Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (1349 books)

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Add and vote for your favourite Science Fiction novels first published in this century. For this list that means first published between 2000 and 2099.

Please only add books that have received at least one thousand ratings .

No Fantasy books please! A separate list can be created for them.

Books not meeting this list's criteria will be removed.

See also:
Best HARD SCIENCE FICTION of the 21st Century
Best SPACE OPERA of the 21st Century

Other SF Lists of Note:
Best Science Fiction
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Popular Highly Rated Science Fiction
Best Science Fiction Fantasy Books

SF Subgenres:
Alternate H*story
Dystopian and Post Apocalyptic Fiction
Space Opera
Steampunk

Locus Recommended Science Fiction:
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015,
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009, 2001, 2000

Sci Fi Award Nominees
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

Science Fiction By Decade:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,
1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

Science Fiction By Year:
2020
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009

New Speculative Writers by Decade:
2000s, 2010s

Science Fiction By Ratings:
100,000 and more, 50000 to 99999, 25000 to 49999, 10000 to 24999
1000 to 9999, 100 to 999, Less than 100

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1	Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) by Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 1,319,396 ratings score: 252,056, and 2,544 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 Martian by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 1,323,836 ratings score: 227,137, and 2,300 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	Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 228,646 ratings score: 110,488, and 1,128 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	The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.35 avg rating — 10,064,571 ratings score: 106,639, and 1,088 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	Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) by James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 327,261 ratings score: 83,240, and 855 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	Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 856,784 ratings score: 76,216, and 776 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	Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) by Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 282,599 ratings score: 72,281, and 740 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	The Road by Cormac McCarthy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,058,206 ratings score: 61,904, and 633 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	Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 76,186 ratings score: 58,863, and 599 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	World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 572,717 ratings score: 57,477, and 593 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	Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) by Richard K. Morgan 4.03 avg rating — 116,423 ratings score: 56,604, and 581 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 Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 78,653 ratings score: 44,237, and 455 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	The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) by Liu Cixin (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 511,508 ratings score: 43,334, and 448 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	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 4.01 avg rating — 271,188 ratings score: 39,871, and 411 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	Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 290,880 ratings score: 39,333, and 406 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	Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) by Ann Leckie (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 120,640 ratings score: 38,829, and 406 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	Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1) by Alastair Reynolds 3.99 avg rating — 62,562 ratings score: 36,651, and 378 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	Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) by Peter F. Hamilton (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 54,399 ratings score: 36,071, and 371 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	11/22/63 by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 677,079 ratings score: 34,331, and 356 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	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 878,722 ratings score: 32,954, and 341 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	Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins 4.36 avg rating — 4,230,441 ratings score: 30,441, and 320 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	Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) by China Miéville (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 76,270 ratings score: 30,000, and 310 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	Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 1,514,986 ratings score: 29,374, and 304 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	Spin (Spin, #1) by Robert Charles Wilson 4.04 avg rating — 44,993 ratings score: 28,453, and 295 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 Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2) by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 98,408 ratings score: 27,341, and 287 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	Seveneves by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 126,336 ratings score: 27,105, and 284 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	Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 528,720 ratings score: 26,310, and 274 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	Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 758,591 ratings score: 25,909, and 274 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	Redshirts by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 119,155 ratings score: 25,023, and 267 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	Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 4,424,650 ratings score: 24,545, and 256 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	Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins 4.12 avg rating — 3,785,444 ratings score: 23,777, and 254 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	The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,867,464 ratings score: 23,506, and 248 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	The City & the City by China Miéville (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 80,272 ratings score: 23,384, and 244 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	Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 56,095 ratings score: 22,956, and 236 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	Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2) by James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 187,390 ratings score: 22,776, and 243 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	Daemon (Daemon, #1) by Leinad Zeraus 4.16 avg rating — 49,025 ratings score: 21,194, and 219 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	Reamde by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,570 ratings score: 20,545, and 216 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	Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 628,386 ratings score: 19,354, and 207 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 Passage (The Passage, #1) by Justin Cronin (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 224,872 ratings score: 18,869, and 199 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	All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 385,669 ratings score: 18,289, and 194 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	Little Brother (Little Brother, #1) by Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 53,460 ratings score: 17,904, and 188 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	Ilium (Ilium, #1) by Dan Simmons 4.04 avg rating — 32,755 ratings score: 17,663, and 184 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	Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) by Jeff Vandermeer (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 315,382 ratings score: 16,270, and 173 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	Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds 4.13 avg rating — 27,965 ratings score: 16,183, and 172 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	House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds 4.24 avg rating — 33,329 ratings score: 16,114, and 171 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	Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 43,725 ratings score: 15,871, and 168 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	The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) by Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 190,195 ratings score: 15,602, and 164 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	Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant, #1) by William Gibson 3.88 avg rating — 53,004 ratings score: 14,467, and 153 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	Embassytown by China Miéville (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 35,084 ratings score: 14,395, and 152 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	Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 183,314 ratings score: 13,911, and 148 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	Matter (Culture, #8) by Iain M. Banks 4.11 avg rating — 30,205 ratings score: 13,540, and 143 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	Redemption Ark (The Inhibitor Sequence, #2) by Alastair Reynolds 4.16 avg rating — 32,918 ratings score: 13,170, 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
