

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

Downward to the Earth

The Left Hand of Darkness

1969

1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	SF Masterworks
2024	The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2011	Book Review: Downward to the Earth, Robert Silverberg (1970) (Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations)
2012	Downward to the Earth – Robert Silverberg (Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased)
2015	Downward To The Earth: Coexisting beauty and horror (Fantasy Literature)
2022	Robert Silverberg Downward to the Earth (The Sinister Science)

1969

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Otherwise Award
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	SF Masterworks
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2023	The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2009	Gender and glaciers: Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness (Reactor)
2018	How The Left Hand of Darkness Changed Everything (The Lit Hub)
2019	"The Left Hand of Darkness" Is the Anti-Nationalist Book We Need Right Now (Electric Lit)
2019	The Left Hand of Darkness at Fifty (The Paris Review)
2020	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Vector BSFA)
2020	The Strange Friendships of Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness" (The New Yorker)

"Nine Lives"

1969

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1970	World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1970	Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
1978	Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2018	The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

	Nine Lives (Wikipedia)
2008	Le Guin, Carrots and Playboy Magazine (Biology in Science Fiction)

The Ship Who Sang

Anne McCaffrey

1969

1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn

Slaughterhouse-Five

1969

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2023	The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller

1969	Read Michael Crichton's 1969 Review of Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five' (The New Republic)
1969	Slaughterhouse-Five, Or the Children's Crusade (The New York Times)
1970	Slaughterhouse-Five review - archive, 1970 (The Guardian)
2015	Revisiting "Slaughterhouse-Five" (Los Angeles Review of Books)
2020	The First Reviews of Slaughterhouse-Five (Literary Hub)

Ubik

1969

1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2011	Ubik: Use only as directed (Fantasy Literature)
2014	Philip K. Dick's Ubik: a masterpiece of malleability (The Guardian)
2019	Safe When Handled As Directed: Philip K Dick's Ubit Turns 50 (The Quietus)
2020	Self-Determination and Philip K. Dick's "Ubik" (Merion West)

Cities in Flight

James Blish

1970

1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe

Ringworld

Larry Niven

1970

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2017	Book Review: Ringworld by Larry Niven (Medium)
2018	Revisiting Ringworld: Larry Niven's Timeless Classic (Reactor)

Solaris

Stanislaw Lem

1970

1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2023	The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller
2024	The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2008	Review: Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem (The Reader)
2019	Embracing the Impossible Puzzle of Stanislaw Lem's Solaris (Reactor)
2019	Review: Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (Thoughts on Papyrus)

Tau Zero

The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth and Other Stories

1970

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

2014	To Outlive Eternity (James Nicoll Reviews)
2016	Book Review: Tau Zero, Poul Anderson (1970) (Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations)

Inconstant Moon (wikipedia.org)

1971

1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

"Inconstant Moon"

Larry Niven

1971

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1972	Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

The Lathe of Heaven

1971

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2013	Review of The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin (Speculiction)
2015	A review of Ursula K. Le Guin's novel The Lathe of Heaven (Bibioklept)
2020	The Lathe of Heaven: Le Guin's Trippy Local SF Novel About Reality (Reactor)
2022	What Good Can Dreaming Do? (Boston Review)

"A Meeting with Medusa"

"The Queen of Air and Darkness"

1971

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1972	The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr
1972	Best SF: 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	‘A Meeting With Medusa’: a Sci-Fi Masterpiece by Arthur C. Clarke (Medium)
2014	Review of A Meeting with Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke (Speculiction)
2019	The Golden Age of Science Fiction: The 1973 Nebula Award for Best Novella: “A Meeting With Medusa” by Arthur C. Clarke (Black Gate)

1971

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1972	The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2010	Reading List: “The Queen of Air and Darkness” (Vector)
2013	Review of The Queen of Air and Darkness by Poul Anderson (Speculiction)

A Time of Changes

To Your Scattered Bodies Go

1971

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2023	The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller

Philip José Farmer

1971

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time

2010	Back to the Hugos: To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer (The Guardian)
2010	To Your Scatter Bodies Go (Kara Reviews)
2014	"Never Judge a Book by Its Hugo Award" - A Review of To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer (Medium)

"Vaster Than Empires and More Slow"

"And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side"

1971

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
1972	The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	Vaster than Empires and More Slow (Wikipedia)
2020	What Makes a Great SF Short Story (Classics of Science Fiction)

334

Thomas M. Disch

1972

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron

1972

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

2011	Reading Tiptree: And I Awoke and Found Me Here on on the Cold Hill’s Side (Violin in a Void)
2020	And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side • 1972 • SF short story by James Tiptree, Jr. (Reißwolf)
2021	“And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side” by James Tiptree Jr. (Classics of Science Fiction)

Beyond Apollo

Barry N. Malzberg

1972

	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2024	The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

Dying Inside

The Fifth Head of Cerberus

1972

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2012	Review of "Dying Inside" by Robert Silverberg (Speculiction)

1972

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1973	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook

