NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

58 books in the collection.

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2011 Must-Read

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

First published 1962

2011 Must-Read

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

First published 1932

2011 Must-Read

Childhood's End

Arthur C. Clarke

First published 1953

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2011 Must-Read

Dragonflight

Anne McCaffrey

First published 1968

2011 Must-Read

Fellowship of the Ring

J.R.R. Tolkien

First published 1954

2011 Recommended

Old Man's War

John Scalzi

First published 2005

2011 Must-Read

The Caves of Steel

Isaac Asimov

First published 1954

2011 Must-Read

The Stand

Stephen King

First published 1978

2011 Must-Read

The Time Machine

H.G. Wells

First published 1895

2011 Must-Read

Time Machine

HG Wells

First published 1895

Must-Read

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Walter M. Miller Jr.

First published 1959

Must-Read

A Fire Upon the Deep

Vernor Vinge

First published 1992

Must-Read

American Gods

Neil Gaiman

First published 2001

Must-Read

Anathem

Neal Stephenson

First published 2008

Must-Read

Animal Farm

George Orwell

First published 1945

Must-Read

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

First published 1963

Must-Read

Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

First published 1999

Must-Read

Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published 1974

Recommended

Doomsday Book

Connie Willis

First published 1992

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Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

First published 1966

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Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

First published 1818

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Going Postal

Terry Pratchett

First published 2004

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I, Robot

Isaac Asimov

First published 1950

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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

First published 2001

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Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published 1969

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Lucifer's Hammer

Larry Niven

First published 1977

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Neuromancer

William Gibson

First published 1984

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

First published 1949

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Perdido Street Station

China Miéville

First published 2000

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Rendezvous with Rama

Arthur C. Clarke

First published 1973

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Ringworld

Larry Niven

First published 1970

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Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

First published 1969

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Small Gods

Terry Pratchett

First published 1992

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Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

First published 1992

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

First published 1962

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Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein

First published 1959

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Sunshine

Robin McKinley

First published 2003

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The Crystal Cave

Mary Stewart

First published 1970

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The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

First published 1995

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The Eyre Affair

Jasper Fforde

First published 2001

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The Fall of Gondolin

J.R.R. Tolkien

First published 1977

Must-Read

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman

First published 1974

Recommended

The Giant Raft

Jules Verne

First published 1864

Must-Read

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

First published 1985

Recommended

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

First published 1979

Must-Read

The Illustrated Man

Ray Bradbury

First published 1951

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The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

First published 1950

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The Mote in God's Eye

Larry Niven

First published 1974

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The Princess Bride

William Goldman

First published 1973

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The Road

Cormac McCarthy

First published 2006

Must-Read

The Silmarillion

J.R.R. Tolkien

First published 1977

Must-Read

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

First published 2003

Must-Read

The War of the Worlds

H.G. Wells

First published 1897

Recommended

The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson

First published 2010

Recommended

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas

Jules Verne

First published 1869

Must-Read

Watchmen

Alan Moore

First published 1986

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Watership Down

Richard Adams

First published 1972

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World War Z

Max Brooks

First published 2006