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Other SF Lists of Note:
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Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
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Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
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Alternate History
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2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015,
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009, 2001, 2000

SF Award Nominees
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2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

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1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

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2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
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2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

New Speculative Writers by Decade:
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1	Dune (Dune, #1) by Frank Herbert 4.29 avg rating — 1,707,206 ratings score: 15,172, and 155 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams 4.22 avg rating — 2,075,468 ratings score: 13,869, and 142 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card 4.31 avg rating — 1,503,349 ratings score: 13,407, and 138 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	1984 by George Orwell 4.21 avg rating — 5,757,792 ratings score: 12,784, and 133 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,987,488 ratings score: 10,594, and 110 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Martian by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 1,378,304 ratings score: 9,979, and 104 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Foundation (Foundation, #1) by Isaac Asimov 4.17 avg rating — 615,269 ratings score: 7,999, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.98 avg rating — 2,152,317 ratings score: 7,823, and 82 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) by Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 1,344,278 ratings score: 7,572, and 79 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.36 avg rating — 10,271,451 ratings score: 7,008, and 75 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) by Dan Simmons 4.28 avg rating — 318,385 ratings score: 6,035, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 2,558,204 ratings score: 5,992, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 1,526,919 ratings score: 5,647, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 4.16 avg rating — 293,677 ratings score: 5,595, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) by Isaac Asimov 4.21 avg rating — 390,147 ratings score: 5,429, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 4.25 avg rating — 842,757 ratings score: 5,262, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle 3.97 avg rating — 1,312,181 ratings score: 5,165, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 234,003 ratings score: 5,149, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.92 avg rating — 2,000,188 ratings score: 4,837, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) by Joe Haldeman 4.14 avg rating — 185,255 ratings score: 4,740, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick 4.09 avg rating — 534,389 ratings score: 4,721, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 178,208 ratings score: 4,661, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 808,536 ratings score: 4,640, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Stand by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 862,509 ratings score: 4,637, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1) by Matt Haig (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 2,671,040 ratings score: 4,624, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke 4.18 avg rating — 343,920 ratings score: 4,612, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Recursion by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 351,987 ratings score: 4,597, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein 3.92 avg rating — 330,741 ratings score: 4,532, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) by Michael Crichton 4.14 avg rating — 1,099,757 ratings score: 4,410, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 4.20 avg rating — 575,229 ratings score: 4,396, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 3.55 avg rating — 267,383 ratings score: 4,358, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 315,027 ratings score: 4,273, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 3.64 avg rating — 772,537 ratings score: 4,217, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2) by Douglas Adams 4.19 avg rating — 324,980 ratings score: 4,024, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 3.89 avg rating — 580,682 ratings score: 3,982, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 120,197 ratings score: 3,969, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke 4.12 avg rating — 190,547 ratings score: 3,898, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2) by Orson Scott Card 4.12 avg rating — 277,784 ratings score: 3,883, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Giver (Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,902,217 ratings score: 3,875, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke 4.12 avg rating — 178,619 ratings score: 3,854, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) by Kate Atkinson 3.78 avg rating — 248,289 ratings score: 3,819, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 3.83 avg rating — 361,575 ratings score: 3,726, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) by William Gibson 3.89 avg rating — 379,310 ratings score: 3,692, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 303,490 ratings score: 3,355, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins 4.36 avg rating — 4,329,840 ratings score: 3,189, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Road by Cormac McCarthy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,086,954 ratings score: 2,989, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 580,842 ratings score: 2,982, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1) by Orson Scott Card 4.32 avg rating — 182,388 ratings score: 2,891, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 3.89 avg rating — 284,529 ratings score: 2,841, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3) by Douglas Adams 4.16 avg rating — 256,119 ratings score: 2,803, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 792,030 ratings score: 2,704, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Watchmen by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 606,703 ratings score: 2,612, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,877,977 ratings score: 2,606, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 4,487,023 ratings score: 2,571, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1) by Anne McCaffrey 4.07 avg rating — 146,028 ratings score: 2,525, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2) by Isaac Asimov 4.22 avg rating — 233,751 ratings score: 2,516, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins 4.13 avg rating — 3,871,080 ratings score: 2,495, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 976,528 ratings score: 2,453, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.09 avg rating — 237,098 ratings score: 2,440, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Dune Messiah (Dune #2) by Frank Herbert 3.90 avg rating — 443,832 ratings score: 2,343, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Contact by Carl Sagan 4.15 avg rating — 156,247 ratings score: 2,247, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5) by Douglas Adams 4.38 avg rating — 343,965 ratings score: 2,234, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1) by Michael Crichton 3.91 avg rating — 276,969 ratings score: 2,189, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 1,035,290 ratings score: 2,087, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 295,112 ratings score: 2,054, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.15 avg rating — 449,020 ratings score: 1,935, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) by Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 139,193 ratings score: 1,898, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4) by Douglas Adams 4.08 avg rating — 189,519 ratings score: 1,875, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 912,481 ratings score: 1,872, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Second Foundation (Foundation, #3) by Isaac Asimov 4.28 avg rating — 209,015 ratings score: 1,849, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.03 avg rating — 4,803,560 ratings score: 1,779, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Xenocide (Ender's Saga, #3) by Orson Scott Card 3.82 avg rating — 168,216 ratings score: 1,777, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	V for Vendetta by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 331,188 ratings score: 1,748, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) by Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 292,424 ratings score: 1,704, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick 3.59 avg rating — 244,432 ratings score: 1,678, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 647,420 ratings score: 1,633, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan (Goodreads Author) (Writer) 4.15 avg rating — 370,820 ratings score: 1,568, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 1,860,884 ratings score: 1,489, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 338,469 ratings score: 1,483, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1) by Douglas Adams 3.97 avg rating — 150,968 ratings score: 1,430, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells 3.63 avg rating — 224,821 ratings score: 1,420, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Uglies (Uglies, #1) by Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 715,862 ratings score: 1,363, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.15 avg rating — 163,936 ratings score: 1,331, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman 4.04 avg rating — 1,646,212 ratings score: 1,297, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 251,954 ratings score: 1,289, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, #1) by Robert C. O'Brien 4.17 avg rating — 187,775 ratings score: 1,281, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Timeline by Michael Crichton 3.87 avg rating — 220,692 ratings score: 1,260, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Lost World (Jurassic Park, #2) by Michael Crichton 3.88 avg rating — 190,771 ratings score: 1,245, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 138,047 ratings score: 1,229, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1) by James Dashner (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 1,747,003 ratings score: 1,192, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Host by Stephenie Meyer 3.87 avg rating — 1,058,623 ratings score: 1,166, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Insurgent (Divergent, #2) by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 1,655,727 ratings score: 1,156, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Unwind (Unwind, #1) by Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 255,346 ratings score: 1,141, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	A Wind in the Door (Time Quintet, #2) by Madeleine L'Engle 3.98 avg rating — 134,241 ratings score: 1,112, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 3.95 avg rating — 292,279 ratings score: 1,068, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) by Liu Cixin (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 536,428 ratings score: 1,036, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Sphere by Michael Crichton 3.84 avg rating — 202,765 ratings score: 1,012, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne 3.85 avg rating — 233,116 ratings score: 988, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) by Haruki Murakami 3.95 avg rating — 349,303 ratings score: 953, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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message 1: by Mitchell (new)