	The Fifth Head of Cerberus (Wikipedia)
2001	The Fifth Head of Cerebus reviewd (Ultan's Library)
2014	Rereading Gene Wolfe’s “The Fifth Head of Cerberus” (Views from Crestmont Drive)
2019	The Fifth Head of Cerberus: Wolfe's Holy Trinity (Reactor)

"Goat Song"

1972

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1973	The 1973 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1978	Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
1986	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

The Gods Themselves

"The Gold at the Starbow's End"

1972

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

1979	Unity in the Composite Novel: Triadic Patterning in Asimov's The Gods Themselves (Science Fiction Studies)
2011	Back to the Hugos: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (The Guardian)
2011	Great aliens, rubber humans: Isaac Asimov's The Gods Themselves (Reactor)

1972

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1972	Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl
1973	The 1973 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2023	“The Gold at the Starbow’s End” by Frederik Pohl

"Nobody's Home"

Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

1972

1973	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook

2023	“Nobody’s Home” by Joanna Russ

Roadside Picnic

1972

1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2024	The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

1977	A New Book by the Strugatskys (Science Fiction Studies)
2000	Roadside Picnic (SF Site)
2007	Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (Strange Horizons)
2013	The Politics of Roadside Picnic (The New York Review of Science Fiction)
2013	Review of Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (Speculiction)

The Sheep Look Up

John Brunner

1972

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

"When It Changed"

"The Word for World Is Forest"

1972

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2009	Can't Live with them, so We'll live Without them!: Women Only Worlds in Science Fiction
2009	On Joanna Russ (SF Site)
2011	Queering SFF: The Female Man by Joanna Russ + Bonus Story, “When it Changed” (Tor.com)
2011	When Science Fiction Changed: Joanna Russ, In Memoriam (Beacon Broadside)
2014	A short story review: ‘When it Changed’ by Joanna Russ (Beyond Escapism)
2016	Thematic summary of When It Changed by Joanna Russ
2019	The Enduring Anger of Joanna Russ (The Portalist)
2020	Joanna Russ Was Sci-Fi’s Most Outspoken Feminist (Wired)
2020	Joanna Russ, the Science-Fiction Writer Who Said No (The New Yorker)
2020	When It Changed • 1972 • Feministic short story by Joanna Russ (Reißwolf)
2021	“When It Changed” by Joanna Russ (Classics of Science Fiction)

"The Death of Doctor Island"

1972

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

1973

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1974	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr
1986	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1994	Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2014	Review of The Death of Doctor Island by Gene Wolfe (Speculiction)

"The Deathbird"

"The Girl Who Was Plugged In"

1973

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1974	The 1974 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1974	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

The Embedding

Ian Watson

1973

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

"Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death"

1973

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Girl Who Was Plugged In (Wikipedia)
2013	Review of The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree jr. (Speculiction)
2019	The Girl Who Was Plugged In: James Tiptree, Jr.’s 19th Century Monster in 20th Century Science Fiction (Fantasy Literature)

"Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand"

1973

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1986	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

Vonda N. McIntyre

1973

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1974	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1982	The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1986	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll

	Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand (Wikipedia)
2017	Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand (Young People Read Old SFF)

"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"

1973

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1974	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

Rendezvous with Rama

1973

	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2011	Back to the Hugos: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C Clarke (The Guardian)
2017	Rendezvous with Rama by Sir Arthur C. Clarke (SFFWorld.com)
2021	Hi Stranger, New in Town?: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (Reactor)

Time Enough for Love

"The Women Men Don't See"

1973

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time

1973

1974	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1975	Best SF: 1974 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Women Men Don't See (Wikipedia)
2015	The Women Men Don’t See • 1973 • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr. (Reißwolf)

"Born with the Dead"

The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age

1974

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1975	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 edited by Terry Carr
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2014	Review of Born with the Dead by Robert Silverberg (Speculiction)

Stanislaw Lem

1974

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

"The Day Before the Revolution"

1974

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1980	Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1986	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2015	The Day Before the Revolution • 1974 • SF short story by Ursula K. Le Guin (Reißwolf)

The Dispossessed

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

1974

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2011	Back to the Hugos: The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin (The Guardian)
2018	Why everyone should read The Dispossessed (Medium)
2020	The Dispossessed, Part I: A Woman in Every Table Top (Reactor)
2020	The Dispossessed, Part II: May You Get Reborn on Anarres! (Reactor)

Walk to the End of the World

1974

	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult

Inverted World

Christopher Priest

1974

	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2008	An Intensely Imagined Future In 'Inverted World' (NPR)
2009	Book Review: Inverted World (Grub Street)
2011	Inverted World, by Christopher Priest (Em and Emm Expound on Exposition)
2014	Inverted World – Christopher Priest (Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased)
2022	The Inverted World – Christopher Priest (Failures in Polymathy)

The Mote in God's Eye

Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

1974

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2015	Man versus Motie (James Nicoll Reviews)
2019	First Contact Goes Awry: The Mote in God's Eye and The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (Reactor)

"A Song for Lya"

