Classics of Science Fiction

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 (Tor.com)
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?

Dhalgren

The Left Hand of Darkness

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 (Tor.com)
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

2010	Difficult Books: Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany (The Millions)
2010	Formations and transformations: Samual Delany's Dhalgren (Tor.com)
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)

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

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

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)

Anathem

Neal Stephenson

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 (Tor.com)
2018	Book review: Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Medium)

The Drowned World

J. G. Ballard

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)

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	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	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
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
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)

The City & The City

China Miéville

2009

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Arthur C. Clarke 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	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
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 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)

Ursula K. Le Guin

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 (Tor.com)
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 (Tor.com)
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)

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 (Tor.com)
2021	Hnau and the Nature of Humanity in C.S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet (Tor.com)
2021	Malacandra as Utopia: Plato's Republic as Reflected in C.S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet (Tor.com)
2021	Moral Thought and Intergalactic Genocide in C.S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet (Tor.com)

Ancillary Justice

Ann Leckie

2013

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	Arthur C. Clarke Awards
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
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 Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
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	15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2021	NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist
2024	Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

	Ancillary Justice (Literary Hub)
	Ancillary Justice (New York Journal of Books)
2013	"Nothing quite clarifies your thoughts like thinking you're about to die." Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice (Tor.com)
2013	A Skillfully Composed Space Opera in 'Ancillary Justice' (NPR)
2015	Pronouns in space (The Seattle Review of Books)

The Book of the New Sun

Gene Wolfe

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	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	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
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

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 (Tor.com)
2017	Polyphonic Games: The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (Examined Worlds)

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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)

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

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)

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)

Hothouse

Brian W. Aldiss

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)

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

1979

2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
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 (Tor.com)
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)

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)

Roadside Picnic

Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

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)

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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)

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)

The Stars My Destination

Alfred Bester

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)

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)

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 (New York Journal of Books)
	The Windup Girl (Orion Magazine)
2010	The Windup Girl (SFF180)
2010	The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi - review (The Guardian)

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)

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)

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 (Tor.com)
2021	Babel-17 (Kara Reviews)

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)

A Case of Conscience

James Blish

1958

	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
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	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	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
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 (Tor.com)
2015	Classic SciFi 1: James Blish, A Case of Conscience (Breadtag Sagas)

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)

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 (Tor.com)
2014	Review of China Mountain Zhang by Maureen McHugh (Speculiction)
2020	China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh (The Fantasy Hive)

City

Clifford D. Simak

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

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 (Tor.com)
2020	Retro Review: "City" by Clifford D. Simak (Cora Buhlert)

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)

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 (Tor.com)

The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

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 (Tor.com)
2012	Review of "The Diamond Age" by Neal Stephenson (Speculiction)
2015	The Diamond Age (Worlds Without End)

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

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 (Tor.com)
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 (Tor.com)
2020	The Dispossessed, Part II: May You Get Reborn on Anarres! (Tor.com)

Double Star

The Island of Doctor Moreau

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 (Tor.com)
2014	Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein (SFF World)

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 (Tor.com)
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)

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)

Embassytown

China Miéville

2011

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
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	Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

	Alien Linguistics at the Frontier: A Review of China Miéville’s Embassytown (A Naga of the Nusantara)
2011	Embassytown by China Miéville – review (The Guardian)
2011	A review of Embassytown by China Miéville (Compulsive Reader)
2023	EMBASSYTOWN BY CHINA MIEVILLE (BOOK REVIEW) (The Fantasy Hive)

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 (Tor.com)
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

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)
2022	The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The New Canon)

H. G. Wells

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 Lathe of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

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 (Tor.com)
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
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

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 (Tor.com)
2022	What Good Can Dreaming Do? (Boston Review)

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)

Lord of Light

Roger Zelazny

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 (Tor.com)
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)

Neuromancer

William Gibson

1984

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Philip K. Dick Award
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
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
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	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	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
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	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
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

2014	John Mullan on William Gibson's Neuromancer (The Guardian)
2017	The Familiarity - and Unfamiliarity - of William Gibson's Neuromancer (Ploughshares)
2021	Hard-Wired Traumas: A Retrospective of "Neuromancer" (Greene Street Review)
2022	Neuromancer (Institute for Cybersecurity & Digital Trust)

