John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

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

Title↧ Author/Editor Year Citations Reviews
The Years of the City Frederik Pohl 1984
2
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi 2009
21
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Nebula Award - Novel Winner
Hugo Award - Novel Winner
2011Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2019Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
202015 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon
2022Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2026Top 50 sci-fi books from over 400 I've read in 3 years on BookTube
Titan Ben Bova 2006
2
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
Timescape Gregory Benford 1980
20
British Science Fiction Association Awards
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1984The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1996The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2003The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2016SF Masterworks
2016Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
201675 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
The Time Ships Stephen Baxter 1995
9
British Science Fiction Association Awards
Philip K. Dick Award
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2004Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
20091000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
Strange Bodies Marcel Theroux 2013
3
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
Song of Time Ian R. MacLeod 2008
3
Arthur C. Clarke Awards
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
Riddley Walker Russell Hoban 1980
10
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1985Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1996North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2005ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
20091000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016SF Masterworks
201675 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2020The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke 1973
33
British Science Fiction Association Awards
Hugo Award - Novel Winner
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1975Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1976Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1987Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
Timescape Gregory Benford 1980
20
British Science Fiction Association Awards
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Nebula Award - Novel Winner
1984The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1996The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2003The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2016SF Masterworks
2016Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
201675 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
The Alteration Kingsley Amis 1976
4
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1985Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1994The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2016Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
Beyond Apollo Barry N. Malzberg 1972
11
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1974Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1976Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1996The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2003The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
201675 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2024The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled
2025Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5)
Blackfish City Sam J. Miller 2018
2
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
Brother to Dragons Charles Sheffield 1992
2
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
Brute Orbits George Zebrowski 1998
3
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede Bradley Denton 1991
2
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
Central Station Lavie Tidhar 2016
1
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
The Child Garden Geoff Ryman 1989
7
Arthur C. Clarke Awards
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1996The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
2003The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2004Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2016SF Masterworks
The Chronoliths Robert Charles Wilson 2001
6
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2005ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2019100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2024Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
The Dervish House Ian McDonald 2010
6
British Science Fiction Association Awards
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2012Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2020Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
Fairyland Paul J. McAuley 1995
6
Arthur C. Clarke Awards
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2004Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016SF Masterworks
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Claire North 2014
5
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2021Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2024Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)
2026Top 50 sci-fi books from over 400 I've read in 3 years on BookTube
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Philip K. Dick 1974
11
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2002Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2016Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016SF Masterworks
201675 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2019Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2020Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
Forever Peace Joe Haldeman 1997
9
Nebula Award - Novel Winner
Hugo Award - Novel Winner
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2004Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2012Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2019Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
Genesis Poul Anderson 2000
3
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2012Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
The Genius Plague David Walton 2017
1
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Gloriana Michael Moorcock 1978
3
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1984The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
The Highest Frontier Joan Slonczewski 2011
3
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2021Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
In War Times Kathleen Ann Goonan 2007
4
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2012Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2021Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
The Islanders Christopher Priest 2011
3
British Science Fiction Association Awards
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
Islands in the Net Bruce Sterling 1988
6
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2004Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
Jack Glass Adam Roberts 2012
3
British Science Fiction Association Awards
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
Lincoln's Dreams Connie Willis 1987
3
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2021Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
Malevil Robert Merle 1974
3
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1976Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1987Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
Market Forces Richard K. Morgan 2004
3
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2023My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller
Mindscan Robert J. Sawyer 2005
2
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
Omega Jack McDevitt 2003
3
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
On Wings of Song Thomas M. Disch 1979
9
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1985Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1994The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
2005ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
Pacific Edge Kim Stanley Robinson 1990
4
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1996North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2003The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
Permutation City Greg Egan 1994
10
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1999The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2003The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2012Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2023My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time
2024SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books
Probability Space Nancy Kress 2002
3
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2021Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
Radiomen Eleanor Lerman 2015
2
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2021Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
Riddley Walker Russell Hoban 1980
10
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1985Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1996North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2005ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
20091000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016SF Masterworks
201675 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2020The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
Song of Time Ian R. MacLeod 2008
3
Arthur C. Clarke Awards
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
Strange Bodies Marcel Theroux 2013
3
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
The Time Ships Stephen Baxter 1995
9
British Science Fiction Association Awards
Philip K. Dick Award
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2004Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
20091000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2016Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
Titan Ben Bova 2006
2
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
The Years of the City Frederik Pohl 1984
2
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2016Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
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