Joe's votes on the list 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks

Listopia > Joe's votes on the list 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks (47 Books)

1	Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan (Goodreads Author) (Writer) 4.41 avg rating — 82,523 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Foreigner (Foreigner, #1) by C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 11,077 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) by Dan Simmons 4.28 avg rating — 306,718 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Tau Zero by Poul Anderson 3.83 avg rating — 17,422 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) by Susan Beth Pfeffer 3.89 avg rating — 134,203 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Head On (Lock In, #2) by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 26,174 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Ringworld (Ringworld #1) by Larry Niven 3.93 avg rating — 129,877 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Dragonquest (Dragonriders of Pern, #2) by Anne McCaffrey 4.10 avg rating — 53,465 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2) by David Weber 4.23 avg rating — 30,127 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1) by Sylvain Neuvel (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 98,529 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 157,399 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Grass (Arbai, #1) by Sheri S. Tepper 4.03 avg rating — 13,530 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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 City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) by Jeanne DuPrau 3.90 avg rating — 301,452 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5) by Isaac Asimov 4.07 avg rating — 81,442 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Children of Men by P.D. James 3.67 avg rating — 53,103 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1) by Tad Williams (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 28,998 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	That Hideous Strength (The Space Trilogy, #3) by C.S. Lewis 3.94 avg rating — 47,150 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) by Kim Stanley Robinson 3.86 avg rating — 89,559 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Lock In (Lock In, #1) by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 72,552 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Allegiant (Divergent, #3) by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 1,151,834 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5) by Douglas Adams 4.38 avg rating — 340,262 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13) by Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 17,642 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 4.31 avg rating — 281,664 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1) by Douglas Adams 3.97 avg rating — 149,636 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Shift (Silo, #2) by Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 159,349 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Authority (Southern Reach, #2) by Jeff Vandermeer (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 109,726 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 38,476 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Nemesis by Isaac Asimov 3.82 avg rating — 19,528 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld #2) by Larry Niven 3.88 avg rating — 34,084 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Extras (Uglies, #4) by Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 128,519 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Recursion by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 332,274 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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 End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov 4.24 avg rating — 63,577 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence by Gabriel F.W. Koch (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 10,047 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Redemption Ark (The Inhibitor Sequence, #2) by Alastair Reynolds 4.16 avg rating — 32,922 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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 Humans by Matt Haig (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 163,648 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) by Octavia E. Butler 4.32 avg rating — 88,254 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 20,599 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne 3.75 avg rating — 39,894 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Blackout (Oxford Time Travel, #3) by Connie Willis 3.86 avg rating — 27,661 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Dune (Dune, #1) by Frank Patrick Herbert 4.29 avg rating — 1,660,283 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,481,803 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 178,758 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 4.16 avg rating — 289,152 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Prelude to Foundation (Foundation, #6) by Isaac Asimov 4.17 avg rating — 97,654 ratings Joe rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Artemis by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 341,373 ratings Joe rated it 5 stars See Review	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	A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird, #1) by Claudia Gray (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 62,212 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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	American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1) by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 996,511 ratings Joe rated it 4 stars See Review	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