George R. R. Martin

1974

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1975	The 1975 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	A Song for Lya (George R. R. Martins THOUSAND WORLDS Wiki)
2013	Review of A Song for Lya by George R.R. Martin (Speculiction)
2017	Loneliness and love in GRRM’s A Song for Lya (Fandomentals)

Suzy McKee Charnas

1974

	Otherwise Award
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe

Deathbird Stories

1975

1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

Dhalgren

1975

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2010	Difficult Books: Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany (The Millions)
2010	Formations and transformations: Samual Delany's Dhalgren (Reactor)
2011	Dhalgren (Kara Reviews)
2016	Doing Dhalgren (Lightspeed)
2019	In Praise of Samuel R. Delany (The New York Times)
2020	Quarantine Reads: Dhalgren (The Paris Review)
2021	Book Review: Samuel R. Delany's "Dhalgren" - A Critical War of Words (The Arts Fuse)
2021	Unmoored in a City of Ruins: On the Revelatory Power of Samuel R. Delany's Dhalgren (Literary Hub)

The Female Man

1975

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Otherwise Award
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery

2011	Queering SFF: The Female Man by Joanna Russ (Reactor)
2017	The Female Man, Joanna Russ (Medium)
2020	Joanna Russ, The Science-Fiction Writer Who Said No (The New Yorker)

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman

1975

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2023	The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2011	Back to the Hugos: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (The Guardian)
2017	Talkin' 'Bout My Generation: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (Reactor)
2018	Review Essay: Is "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman an appropriate analogy for Afghanistan? (Over the Horizon)

Norstrilia

Cordwainer Smith

1975

1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

"The Bicentennial Man"

The Bicentennial Man (Wikipedia)

1976

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1977	The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1977	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 edited by Terry Carr
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"Houston, Houston, Do You Read?"

1976

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1977	The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2014	Review of Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr. (Speculiction)
2017	Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (Worlds Without End)

Man Plus

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

1976

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

Kate Wilhelm

1976

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

2011	Back to the Hugos: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm (The Guardian)
2014	Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (SFBook.com)

Woman on the Edge of Time

Marge Piercy

1976

1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery

"Air Raid"

John Varley

1977

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1977	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1982	The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2007	Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook

Gateway

1977

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2010	Gateway by Frederik Pohl: The most dreadful of Hugo winners (Gizmodo)
2012	Back to the Hugos: Gateway by Frederik Pohl (The Guardian)
2019	Frederik Pohl's Masterpiece: Gateway (Reactor)

"Jeffty Is Five"

1977

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1978	The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2021	Jeffty Is Five ... and I'm Sixty Three (Atomic Junk Shop)
2021	Jeffty is Five • 1977 • Magic Realism short story by Harlan Ellison

Lucifer's Hammer

Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

1977

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

A Scanner Darkly

1977

	British Science Fiction Association Awards
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2012	Darkness in literature: Philip K Dick's A Scanner Darkly (The Guardian)
2014	Paranoia in Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly (BlueLabyrinths.com)

"The Screwfly Solution"

The Persistence of Vision

1977

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1978	The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1978	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 edited by Terry Carr
1978	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook

2004	"The Screwfly Solution" by Raccoona Sheldon (The Mumpsimus)
2012	The Classics: 'The Screwfly Solution' (The Verge)

Dreamsnake

Vonda N. McIntyre

1978

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

2012	Back to the Hugos: Dreamsnake by Vonda N McIntyre (The Guardian)
2015	Snake healing in Vonda N McIntyre's Dreamsnake (katemacdonald.net)

John Varley

1978

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1979	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1979	The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr
1979	The 1979 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2012	The Persistence of Vision: Fascinating (Fantasy Literature)
2013	Review of The Persistence of Vision by John Varley (Speculiction)

"Seven American Nights"

The Fountains of Paradise

1978

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1979	The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr
1979	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook

2015	Seven American Nights • 1978 • SF novella by Gene Wolfe (Reißwolf)

The Stand

Stephen King

1978

2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine

2012	The Great Stephen King Reread: The Stand (Reactor)
2012	Rereading Stephen King: week six - The Stand (The Guardian)
2015	14 Things You Didn't Know About The Stand (Mental Floss)

"Enemy Mine"

Barry B. Longyear

1979

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1980	The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

Engine Summer

John Crowley

1979

1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1979

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

Douglas Adams

1979

1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	SF Masterworks
2018	The Great American Read - PBS
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2015	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - review (The Guardian)

Kindred

"The Way of Cross and Dragon"

1979

2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine

2009	Time travel and slavery: Octavia Butler's Kindred (Reactor)
2017	Octavia Butler: The Brutalities of the Past Are All Around This (Literary Hub)
2020	The Prescience of Octavia Butler's Kindred (Avidly)
2021	Book Review - Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Medium)
2022	Book Review: Time and Race in Octavia Butler's 'Kindred' (Feminism in India)

On Wings of Song

Thomas M. Disch

1979

	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

"Sandkings"