Apr 12, 2013 09:45AM

wow. not a lot of classic sf has 50 thousand ratings.

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message 2: by Mitchell (new)

Apr 30, 2013 05:29PM

Hyperion didn't have quite enough ratings and was removed.

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message 3: by Mitchell (new)

Jun 24, 2013 02:53PM

I added http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/39... for science fiction between 25 thousand and 50 thousand ratings. I'm certainly surprised at how few books are in this class but I am still looking.

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message 4: by Lu (new)

Nov 26, 2013 12:26PM

Thanks for the SF lists!

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message 5: by Mitchell (new)

Oct 24, 2014 09:20AM

Royal Assassin and Assassin's Apprentice removed due to being fantasy. I did review Robin Hobb's place on all the fantasy lists and at least one of her books was missing.

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message 6: by Mitchell (new)

Dec 12, 2014 12:12PM

If you haven't voted on this list in awhile, you should revisit it as there are more sf books that have reached 50,000 ratings.

Also you should take a look at the other sf lists by ratings - I'm sure there are lot's of sf books missing on the <100 and 100-999 lists and event the 1000 to 9999 list.

All science fiction with 25,000 to 49,999 ratings
All science fiction with 10,000 to 24,999 ratings
All science fiction with 1,000 to 9,999 ratings
All science fiction with 100 to 999 ratings
Best Science Fiction on Goodreads with less than 100 ratings

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message 7: by Mitchell (new)

Jun 25, 2015 10:05PM

Not sure how I feel about A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Animal Farm being on this list. I just don't think of either one as being science fiction.

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message 8: by Mitchell (new)

Aug 27, 2015 09:03AM

Mitchell wrote: "Not sure how I feel about A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Animal Farm being on this list. I just don't think of either one as being science fiction."

Removing Animal Farm as fantasy rather than science fiction. And it is #26 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

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message 9: by Laura (new)

Nov 11, 2015 04:33AM

I fail to see how The Hunger Games is a science fiction book.