53	The Last Colony (Old Man's War, #3) by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 74,313 ratings score: 13,027, and 143 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	The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 134,242 ratings score: 13,002, and 139 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	The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) by Liu Cixin (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 230,837 ratings score: 12,897, and 140 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	1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) by Haruki Murakami 3.95 avg rating — 343,570 ratings score: 12,775, and 135 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	The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks 4.04 avg rating — 24,704 ratings score: 12,523, 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
58	The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) by Hannu Rajaniemi 3.83 avg rating — 24,188 ratings score: 12,280, and 131 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	Accelerando by Charles Stross (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 22,527 ratings score: 12,208, and 128 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	Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3) by James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 158,166 ratings score: 11,505, and 127 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	Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds 4.07 avg rating — 22,907 ratings score: 11,093, and 122 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 Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1) by M.R. Carey (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 247,298 ratings score: 10,984, and 118 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	Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs, #2) by Richard K. Morgan 3.92 avg rating — 39,475 ratings score: 10,359, and 113 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	Surface Detail (Culture, #9) by Iain M. Banks 4.27 avg rating — 30,626 ratings score: 10,086, 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
65	The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon 3.72 avg rating — 81,033 ratings score: 9,771, and 105 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	Woken Furies (Takeshi Kovacs, #3) by Richard K. Morgan 4.01 avg rating — 32,635 ratings score: 9,753, and 107 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	Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens, #7) by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 32,447 ratings score: 9,753, and 106 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	Blackout (Oxford Time Travel, #3) by Connie Willis 3.86 avg rating — 27,658 ratings score: 9,729, 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
69	Recursion by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 332,093 ratings score: 9,715, and 105 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	We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) by Dennis E. Taylor (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 132,829 ratings score: 9,629, 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
71	Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1) by Daniel H. Wilson (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 41,576 ratings score: 9,582, and 102 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	Dust (Silo, #3) by Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 142,589 ratings score: 9,545, 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
73	Under the Dome by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 327,221 ratings score: 9,508, and 102 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	Freedom™ (Daemon, #2) by Daniel Suarez (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 30,560 ratings score: 9,349, and 100 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 Scar (New Crobuzon, #2) by China Miéville (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 35,130 ratings score: 9,176, and 99 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	Look to Windward (Culture, #7) by Iain M. Banks 4.23 avg rating — 29,745 ratings score: 8,903, and 99 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	Shadow of the Hegemon (The Shadow Series, #2) by Orson Scott Card 3.97 avg rating — 81,938 ratings score: 8,612, and 93 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	Shift (Silo, #2) by Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 159,286 ratings score: 8,460, and 93 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	The Dreaming Void (Void #1) by Peter F. Hamilton (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 29,977 ratings score: 8,201, and 92 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	14 (Threshold, #1) by Peter Clines (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 39,896 ratings score: 8,156, and 86 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	Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge 3.77 avg rating — 19,071 ratings score: 8,150, and 89 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	Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 430,087 ratings score: 8,150, and 87 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 Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1) by Alastair Reynolds 4.17 avg rating — 22,003 ratings score: 8,087, and 89 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 Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, #2) by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 25,334 ratings score: 8,052, and 88 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	Olympos (Ilium, #2) by Dan Simmons 3.95 avg rating — 20,842 ratings score: 8,026, and 86 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	All Clear (Oxford Time Travel, 4) by Connie Willis 4.08 avg rating — 22,199 ratings score: 8,025, and 86 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	The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, #3) by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 23,126 ratings score: 7,881, and 86 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 Pythagorean by Alexander Morpheigh 4.32 avg rating — 7,492 ratings score: 7,751, and 81 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	The Long Earth (The Long Earth, #1) by Terry Pratchett 3.79 avg rating — 62,758 ratings score: 7,717, and 85 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 Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson 3.77 avg rating — 15,761 ratings score: 7,716, 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
91	Thirteen by Richard K. Morgan 3.91 avg rating — 12,979 ratings score: 7,385, 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
92	Nexus (Nexus, #1) by Ramez Naam (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 21,152 ratings score: 7,305, and 78 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	The High Auction (Wisdom Revolution, #1) by Misba (Goodreads Author) 4.68 avg rating — 15,711 ratings score: 7,272, and 74 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	Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2) by Ann Leckie (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 61,282 ratings score: 7,240, 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
95	The Cheat Code (Wisdom Revolution, #3) by Misba (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 3,789 ratings score: 7,229, and 73 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	Gridlinked (Agent Cormac #1, Polity Universe #3) by Neal Asher (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 12,968 ratings score: 7,024, 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
97	The Oldest Dance (Wisdom Revolution, #2) by Misba (Goodreads Author) 4.70 avg rating — 12,744 ratings score: 6,994, and 71 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 Phoenixfalls (new)