George R. R. Martin

1979

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1980	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 edited by Terry Carr
1980	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2019	The Puppy’s Revenge: George R. R. Martin’s “Sandkings” (Reactor)
2019	THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION: “SANDKINGS,” BY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN (Black Gate)
2020	Sandkings by George R R Martin (Little Red Reviewer)
2020	Sandkings • 1979 • Horror SF novelette by George R.R. Martin (Reißwolf)
2021	Sandkings by George R. R. Martin (SF Short Stories)
2021	“Sandkings” by George R. R. Martin (Classics of Science Fiction)
2022	Sandkings (Thousand Worlds Wiki)

Shikasta

Doris Lessing

1979

2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine

George R. R. Martin

1979

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1980	The 1980 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1980	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Way of Cross and Dragon (Wikipedia)
2021	The Way of Cross and Dragon • 1979 • Religious SF novelette by George R.R. Martin (Reißwolf)

Riddley Walker

Russell Hoban

1980

	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books

The Snow Queen

Joan D. Vinge

1980

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

2010	Joan Vinge's The Snow Queen: The girl-power counterpart to Star Wars (Gizmodo)
2013	Review of The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (Speculiction)
2015	Review: The Snow Queen (The Literary Omnivore)

Timescape

Gregory Benford

1980

	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

2014	Review of Timescape by Gregory Benford (Speculiction)

"The Ugly Chickens"

Howard Waldrop

1980

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1981	The 1981 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1981	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr
1981	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2012	Howard Waldrop's "The Ugly Chickens" (Black Gate)

The Book of the New Sun

1980-87

	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2002	Mapping a Masterwork: A Critical Review of Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun (Ultan's Library)
2007	Gene Wolfe: The Book of the New Sun (Waggish)
2009	The Book of the New Sun: science fiction's Ulysses? (The Guardian)
2017	The Best Way to Approach The Book of the New Sun (Reactor)
2017	Polyphonic Games: The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (Examined Worlds)

Downbelow Station

C. J. Cherryh

1981

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

2008	"Earth is one world": C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station (Reactor)
2011	Downbelow Station: Here's how you write a novel (Gizmodo)
2014	Review of Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh (Speculiction)
2020	Book Review: Downbelow Station (1981) by C.J. Cherryh (Andy Johnson)

"Burning Chrome"

William Gibson

1982

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1983	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	Burning Chrome (Literature in a Wired World Wiki)
2011	"Burning Chrome" by William Gibson: A Burning Chrome Review (Mr. Rhapsodist)
2021	Burning Chrome • 1982 • Cyberpunk novelette by William Gibson (Reißwolf)

"Fire Watch"

Fire Watch, by Connie Willis (Nicholas Whyte)

1982

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1983	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

Foundation's Edge

1982

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

Helliconia Spring

1982

	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

1984	Science Fiction (The New York Times)
2010	Helliconia by Brian Aldiss (SFFWorld.com)

No Enemy But Time

Michael Bishop

1982

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

"Souls"

1982

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1983	The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1983	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1994	Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2014	Review of "Souls" by Joanna Russ (Speculiction)

"Swarm"

Bruce Sterling

1982

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1983	The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1983	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2011	Alien Contact Anthology -- Story #24 (More Red Ink)
2021	Swarm • 1982 • Transhuman SF novelette by Bruce Sterling (Reißwolf)
2022	"Swarm" by Bruce Sterling (Classics of Science Fiction)

The Anubis Gates

Tim Powers

1983

	Philip K. Dick Award
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels

"Blood Music"

1983

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
	Nebula Award - Story Winner
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1984	The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1984	The 1984 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2020	Blood Music • 1983 • Near Future SF novelette by Greg Bear (Reißwolf)
2021	The 1984 Annual World's Best SF. edited by Donald A. Wollheim (Austin Beeman)
2022	Blood Music by Greg Bear (SF Short Stories)

"Hardfought"

1983

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1984	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 edited by Terry Carr
1984	The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook

2013	Review of Hardfought by Greg Bear (Speculiction)
2015	Hardfought, by Greg Bear (C. L. Kagmi)
2016	Hardfought & Cascade Point (Marzaat)

"Speech Sounds"

1983

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2007	Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	Speech Sounds (Wikipedia)
2019	“Law and order were nothing—not even words any longer”: Types of Aphasia and Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds” (Reactor)
2020	Octavia E. Butler’s Success in Creating “Speech Sounds” (Medium)
2020	The Words That Will Bring Us Through the Chaos (Electric Lit)

Startide Rising

David Brin

1983

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

2010	Startide Rising (Kara Reviews)
2012	Review of "Startide Rising" by David Brin (Speculiction)
2017	Dolphins and Chimps and Aliens, Oh My! Startide Rising by David Brin (Reactor)

"Bloodchild"

1984

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1985	The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1985	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1985	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

2018	Why Men Get Pregnant: "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler (Reactor)

"The Lucky Strike"

1984

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1985	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr
1985	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri

