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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Eric Sturdevant (52 Lists)



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
1,599 books — 907 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
324 books — 257 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
1,380 books — 2,604 voters

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Collections of Short Stories
2,914 books — 2,066 voters
A Barnstormer in Oz by Philip José Farmer
Best Books Inspired by L. Frank Baum's Oz Series
34 books — 40 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
599 books — 2,061 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.
1,824 books — 4,130 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
2,154 books — 5,436 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 — 10 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 — 268 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 585 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
38 books — 94 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 — 36 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 — 294 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
343 books — 509 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
625 books — 1,199 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
203 books — 727 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
566 books — 482 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
298 books — 227 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
1,115 books — 3,813 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Alternate History
372 books — 697 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
347 books — 355 voters
Children of Time by Adrian TchaikovskySurface Detail by Iain M. BanksRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyDiamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds
Best Space Opera of the 21st Century
306 books — 571 voters


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