Aug 10, 2010 11:21PM

Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold, is indeed wonderful, but it can't be described as anything other than a fantasy novel and so it should be removed.

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message 2: by useFOSS (new)

Aug 11, 2010 12:27AM

Removed. Thanks for bringing that to attention.

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message 3: by Maciej (new)

Nov 09, 2010 09:57AM

It's "Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century...so far" cause it's like 90 years left yet. :)
And some of these books are from XX century. Just making the point. :)

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message 4: by Bryan (new)

Nov 10, 2010 12:38PM

The Donald Westlake book (Humans) was written in 1992, so should not be included in this list.

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message 5: by useFOSS (last edited Nov 10, 2010 01:41PM) (new)

Nov 10, 2010 01:37PM

Removed. Thanks for bringing that to attention.

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message 6: by Tomislav (new)

Nov 19, 2010 07:33PM

Slow River was published in 1994.

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message 7: by useFOSS (new)

Nov 19, 2010 09:04PM

Removed. Thanks.

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message 8: by Tomislav (new)

Dec 27, 2010 05:19PM

Legion of the Damned by William Dietz was published in 1993.
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis was published in 1993.
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel was published in 1997.
A Miracle of Rare Design by Mike Resnick was published in 1996.

Is there a way to automate a check for publication date?

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message 9: by useFOSS (last edited Jan 01, 2011 06:34PM) (new)

Dec 29, 2010 02:34PM

Yes, there seems to be a way because I've seen this feature in some other lists, and I'm trying to find out more in the Librarians Group.

Also, I just realized that technically the 21st century is from 2001 to 2100, but I'll ignore this because to most people it was the year digits going from 19xx to 20xx that made the difference...

Thanks for bringing those books to attention. They've been removed.

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message 10: by Tomislav (new)

Jan 09, 2011 07:33AM

Bellwether, by Connie Willis, was published in 1996.

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message 11: by useFOSS (new)

Jan 09, 2011 04:04PM

Removed. Thanks.

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message 12: by Amanda (new)

Mar 13, 2011 03:47PM

the amount of people who do not know the meaning of '21st century' is disturbing

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message 13: by useFOSS (last edited Mar 14, 2011 07:40AM) (new)

Mar 14, 2011 12:35AM

Yes, and to think they're Science Fiction readers! That's so insulting to the rest of us.

Just finished sweeping the 2nd page clean and I'm so exhausted. I think my broom's going to break any minute! (No SF robot at my service) Here's what I swept out:

Phylogenesis (1999)
Souls in the Great Machine (1999)
Ender's Shadow (1999)
Ender's Game (1985)
Logan's Run (1967)

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message 14: by Thomas (new)

Mar 22, 2011 11:28PM

There are two Blindsight by Peter Watts on this list.

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message 15: by useFOSS (new)

Mar 22, 2011 11:53PM

Thanks. Did a duplicate check and removed two.

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message 16: by Thomas (new)

Mar 23, 2011 11:24AM

Thank you.

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message 17: by Sarah (last edited Jul 06, 2011 12:37PM) (new)

Jul 06, 2011 12:34PM

Ender's Game is on there again.
And The Chrysalids DEFINITELY wasn't published in the twenty first century, new introduction or not. :)

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message 18: by Anastasia (new)

Jul 06, 2011 01:57PM

Going to delete all the books by Julie Rollins (currently #15-19). Votes are by dummy profiles (books & friends in single digits, consistently voting for only these 4 books in all lists), clearly fraudulent.

