Classics of Science Fiction

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

Adulthood Rites

Octavia E. Butler

1988

2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)

The Age of Ruin

John M. Faucette

1968

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

Beauty

Sheri S. Tepper

1991

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

Bellwether

Connie Willis

1996

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington

Blue Light

Walter Mosley

1998

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

Chanur's Homecoming

C. J. Cherryh

1986

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

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)

Dawn

Octavia E. Butler

1987

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
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

Dhalgren

Samuel R. Delany

1975

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
1976	The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey
1979	A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al.
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine

2010	Difficult Books: Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany (The Millions)
2010	Formations and transformations: Samual Delany's Dhalgren (Tor.com)
2011	Dhalgren (Kara Reviews)
2016	Doing Dhalgren (Lightspeed)
2019	In Praise of Samuel R. Delany (The New York Times)
2020	Quarantine Reads: Dhalgren (The Paris Review)
2021	Book Review: Samuel R. Delany's "Dhalgren" - A Critical War of Words (The Arts Fuse)
2021	Unmoored in a City of Ruins: On the Revelatory Power of Samuel R. Delany's Dhalgren (Literary Hub)

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

1974

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
	Hugo Award - Novel Winner
1975	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1976	Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1987	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1994	The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1998	Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels
1999	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2011	Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Library of America Science Fiction
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2023	Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2011	Back to the Hugos: The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin (The Guardian)
2018	Why everyone should read The Dispossessed (Medium)
2020	The Dispossessed, Part I: A Woman in Every Table Top (Tor.com)
2020	The Dispossessed, Part II: May You Get Reborn on Anarres! (Tor.com)

The Female Man

Joanna Russ

1975

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Otherwise Award
1984	The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove
1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
1987	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron
1996	The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2002	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read
2012	AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery

2011	Queering SFF: The Female Man by Joanna Russ (Tor.com)
2017	The Female Man, Joanna Russ (Medium)
2020	Joanna Russ, The Science-Fiction Writer Who Said No (The New Yorker)

The Fires of Azeroth

C. J. Cherryh

1979

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

Fledgling

Octavia E. Butler

2005

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist

2022	The Octavia Butler Novel for Our Times (The Atlantic)

The Fortunate Fall

Raphael Carter

1996

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

1985

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Arthur C. Clarke Awards
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2018	The Great American Read - PBS
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

1985	The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Kirkus Reviews)
1986	The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (New York Times)
2015	A Politics of Auto-Cannibalism: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (Literature and Theology)
2022	The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The New Canon)

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Haruki Murakami

1985

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books

He, She and It

Marge Piercy

1991

	Arthur C. Clarke Awards
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

Heavy Time

C. J. Cherryh

1991

2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)

Hunter of Worlds

C. J. Cherryh

1977

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

Imago

Octavia E. Butler

1989

2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)

In the Mothers' Land

Élisabeth Vonarburg

1992

2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2004	Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)

The Intuitionist

Colson Whitehead

1999

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

Iron Shadows

Steven Barnes

1998

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

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

1979

2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2020	The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine

2009	Time travel and slavery: Octavia Butler's Kindred (Tor.com)
2017	Octavia Butler: The Brutalities of the Past Are All Around This (Literary Hub)
2020	The Prescience of Octavia Butler's Kindred (Avidly)
2021	Book Review - Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Medium)
2022	Book Review: Time and Race in Octavia Butler's 'Kindred' (Feminism in India)

The Lathe of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

1971

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2013	Review of The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin (Speculiction)
2015	A review of Ursula K. Le Guin's novel The Lathe of Heaven (Bibioklept)
2020	The Lathe of Heaven: Le Guin's Trippy Local SF Novel About Reality (Tor.com)
2022	What Good Can Dreaming Do? (Boston Review)

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
2024	SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books

2009	Gender and glaciers: Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness (Tor.com)
2018	How The Left Hand of Darkness Changed Everything (The Lit Hub)
2019	"The Left Hand of Darkness" Is the Anti-Nationalist Book We Need Right Now (Electric Lit)
2019	The Left Hand of Darkness at Fifty (The Paris Review)
2020	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Vector BSFA)
2020	The Strange Friendships of Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness" (The New Yorker)

Life

Gwyneth Jones

2004

	Philip K. Dick Award
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

Mindplayers

Pat Cadigan

1987

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
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

Natural History

Justina Robson

2003

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

2005

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2023	My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller
2024	The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Writers
2024	The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers

2005	'Never Let Me Go': When They Were Orphans (The New York Times)
2011	Rereading: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (The Guardian)
2017	Review of Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Speculiction)
2019	Why ‘Never Let Me Go’ is a Novel You Should Read Right Now (Medium)

The New Gulliver

Esmé Dodderidge

1979

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

Oryx and Crake

Margaret Atwood

2003

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2021	29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK
2022	The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

2003	Bioperversity (The New Yorker)
2003	Cilantro Prose (January Magazine)
2003	Pigoons might fly (The Guardian)
2023	Words vs. Numbers: A Review of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake (Berkeley Fiction Review)

Passage

Connie Willis

2001

	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
	Hugo Award - Novel Finalist
	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
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
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2022	The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist

Ring of Swords

Eleanor Arnason

1993

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
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington

The Silent City

Élisabeth Vonarburg

1988

2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales

The Sparrow

Mary Doria Russell

1996

	Otherwise Award
	Arthur C. Clarke Awards
	British Science Fiction Association Awards
2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2003	The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
2004	Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron
2005	ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List)
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2012	Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2019	The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House
2019	100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

1996	Lost in Space (The New York Times)
2009	Recklessly Grasping After Meaning: Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow and the Yawning Jaws of Impatience (The Other Journal)
2019	Book Review: The Sparrow (Conciliar Post)
2020	Re-reading "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell (Another Chicago Magazine)

The Speed of Dark

Elizabeth Moon

2002

	Nebula Award - Novel Winner
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
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
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)
2024	Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24)

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

Samuel R. Delany

1984

2003	The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library

Synners

Pat Cadigan

1991

	Nebula Award - Novel Finalist
	Arthur C. Clarke Awards
1996	North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans
2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2006	100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2014	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2014	Mistressworks by Ian Sales
2016	SF Masterworks
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington
2021	Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors

2013	Synners -- Surprisingly enjoyable (worldswithoutend.com)
2015	Synners, Pat Cadigan (SF Mistressworks)

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

2003

2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2009	1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section)
2011	NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
2012	Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels
2012	Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel
2016	Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime
2016	Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books
2020	Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult
2022	Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22)

2004	Back to the future (The Guardian)
2004	Let's Do the Time Warp Again (January Magazine)
2021	Why do we keep pretending that The Time Traveler's Wife is a love story? (Literary Hub)

Voyager in Night

C. J. Cherryh

1984

2001	200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)

Wild Seed

Octavia E. Butler

1980

1985	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle
2009	Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com)
2016	Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200
2016	Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library
2016	Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
2016	75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn

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)

Zahrah the Windseeker

Nnedi Okorafor

2005

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

Books: 44

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