Classics of Science Fiction

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

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)

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

	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 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

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)

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)

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	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
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	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
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	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

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 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	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
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	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	SF Masterworks
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
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

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)

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)

Marooned in Realtime

Vernor Vinge

1986

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Endymion

Dan Simmons

1996

2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

The Rise of Endymion

Dan Simmons

1997

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
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	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

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

Protector

Larry Niven

1973

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

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

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)

Lucifer's Hammer

Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

1977

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

A 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 Many-Colored Land

Julian May

1981

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel

The Golden Torc

Julian May

1982

2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

The Nonborn King

Julian May

1983

2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

The Adversary

Julian May

1984

2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

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	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	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	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
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
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

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 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 Left Hand of Darkness

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

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)

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 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)

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)

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	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
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	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn
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
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

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)

Dune

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)

Citizen of the Galaxy

Robert A. Heinlein

1957

1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
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

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

Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein

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	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	SF Masterworks
2016	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
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
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

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)

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

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?

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)

Time Enough for Love

Robert A. Heinlein

1973

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

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

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)

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

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)

Burning Chrome

William Gibson

1986

1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
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

2007	Burning Chrome by William Gibson
2011	Burning Chrome (Kara Reviews)
2012	Burning Chrome: Get to know William Gibson (Fantasy Literature)
2012	The Classics: 'Burning Chrome' (The Verge)
2012	Review of "Burning Chrome" by William Gibson (Speculiction)

To Your Scattered Bodies Go

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)

The Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick

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	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	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	SF Masterworks
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
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

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)

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Philip K. Dick

1965

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

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick

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	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
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
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
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
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

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)

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)

Childhood's End

Arthur C. Clarke

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	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
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	Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
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

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

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)

2001: A Space Odyssey

Arthur C. Clarke

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

	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)

Rendezvous with Rama

Arthur C. Clarke

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

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)

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)

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

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

Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card

1986

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	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
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult

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

Children of the Mind

Orson Scott Card

1996

2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time

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 Warrior's Apprentice

Lois McMaster Bujold

1986

2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors

Shards of Honor

Lois McMaster Bujold

1986

2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery

Borders of Infinity

Lois McMaster Bujold

1989

2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors

Brothers in Arms

Lois McMaster Bujold

1989

2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors

The Vor Game

Lois McMaster Bujold

1990

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

Barrayar

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)

Mirror Dance

Lois McMaster Bujold

1994

	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

Memory

Lois McMaster Bujold

1996

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

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

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)

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 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)

The Uplift War

David Brin

1987

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

Earth

David Brin

1990

	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

1950

1952	Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books
1956	Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books
1966	Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll
1974	Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1977	"A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	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	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
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	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
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
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine

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

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	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
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 100
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
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
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult

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)

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 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)

Eon

Greg Bear

1985

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

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

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)

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)

Use of Weapons

Iain M. Banks

1990

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

I, Robot

Isaac Asimov

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 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)

The Caves of Steel

Isaac Asimov

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

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

The End of Eternity

Isaac Asimov

1955

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

The Naked Sun

Isaac Asimov

1957

2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

The Gods Themselves

Isaac Asimov

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)

Foundation's Edge

Isaac Asimov

1982

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

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)

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams

1980

1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time

Books: 95

Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List