2014	Review: Lucky Strike (Sharp and Pointed)
2019	Review: “The Lucky Strike” (1984) by Kim Stanley Robinson (Powered by Robots)
2019	When History Goes ‘Wonderfully Wrong’ (Review) (The Fabulist)

Neuromancer

William Gibson

1984

	Philip K. Dick Award
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2023	The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller
2024	The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2014	John Mullan on William Gibson's Neuromancer (The Guardian)
2021	Hard-Wired Traumas: A Retrospective of "Neuromancer" (Greene Street Review)
2022	Neuromancer (Institute for Cybersecurity & Digital Trust)

"Press ENTER ■"

John Varley

1984

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1985	The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1985	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr
1985	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2016	“Press Enter █” & “Hawksbill Station” (Marzaat)
2019	“True Names” vs. “Press Enter ▮” (Classics of Science Fiction)

Blood Music

1985

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel

2002	Blood Music (SF Site)
2014	Review of Blood Music by Greg Bear (Speculiction)

Contact

Carl Sagan

1985

2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

1985

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2013	SFFWorld Reread: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (SFFWorld)
2013	The twisted mind of "Ender's Game" (Salon)

Eon

"The Only Neat Thing to Do"

1985

1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

1985

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Arthur C. Clarke Awards
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2018	The Great American Read - PBS
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

1985	The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Kirkus Reviews)
1986	The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (New York Times)
2015	A Politics of Auto-Cannibalism: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (Literature and Theology)

1985

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

2013	Review of The Only Neat Thing to Do by James Tiptree Jr. (Speculiction)

The Postman

David Brin

1985

	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

1985	The Postman (Kirkus Reviews)
1997	The Postman (SFSite.com)

"Sailing to Byzantium"

"Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight"

1985

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1986	The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1986	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1994	Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2007	The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories

	Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg (Fantasy Book Review)
2013	Review of Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg (Speculiction)
2014	Sailing to Byzantium: Move it to the top of your to-read stack (Fantasy Literature)
2021	Sailing to Byzantium • 1985 • Far future SF novella by Robert Silverberg (Reißwolf)

"Snow"

John Crowley

1985

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

2020	Snow • 1985 • SF short story by John Crowley Posted on 16. March 2020 by Andreas (Reißwolf)
2022	"Snow" by John Crowley (Classics of Science Fiction)

A Door into Ocean

Joan Slonczewski

1986

	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

2001	A Door into Ocean Study Guide (Kenyon College)
2009	Self-naming and death-hastening: Joan Slonczewski's A Door Into Ocean (Reactor)

"Pretty Boy Crossover"

Pat Cadigan

1986

	Sturgeon finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1987	The 1987 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1987	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"R & R"

Lucius Shepard

1986

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1987	The 1987 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1987	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card

1986

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

2013	A Review of Orson Scott Card's Speaker for the Dead (Postcards From Purgatory)
2014	Book Review: Speaker for the Dead (Diabolical Plots)

1987

	Sturgeon finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1988	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

	Ursula K. Le Guin's Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight? (A Green Man Review)
2014	Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight (Xeno Swarm)
2017	Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight • 1987 • Magical Realism novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin (Reißwolf)

Consider Phlebas

Iain M. Banks

1987

2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2011	Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks: Review (Renai LeMay)
2018	Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks: Peripheral Storytelling and the Politics of Genre (Kevin Kelsey)

Dawn

1987

1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

"Forever Yours, Anna"

Kate Wilhelm

1987

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1988	The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1988	The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett
1988	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al

"Rachel in Love"

Pat Murphy

1987

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Sturgeon winner
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1988	The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett
1988	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1988	The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2021	Rachel in Love • 1987 • Transhumanism novelette by Pat Murphy (Reißwolf)
2022	Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Science Fiction. edited by Sheila Williams (Austin Beeman)
2022	Rachel in Love by Pat Murphy (SF Short Stories)
2022	“Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy (Classics of Science Fiction)

The Uplift War

David Brin

1987

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

Cyteen

C. J. Cherryh

1988

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

2011	Designing people and societies: C.J. Cherryh's Cyteen (Reactor)
2012	Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh (Eyrie)

Falling Free

The Gate to Women's Country

1988

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

Sheri S. Tepper

1988

1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	SF Masterworks

"Kirinyaga"

Mike Resnick

1988

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1989	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri

"The Last of the Winnebagos"

1988

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1989	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

The Player of Games

Iain M. Banks

1988

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2011	The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks (Kara Reviews)
2011	The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks: Review (Renai LeMay)
2015	Iain M Banks' The Player of Games (why learning to win at games can make you a loser) (Medium)

"At the Rialto"

"The Mountains of Mourning"

1989

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1990	The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three edited by David S. Garnett
1990	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

2015	Reprint: At the Rialto (Through the dark labyrinth)

The Child Garden

Geoff Ryman

1989

	Arthur C. Clarke Awards
	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2016	SF Masterworks

"Dori Bangs"

Bruce Sterling

1989

	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1990	The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three edited by David S. Garnett
1990	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2019	Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories

