Seems like we’ve been here before. NPR has published a list of their top 100 SF and Fantasy books, reprinted here with the one’s I’ve read marked with a “+” (46 total, although I suspect I read a couple of others and just can’t remember). How many have you read?
+ 1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien + 2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams + 3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card + 4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert 5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin + 6. 1984, by George Orwell + 7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury + 8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov + 9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley + 10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman 11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman 12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan + 13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell + 14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson + 15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore + 16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov + 17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein 18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss + 19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut 20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley + 21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick 22. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood 23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King + 24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke + 25. The Stand, by Stephen King + 26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson + 27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury + 28. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut 29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman 30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess + 31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein 32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams + 33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey + 34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein 35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller 36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells + 37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne + 38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys + 39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells 40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny 41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings 42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley 43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson + 44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven + 45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin + 46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien + 47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White 48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman + 49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke + 50. Contact, by Carl Sagan 51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons 52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman + 53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson 54. World War Z, by Max Brooks 55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle + 56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman 57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett + 58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson 59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold 60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett + 61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle 62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind 63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy 64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke 65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson 66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist + 67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks 68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard 69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb 70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger 71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson 72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne 73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore 74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi + 75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson + 76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke 77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey + 78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin + 79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury 80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire 81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson 82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde 83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks + 84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart 85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson 86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher 87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe 88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn 89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan 90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock + 91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury 92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley 93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge + 94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov 95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson + 96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle 97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis 98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville 99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony 100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis