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message 10: by Mitchell (new)

Nov 11, 2015 06:55AM

Laura wrote: "I fail to see how The Hunger Games is a science fiction book."

The problem is with the term science fiction, it's not really a big-tent kind of term. Where speculative fiction is a heck of a lot more open. Alternate History isn't an obvious fit for science fiction for me. And I kind of like the idea that says that faster-than-light travel is fantasy.

This list at least is taking one of the bigger views of what is science fiction with the only caveat being not-fantasy.

Personally I prefer the Damon Knight approach - "At the start of a series of book review columns, Knight stated the following as one of his assumptions: "That the term 'science fiction' is a misnomer, that trying to get two enthusiasts to agree on a definition of it leads only to bloody knuckles; that better labels have been devised (Heinlein's suggestion, 'speculative fiction', is the best, I think), but that we're stuck with this one; and that it will do us no particular harm if we remember that, like 'The Saturday Evening Post', it means what we point to when we say it." This definition is now usually seen in abbreviated form as "Science fiction is [or means] what we point to when we say it."

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message 11: by J_BlueFlower (new)

Apr 01, 2016 11:09AM

Batman: The Killing Joke? Really?

Not SF: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Yes, Verne was in general a Science Fiction writer, but not this book.

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message 12: by Mitchell (new)

Apr 01, 2016 11:47AM

J_BlueFlower wrote: "Batman: The Killing Joke? Really?

Not SF: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Yes, Verne was in general a Science Fiction writer, but not this book."

as far as I'm concerned, if it was sf at one time it can remind sf. And if it has over 500 shelves as science fiction, it also can be counted as science fiction.

As for Batman the Killing Joke - that's a bit of a different case - I'd definitely rather have more books on this list than less - there just aren't that many with over 50,000 ratings.

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message 13: by Mitchell (new)

Apr 11, 2016 09:07AM

I have not read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. I am wondering if this isn't clearly fantasy?

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message 14: by Laura (new)

Apr 11, 2016 02:33PM

Mitchell wrote: "J_BlueFlower wrote: "Batman: The Killing Joke? Really?

Not SF: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Yes, Verne was in general a Science Fiction writer, but not this book."

as far as I'..."

It wasn´t science fiction at the time it was written. Verne got the idea from a newspaper article that stated that due to new technologies in ships and railways, it was then possible to go around the world in less than 3 months.
I read it in a biography of Verne some time ago.

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message 15: by Mitchell (new)

Jul 31, 2019 11:46PM

Just a heads up... I will be splitting this list sometime soon. This list will switch to require 100,000 ratings. A new list will be for 50,000 to 99,999. There are are just over 100 books on this list with less than 100,000 ratings.

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message 16: by Mitchell (new)

Aug 03, 2019 03:08PM

this list has been renamed to "Most Popular Science Fiction on goodreads" and the minimum criteria changed to 100,000. A new list has been created as Popular Science Fiction on Goodreads with between 50000 and 99999 ratings. Books from this list that have less than 100,000 ratings have been added to that list, and are in process of being deleted from this one.

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message 17: by Mitchell (new)

Aug 04, 2019 12:38PM

And all but the last few books have been moved over to the new list. Which could use some votes - since I'm limited to 100 - and there are a few book more to move.

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message 18: by Emrys (new)

Sep 17, 2022 07:35AM

It seems Goodreads members aren't able to post links to external websites, but if you search for "100 Years of Science Fiction" by Bethanie Maples, Srini Kadamati, and Eric Berlow, you should be able to find a map of books based on Goodreads data that groups books by level of similarity.

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message 19: by Mitchell (new)

Mar 17, 2024 11:25AM

Just added 10 more books to this last, graduated from the 50,000 to 99,999 list. You can find them at the end of this list. As always, to help maintain any of the science fiction lists, the easiest way is to vote for 100 books already on that list - that have only one vote.

As of 2024-03-17 this list has 222 books with 524 voters and only 34 books have only one voter.

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message 20: by Mynameisntcollins (last edited Mar 22, 2026 09:55AM) (new)

Feb 01, 2026 10:34AM

There are at least 31 entries on this list that do not have over 100,000 ratings. If a friendly librarian could remove them, please and thank you.

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message 21: by Mitchell (new)

May 09, 2026 09:09PM

Mynameisntcollins wrote: "There are at least 31 entries on this list that do not have over 100,000 ratings. If a friendly librarian could remove them, please and thank you."

sorry it has taken so long. I've got a new way to monitor my lists so hopefully I'll be able to act faster in the future

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message 22: by Kyle (new)

Jun 28, 2026 02:14PM

Has anyone estimated how many ratings are gained when a book is made into a television series or a movie. Rather bugs me because a lot of those books aren't all that great.

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