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message 19: by useFOSS (new)

Jul 06, 2011 09:15PM

Thanks.

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message 20: by Riona (new)

Jul 10, 2011 11:05PM

Removed for being published before the 21st century:

Snow Crash (1992)
The Chrysalids (1955)
Ender's Game (1985)

Let me know if there are others, I only checked the few I thought were suspect.

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message 21: by useFOSS (new)

Jul 15, 2011 12:58PM

Thanks. Ender's Game has been deleted from here at least 3 times!

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message 22: by useFOSS (new)

Oct 03, 2011 12:05PM

Removed Snow Crash (1992) again, and Darwin's Radio (1999).

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message 23: by useFOSS (new)

Dec 22, 2011 08:43AM

Removed The Complete Fiction (collection), Solaris, Forward the Foundation and Tales of Pirx the Pilot

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message 24: by Eric (new)

Jan 18, 2012 12:15PM

Stranger in a Strange Land definitely doesn't belong.

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message 25: by Riona (new)

Jan 18, 2012 03:40PM

Eric wrote: "Stranger in a Strange Land definitely doesn't belong."

Removed.

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message 26: by useFOSS (new)

Jan 18, 2012 08:11PM

Thanks.

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message 27: by Kamakana (new)

Feb 06, 2012 12:11PM

Clark Gifford's Body was great but... it was first published in 1942! only republished in 2006 by NYRB.

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message 28: by useFOSS (new)

Feb 06, 2012 02:06PM

Removed. Thanks for bringing that to attention.

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message 29: by useFOSS (new)

Jun 04, 2012 07:05PM

Removed. Thanks. You're right, neither of them were shelved as SF.

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message 30: by Norman (new)

Jun 19, 2012 04:50PM

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge was published in 1993 and so should be removed from this list.

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message 31: by Riona (new)

Jun 19, 2012 05:31PM

Norman wrote: "A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge was published in 1993 and so should be removed from this list."

Removed.

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message 32: by David (new)

Jul 14, 2012 09:52PM

Lucius Shepard's Life During Wartime (#158) is from 1987.

William Gibson's Neuromancer (#123) is from 1984.

Lois McMaster Bulold's The Vor Game (#118) is from 1990.

Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars (#115) is from 1993.

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message 33: by David (new)

Jul 14, 2012 09:53PM

And that's just from 1 page. You shouldn't be allowed to post if you can't operate a browser before you do it.

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message 34: by useFOSS (new)

Jul 15, 2012 06:41PM

Removed. Thanks.

Also removed Stories of Your Life and Others which is a collection.

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message 35: by Dan (new)

Aug 05, 2012 10:33AM

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson is one of the best books I've read but it's Historical Fiction, no doubt. Should prolly be removed.

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message 36: by useFOSS (last edited Aug 07, 2012 07:38PM) (new)

Aug 07, 2012 07:36PM

Thanks Dan. However, although Quicksilver could be classified as Historical Fiction, more than 200 goodreaders have also shelved it as Science Fiction.
Also, it was the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award (2004) and a finalist for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2004), and has been reviewed in Locus, Vector (Journal of the British Science Fiction Association) and Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
So due to all this perhaps it will be better to leave it on this list.
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cg...

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message 37: by David (new)

Aug 07, 2012 08:30PM

Here's a few more that need to be removed:
Lucifer's Hammer (#132) was first published in 1977.
The Forever War (#133) was first published in 1974.
Darwin's Radio (#170) was first published in 1999.
A Deepness In The Sky (#175) was first published in 1999.
Hyperion (also #175) was first published in 1989.
Mona Lisa overdrive (#182) was first published in 1988.

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message 38: by David (new)

Aug 07, 2012 08:44PM

And still more that need to be removed:
The Fall Of Hyperion (#228) was first published in 1990.
Endymion (#240) was first published in 1996.
Rise Of Endymion (#255) was first published in 1997.
Marooned in Realtime (#266) was first published in 1986.
Manifold Time (#273) was first published in 1999.
The Dispossessed (#278) was first published in 1974.

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message 39: by useFOSS (new)

Aug 07, 2012 10:02PM

Removed. Thanks.

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message 40: by Dan (new)

Aug 08, 2012 01:09PM

Hey, I'm all for it. The Baroque Cycle is one of my all time favorite stories but I thought in the interest of genre integrity I'd point it out. DEFINITELY not upset that it remains on the list though. :)

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message 41: by Nicolas (new)

Aug 18, 2012 10:01AM