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

2005

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
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 (Tor.com)

Oryx and Crake

Margaret Atwood

2003

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
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)

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)
2012	Book World: 'Pavane,' by Keith Roberts, holds up decades later (The Washington Post)
2014	Review of Pavane by Keith Roberts (Speculiction)
2016	Science Fiction in Your Own Back Yard: Pavane, by Keith Roberts (Tor.com)

Red Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

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)

The Sirens of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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)

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

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	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	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
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
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

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)

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 (Tor.com)
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)

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

2014

	Arthur C. Clarke Awards
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
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
2020	15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2021	NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
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 Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist
2024	Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - 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

	Book review - Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel (Book Shelf Discovery)
	Station Eleven (Book Marks)
2014	Station Eleven review – Emily St John Mandel's gripping apocalypse drama (The Guardian)
2019	Review: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Books on the 7:47)

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)

The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

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	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	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn
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
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)

2001: A Space Odyssey

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)

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)

Barrayar

Lois McMaster Bujold

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)

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)

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	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
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	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	Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn
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	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
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
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	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 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. (Tor.com)

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 (Tor.com)
2013	BioSci Fi: Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke, 1953 (Stanford Law School)

The City and the Stars

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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 (Tor.com)

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

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 Crystal World

J. G. Ballard

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)

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)

The Female Man

Joanna Russ

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 (Tor.com)
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 (Tor.com)
2017	The Female Man, Joanna Russ (Medium)
2020	Joanna Russ, The Science-Fiction Writer Who Said No (The New Yorker)

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 (Tor.com)

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

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

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

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)

Gateway

Frederik Pohl

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	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	SF Masterworks
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	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
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
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

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 (Tor.com)

The Gods Themselves

The Man in the High Castle

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 (Tor.com)

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)

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)

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

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)

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	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	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
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	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
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	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
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

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)

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 (Tor.com)
2014	Nova by Samuel R. Delany - Reading Science Fiction in 1968 and 2014 (Auxiliary Memory)

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)

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

	A Princess of Mars (New York Journal of Books)
2011	Review: A Princess of Mars (The Literary Omnivore)
2012	A Princess of Mars (SF Reviews)

Rendezvous with Rama

Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth

1973

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
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
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	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction 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	SF Masterworks
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

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 (Tor.com)

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)

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	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
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)

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 (Tor.com)
2019	Review: Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (Thoughts on Papyrus)

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

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

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

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)

Starship Troopers

To Your Scattered Bodies Go

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	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	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	SF Masterworks
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	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
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

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

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 (Tor.com)

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

2014

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2020	15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon
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
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - 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)

	THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM: BOOK REVIEW (Quarantine Content)
	The Three-Body Problem (Book Marks)
2017	Remembrance of China’s Past: A Review of The Three-Body Problem (Schwarzman Scholars)

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

1895

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
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	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
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	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	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn
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)

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

2003

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
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)

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)

Way Station

Clifford D. Simak

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

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)

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 (Tor.com)
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)

Blood Music

Greg Bear

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)

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)

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 (Tor.com)
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 (Tor.com)
2012	Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh (Eyrie)

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 Demolished Man

Alfred Bester

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 (Tor.com)

Doomsday Book

Connie Willis

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

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 (Tor.com)

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)

The Einstein Intersection

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)

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)

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)

Helliconia Spring

Brian W. Aldiss

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)

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)

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 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	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	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
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	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)

I, Robot

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

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 Martian

Andy Weir

2012

2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
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
2018	The Great American Read - PBS
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
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2020	15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon
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	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2015	Review: The Martian (Elitist Book Reviews)
2017	Book Review: The Martian by Andy Weir (Medium)

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 (Tor.com)

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	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 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	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
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

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

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 (Tor.com)

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)

The Postman

David Brin

1985

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	John W. Campbell Memorial 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

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

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 (Tor.com)

Rogue Moon

Algis Budrys

1960

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
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	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks

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

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