Grass

Sheri S. Tepper

1989

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel

	Grass: SF Masterworks 48 by Sheri S Tepper (Infinity Plus)
1989	Science Fiction (The New York Times)
2011	Grass, Sheri S Tepper (SF Mistressworks)

"Great Work of Time"

John Crowley

1989

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1990	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas

	Great Work of Time (Wikipedia)
2011	Great Work of Time: It’s time to bring this book back (Fantasy Literature)

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

1989

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2009	Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Kara Reviews)
2020	Immortality of Poetry: A Review of Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Anglozine)

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever

1989

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2013	Review The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold (Speculiction)
2015	The Mountains of Mourning (Kara Reviews)

"Bears Discover Fire"

Terry Bisson

1990

	Sturgeon winner
	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1991	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories

2017	Review of Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories by Terry Bisson (Speculiction)
9999	Bears Discover Fire (DUST) - a short film version
9999	"Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson (Nicholas Whyte)

The Fall of Hyperion

Dan Simmons

1990

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time

2011	The Fall of Hyperion (Kara Reviews)
2020	Review: The Fall of Hyperion (Mike Pennisi)

The Hemingway Hoax

Joe Haldeman

1990

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1991	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2007	The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

1990

1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery

Jurassic Park

Michael Crichton

1990

1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK

Use of Weapons

Iain M. Banks

1990

2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

The Vor Game

1990

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

Barrayar

1991

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

2010	Barrayar (SF Site)
2012	Barrayar (Kara Reviews)
2013	Barrayar, Lois McMaster Bujold (SF Mistressworks)

Beggars in Spain

Nancy Kress

1991

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1992	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2007	The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult

	"Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress (Nicholas Whyte)
2013	Book Review: Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress (The Book Smugglers)
2013	Review of "Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress (Speculiction)
2015	Beggars in Spain • 1991 • Near Future SF novella by Nancy Kress (Reißwolf)

Sarah Canary

Karen Joy Fowler

1991

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe

Stations of the Tide

Michael Swanwick

1991

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

Synners

Pat Cadigan

1991

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Arthur C. Clarke Awards
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

2013	Synners -- Surprisingly enjoyable (worldswithoutend.com)
2015	Synners, Pat Cadigan (SF Mistressworks)

The Children of Men

P. D. James

1992

2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time

China Mountain Zhang

Maureen F. McHugh

1992

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Otherwise Award
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

1992	Science Fiction (The New York Times)
2008	Making the future work: Maureen McHugh's China Mountain Zhang (Reactor)
2014	Review of China Mountain Zhang by Maureen McHugh (Speculiction)
2020	China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh (The Fantasy Hive)

Doomsday Book

1992

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

2020	Connie Willis' Doomsday Book: Classic SF About Pandemics Explores Faith in Both Science and Spirituality (Reactor)
2020	Doomsday Book Teaches Readers About Pandemics - and About Hope (Slate)

"Even the Queen"

1992

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1993	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

	Even the Queen, by Connie Willis (Nicholas Whyte)
2015	"Even the Queen" by Connie Williis (Bitter Tea and Mystery)

A Fire Upon the Deep

Vernor Vinge

1992

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2024	The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2001	Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky (Strange Horizons)
2010	A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (Kara Reviews)
2017	Complicated Simplicity: Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep (Reactor)

Red Mars

1992

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine

1993	Science Fiction (The New York Times)
1994	Notes on Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars (Science Fiction Studies)
2006	Book Review: Red Mars (National Space Society)
2022	Red Mars (New Orleans Review)

Snow Crash

1992

1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

1992	Science Fiction (The New York Times)
2008	Snow Crash (SF Site)
2012	I Review Neal Stephenson's Zany, Prescient Novel Snow Crash (Biblioklept)
2016	Reviewing Neil Stephenson's 'Snow Crash' (Futurism)

Ammonite

Nicola Griffith

1993

	Otherwise Award
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine

2011	Ammonite, Nicola Griffith (SF Mistressworks)
2015	Depth and richness in Nicola Griffith's Ammonite (Kate Macdonald)
2019	Book Review: Ammonite by Nicola Griffith (English Geek)

Beggars in Spain

Nancy Kress

1993

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors

The Giver

Lois Lowry

1993

2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2018	The Great American Read - PBS
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery

Green Mars

1993

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

Parable of the Sower

1993

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

"Forgiveness Day"

"Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge"

1994

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Sturgeon winner
1995	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2007	The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas

2021	Forgiveness Day • 1994 • Planetary Romance novella by Ursula K. Le Guin (Reißwolf)

Permutation City

Greg Egan

1994

	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

Mike Resnick

1994

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1995	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

The Diamond Age

1995

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

2010	The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Kara Reviews)
2011	Steampunk Appreciations: Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age - Steampunk's 22nd-Century Sourcebook (Reactor)
2012	Review of "The Diamond Age" by Neal Stephenson (Speculiction)
2015	The Diamond Age (Worlds Without End)

"The Lincoln Train"

