| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
25
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| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
13
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
2
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
18
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| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
10
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| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
18
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| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
47
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| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
47
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| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
28
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| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
82
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| 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |
8
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
5
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| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
24
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| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
46
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| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
19
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| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
12
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| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
69
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| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
34
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
87
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
73
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
13
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| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
23
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
98
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| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
42
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
4
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| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
61
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| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
23
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| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
102
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| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
68
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| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
11
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| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
16
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| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
29
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| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
66
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| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
9
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| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
21
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| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
41
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| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
62
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| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
53
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| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
42
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| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
13
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| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
52
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| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
36
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
87
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| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
6
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
80
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| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
27
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| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
58
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
9
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| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
28
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| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
47
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| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
46
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| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
64
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| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
38
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
74
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| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
40
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| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
35
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
45
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| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
23
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| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
35
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
56
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
37
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| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
33
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| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
26
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| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
17
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| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
15
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
7
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
4
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| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
5
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| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
11
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| Hugo finalist - novel |
20
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| Hugo winner - novel |
42
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| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
9
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| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
13
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| Nebula finalist - novel |
25
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| Nebula winner - novel |
22
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| Otherwise Award |
5
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| Philip K. Dick Award |
2
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