The Big Books of Fall

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Eric Sturdevant (53 Lists)



The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories by Gene WolfeThe Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume VI by Theodore SturgeonA Touch of Strange by Theodore SturgeonBurning Chrome by William GibsonThe Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume V by Theodore Sturgeon
Best Science Fiction Anthologies/Collections
568 books — 261 voters
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesBurning Chrome by William Gibson
Best Short Story Collections
1,604 books — 919 voters

The Best of Jack Vance by Jack Vance
Pocket Books Best of Sci-Fi Series
13 books — 2 voters
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeThe Player of Games by Iain M. BanksHyperion by Dan SimmonsNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Classic Science Fiction - 1980-1989
325 books — 260 voters

Light in August by William FaulknerBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Best Southern Literature
1,410 books — 2,647 voters
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Collections of Short Stories
2,975 books — 2,094 voters

A Barnstormer in Oz by Philip José Farmer
Best Books Inspired by L. Frank Baum's Oz Series
34 books — 41 voters
Blindsight by Peter WattsI Am Legend by Richard MathesonHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Sci Fi Horror
18 books — 8 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Most Difficult Novels
601 books — 2,064 voters
As I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Grit Lit
105 books — 76 voters

The Player of Games by Iain M. BanksHyperion by Dan SimmonsA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickNeuromancer by William Gibson
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,830 books — 4,137 voters
The Anubis Gates by Tim PowersThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,205 books — 5,501 voters

Riverworld and Other Stories by Philip José FarmerThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeChildren of Dune by Frank HerbertThe Citadel of the Autarch by Gene WolfeEschatus by Bruce Pennington
Favourite Bruce Pennington Cover Art
103 books — 11 voters
More Than Human by Theodore SturgeonA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamThe Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
Classic Science Fiction - 1950-1959
256 books — 275 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 584 voters
Born with the Dead by Robert SilverbergThe Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene WolfeSeven American Nights by Gene WolfeSailing to Byzantium by Robert SilverbergNightwings by Robert Silverberg
Nebula and Hugo Nominated Novellas
101 books — 14 voters

Dayworld by Philip José FarmerSwan Song by Robert McCammon
Great sci-fi and fantasy you may not have read yet
87 books — 42 voters
Children of Time by Adrian TchaikovskyQuicksilver by Neal Stephenson
Arthur C. Clarke Award Winners
40 books — 97 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonNova Swing by M. John HarrisonThe Anubis Gates by Tim PowersDinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers
Philip K. Dick Award Winners
49 books — 38 voters
Use of Weapons by Iain M. BanksThe Player of Games by Iain M. BanksLight by M. John HarrisonThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterDownward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg
Best SF Books that weren't Nominated for Hugo or Nebula
170 books — 296 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerLight in August by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Best Southern Gothic Literature
355 books — 524 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsVenus on the Half-Shell by Kilgore Trout
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
642 books — 1,228 voters

Dying Inside by Robert SilverbergThe Book of Skulls by Robert SilverbergMore Than Human by Theodore SturgeonA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe
SF Masterworks
200 books — 726 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertThe Player of Games by Iain M. BanksUse of Weapons by Iain M. BanksDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickTo Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
689 books — 498 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyLight in August by William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
Best Twentieth Century American Novels
325 books — 232 voters
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksDune by Frank HerbertHyperion by Dan SimmonsTo Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José FarmerLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Excellent Space Opera
1,139 books — 3,973 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Alternate History
387 books — 717 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Anubis Gates by Tim PowersKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Stress of Her Regard by Tim PowersThe Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers
Best Historical Fantasy
360 books — 322 voters


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