Maureen F. McHugh

1995

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1996	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories

"Think Like a Dinosaur"

James Patrick Kelly

1995

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1996	Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell
1996	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002	The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories

2019	Hugosauriad 3.7: Think Like a Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly (Camestros Felapton)
2020	The Cold Equations of Thinking Like a Dinosaur (Classics of Science Fiction)

The Time Ships

Stephen Baxter

1995

	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	Philip K. Dick Award
	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

Memory

1996

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors

The Sparrow

Mary Doria Russell

1996

	Otherwise Award
	Arthur C. Clarke Awards
	British Science Fiction Association Awards
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

1996	Lost in Space (The New York Times)
2009	Recklessly Grasping After Meaning: Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow and the Yawning Jaws of Impatience (The Other Journal)
2019	Book Review: The Sparrow (Conciliar Post)
2020	Re-reading "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell (Another Chicago Magazine)

Forever Peace

Joe Haldeman

1997

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

Brown Girl in the Ring

Nalo Hopkinson

1998

2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

"Story of Your Life"

To Say Nothing of the Dog

1998

	Sturgeon winner
	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1999	Year's Best SF 4 edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas

	Story of Your Life (Wikipedia)
2017	WIRED Book Club: 'The Story of Your Life' Is Making Us Weep, Sometimes in Public (Wired)
2018	‘Story Of Your Life’ Is Not A Time-Travel Story (Gwern)
2020	Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang: Summary and Review (Friends of Words)

1998

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

2010	Academic Time Travel: Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog (Reactor)

Cryptonomicon

1999

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books

Darwin's Radio

"Hell Is the Absence of God"

1999

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery

A Deepness in the Sky

Vernor Vinge

1999

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult

1999	Birthday Review: A Deepness in the Sky, by Vernor Vinge (Strange at Ecbatan)
1999	A Deepness in the Sky (SF Site)
2010	A Deepness in the Sky (Kara Reviews)
2017	Science Fiction with Something for Everyone: A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (Reactor)

Ender's Shadow

Orson Scott Card

1999

2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult

Midnight Robber

Nalo Hopkinson

2000

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist

Revelation Space

Alastair Reynolds

2000

2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2005	Revelation Space (SFF180)
2014	Review of Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds (Speculiction)
2019	Review: Revelation Space (Elitist Book Reviews)

2001

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2006	Hell Is the Absence of God, by Ted Chiang (Nicholas Whyte)
2017	Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang (FuzzyRants)
2021	Ted Chiang’s Hell is the Absence of God: A Tale of Twisted Salvation And Mockery (Medium)

"Lobsters"

Charles Stross

2001

	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2002	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2007	Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2012	“Lobsters” by Charles Stross: A “Rewired” Review (Mr. Rhapsodist)
2020	Lobsters • 2001 • Near future novelette by Charles Stross (Reißwolf)

Passage

Stories of Your Life and Others

2001

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist

Altered Carbon

Richard K. Morgan

2002

	Philip K. Dick Award
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

	Altered Carbon (SFF180)
2002	Altered Carbon (SF Site)
2011	Altered Carbon: Graphic, brutal, and thrilling (Fantasy Literature)
2018	Review: Altered Carbon (Elitist Book Reviews)

Hominids

Robert J. Sawyer

2002

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

Light

M. John Harrison

2002

	Otherwise Award
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist

The Speed of Dark

Elizabeth Moon

2002

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

The Years of Rice and Salt

2002

2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2024	Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

"The People of Sand and Slag"

2002

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

Ilium

Dan Simmons

2003

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

Oryx and Crake

Margaret Atwood

2003

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

2003	Bioperversity (The New Yorker)
2003	Cilantro Prose (January Magazine)
2003	Pigoons might fly (The Guardian)
2023	Words vs. Numbers: A Review of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake (Berkeley Fiction Review)

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

2003

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)

2004	Back to the future (The Guardian)
2004	Let's Do the Time Warp Again (January Magazine)
2021	Why do we keep pretending that The Time Traveler's Wife is a love story? (Literary Hub)

Air

Geoff Ryman

2004

	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	Arthur C. Clarke Awards
	Otherwise Award
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

2004

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2024	The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Writers
2024	The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers

	Cloud Atlas (Book Marks)
2004	Overlapping lives (The Guardian)
2010	Guardian book club: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (The Guardian)
2020	A wonderful, mind-bending novel (GatesNotes)

Pandora's Star

Peter F. Hamilton

2004

2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

Paolo Bacigalupi

2004

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2005	Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
2005	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

River of Gods

Ian McDonald

2004

	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century

Accelerando

Charles Stross

2005

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2023	My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

2005	Accelerando (sfreviews.net)
2013	Accelerando (Kara Reviews)
2014	Accelerando: A Review (Stories by Williams)
2015	Review of Accelerando by Charles Stross (Speculiction)

"The Little Goddess"

Ian McDonald

2005

	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2006	Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2006	Best Short Novels 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2006	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2019	The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois

"Magic for Beginners"

