Classics of Science Fiction

Titles in bold are on the Classics of Science Fiction v5 list.

Frank Herbert

1965

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	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.
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	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
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	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	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
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

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)

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	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	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	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
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	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
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
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

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)

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

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)

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	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
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	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	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 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
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

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)

The Foundation Trilogy

Isaac Asimov

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	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
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
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
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	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
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK

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)

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

1966

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	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	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	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
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
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time

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 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

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

The 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)

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein

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

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 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

1979

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

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

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

1989

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

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

More Than Human

Theodore Sturgeon

1953

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

2000	More Than Human (SF Site)

Lord of Light

Roger Zelazny

1967

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	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.
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 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
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	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
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

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)

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)

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

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)

The Book of the New Sun

Gene Wolfe

1980-87

	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	British Science Fiction Association Awards
	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 Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	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	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

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)

A Fire Upon the Deep

Vernor Vinge

1992

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
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	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	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
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

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)

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 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	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	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
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
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

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)

Ubik

Philip K. Dick

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

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)

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)

The City and the Stars

Arthur C. Clarke

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

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)

Dying Inside

Robert Silverberg

1972

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
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
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
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	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2023	My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time

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

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)

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)

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

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

The 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

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)

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)

Lest Darkness Fall

L. Sprague de Camp

1941

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

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

Dangerous Visions

Harlan Ellison

1967

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

The Door into Summer

Robert A. Heinlein

1957

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

The Chrysalids

John Wyndham

1955

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

Norstrilia

Cordwainer Smith

1975

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

Permutation City

Greg Egan

1994

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

The Anubis Gates

Tim Powers

1983

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

The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age

Stanislaw Lem

1974

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

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

Roger Zelazny

1971

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

Dorsai!

Gordon R. Dickson

1975

1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction

Neutron Star

Larry Niven

1968

1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

2014	Neutron Star (James Nicoll Reviews)
2018	Neutron Star and Ringworld: Larry Niven's Known Space I Have Known (Existential Ennui)

The Persistence of Vision

John Varley

1978

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

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

The Best of Cordwainer Smith

Cordwainer Smith

1975

1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

Raising the Stones

Sheri S. Tepper

1990

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
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
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

Armor

John Steakley

1984

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel

Feersum Endjinn

Iain M. Banks

1994

	British Science Fiction Association Awards
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016	SF Masterworks

The Green Hills of Earth

Robert A. Heinlein

1951

1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

Replay

Ken Grimwood

1987

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
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult

The Vorkosigan Saga

Lois McMaster Bujold

1986-18

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington

Chanur's Homecoming

C. J. Cherryh

1986

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)

Crystal Express

Bruce Sterling

1989

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

Doorways in the Sand

Roger Zelazny

1976

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

Quarantine

Greg Egan

1992

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

True Names

Vernor Vinge

1984

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

Against a Dark Background

Iain M. Banks

1993

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

Spider Robinson

1977

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel

Futurological Congress

Stanislaw Lem

1981

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

On Stranger Tides

Tim Powers

1987

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

The Ender Saga

Orson Scott Card

1985

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

Exile

R. A. Salvatore

1990

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

Expanded Universe

Robert A. Heinlein

1980

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

Metaconcert

Julian May

1987

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

Star Wars: Dark Force Rising

Timothy Zahn

1992

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

Voice of the Whirlwind

Walter Jon Williams

1987

1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

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The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List