Kelly Link

2005

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2006	Best Short Novels 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

2005

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor)
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2023	My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller
2024	The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Writers
2024	The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers

2005	'Never Let Me Go': When They Were Orphans (The New York Times)
2011	Rereading: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (The Guardian)
2017	Review of Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Speculiction)
2019	Why ‘Never Let Me Go’ is a Novel You Should Read Right Now (Medium)

Old Man's War

John Scalzi

2005

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

2011	Old Man's War (SFBook Reviews)
2012	Old Man's War (Kara Reviews)
2014	Review of Old Man's War by John Scalzi (Speculiction)
2017	A Spoiler-Free Impression of John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War (Reactor)

Spin

Robert Charles Wilson

2005

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

Blindsight

Peter Watts

2006

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2020	15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2023	My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller
2024	The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2010	Blindsight by Peter Watts: A Review (AE)
2014	Book Review: Peter Watts’s “Blindsight” (Words & Dirt)
2023	‘Blindsight’ Is the Epitome of Science Fiction Horror (Wired)

Rainbows End

Vernor Vinge

2006

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

2006

2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2023	My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2024	The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Writers
2024	The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

	The Road (Literary Hub)
2006	Left Behind (The New York Times)
2006	The road to hell (The Guardian)
2007	Two Views: The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Strange Horizons)
2013	Cormac McCarthy's The Road May Have the Scariest Passage in All of Literature (The Atlantic)

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Max Brooks

2006

2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)

2006	World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (SF Site)
2012	Review: World War Z (The Literary Omnivore)

"The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

2007

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
2008	The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two edited by Jonathan Strahan
2008	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2007	The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang (Strange Horizons)
2014	Review of "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (Speculiction)

Michael Chabon

2007

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss"

Kij Johnson

2008

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2009	The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009	The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
2010	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories

Anathem

2008

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

	How I finally managed to finish reading Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Boston Writers)
2008	In the realm of the avout (The Guardian)
2009	Anathem (SF Site)
2010	Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Kara Reviews)
2011	Anathem: Don’t skip the Note (Fantasy Literature)
2011	Best SFF Novels of the Decade: An Appreciation of Anathem (Reactor)
2018	Book review: Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Medium)

Exhalation

"The Ray-Gun: A Love Story"

2008

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
2009	Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2009	The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009	The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2021	NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories

	Exhalation (Wikipedia)
2012	Review - Ted Chiang - "Exhalation" (2008) (Fantastic Worlds)
2018	Ted Chiang’s “Exhalation”: Uncanny Neuroscience and the Radical Self-Exam (Synapsis)
2020	Exhalation • 2008 • SF short story by Ted Chiang (Reißwolf)
2021	Lite Reads Review: ‘Exhalation’ by Ted Chiang (The Feminist Bibliothecary)

House of Suns

Alastair Reynolds

2008

2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

2008

2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2018	The Great American Read - PBS
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2024	The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers

2010	Book Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Seattle PI)
2010	Classic review: The Hunger Games (The Christian Science Monitor)

Little Brother

Cory Doctorow

2008

	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

2009	BOOK REVIEW: LITTLE BROTHER BY CORY DOCTOROW (The Book Smugglers)
2009	Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Kara Reviews)
2010	Book Review: Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow (Inverarity)
2015	Cory Doctorow – Little Brother (SFF Book Reviews)

James Alan Gardner

2008

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Sturgeon winner
2009	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2009	The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
2010	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll

Boneshaker

Cherie Priest

2009

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

2009	Review: Boneshaker (The Literary Omnivore)
2010	Review: Boneshaker (Elitist Book Reviews)
2012	Review: Cherie Priest – Boneshaker (SFF Book Reviews)
2017	BONESHAKER BY CHERIE PRIEST (The Fantasy Hive)

Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins

2009

2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

The City & The City

China Miéville

2009

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Arthur C. Clarke Awards
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	British Science Fiction Association Awards
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2025	Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)

	The Art of Unseeing in China Mieville’s The City & The City (SciFi Mind)
	Science Fiction Review Series: The City & The City by China Miéville (The Masters Review)
2009	The spaces in between (The Guardian)
2010	The City & the City (Kara Reviews)
2011	The City & the City (SFBook Reviews)
2015	The Impossibility of Unseeing – The City & The City by China Miéville (Seven Circumstances)

"Eros, Philia, Agape"

Rachel Swirsky

2009

	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2010	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton
2010	The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2013	Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas

"The Island"

Peter Watts

2009

	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
2010	Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2010	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton
2010	The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010	The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 edited by Allan Kaster
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2013	Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden

2010	“The Island”, by Peter Watts (Mataglap SF)
2020	Book Review: The Island, by Peter Watts (Sunflower Cycle) (Beer Rants and Books)

The Windup Girl

Paolo Bacigalupi

2009

	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

	Rethinking Dystopian Fiction: Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl (New Orleans Review)
	The Windup Girl (Orion Magazine)
2010	The Windup Girl (SFF180)
2010	The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi - review (The Guardian)

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