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Highest Ranked Novels published in 1997

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Scoring: Wins are worth 50 points, nominations and second places are worth 35 points. For polls, third and lower places are worth (33-poll position) points.
Place Score Title Type Authors
1 280 Forever Peace NOVEL Joe Haldeman
2 231 The Rise of Endymion NOVEL Dan Simmons
3 198 Diaspora NOVEL Greg Egan
4 184 Jack Faust NOVEL Michael Swanwick
5 179 The Gift NOVEL Patrick O'Leary
6 150 Frameshift NOVEL Robert J. Sawyer
7 131 Trader NOVEL Charles de Lint
8 130 Black Wine NOVEL Candas Jane Dorsey
9 121 Earthquake Weather NOVEL Tim Powers
10 120 Illegal Alien NOVEL Robert J. Sawyer
11 112 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone NOVEL J. K. Rowling
12 112 The Moon and the Sun NOVEL Vonda N. McIntyre
13 110 Fog Heart NOVEL Thomas Tessier
14 106 Lives of the Monster Dogs NOVEL Kirsten Bakis
15 106 Signs of Life NOVEL M. John Harrison
16 101 City on Fire NOVEL Walter Jon Williams
17 100 The Infernal NOVEL Kim Wilkins
18 100 The White Abacus NOVEL Damien Broderick
19 99 Darker Angels NOVEL S. P. Somtow
20 97 The Art of Arrow Cutting NOVEL Stephen Dedman
21 97 / NOVEL Greg Bear
22 85 Grüße vom Sternenbiest NOVEL Robert Feldhoff
23 85 How Few Remain NOVEL Harry Turtledove
24 85 Drawn to the Grave NOVEL Mary Ann Mitchell
25 85 La mirada de las furias NOVEL Javier Negrete
26 84 My Soul to Keep NOVEL Tananarive Due
27 78 The Merro Tree NOVEL Katie Waitman
28 74 The Troika NOVEL Stepan Chapman
29 70 Darkfall NOVEL Isobelle Carmody
30 70 Sinner NOVEL Sara Douglass
31 70 This Symbiotic Fascination NOVEL Charlee Jacob
32 70 The Dark Edge NOVEL Richard Harland
33 70 Winter NOVEL Simon Brown
34 70 Hungry Eyes NOVEL Barry Hoffman
35 70 Ella Enchanted NOVEL Gail Carson Levine
36 70 Zones NOVEL Rory Barnes and Damien Broderick
37 70 Shade's Children NOVEL Garth Nix
38 66 An Exchange of Hostages NOVEL Susan R. Matthews
39 65 Wizard and Glass NOVEL Stephen King
40 63 Finity's End NOVEL C. J. Cherryh
41 58 3001: The Final Odyssey NOVEL Arthur C. Clarke
42 58 Waking Beauty NOVEL Paul Witcover
43 56 Rose Daughter NOVEL Robin McKinley
44 54 Eternity Road NOVEL Jack McDevitt
45 54 Destiny's Road NOVEL Larry Niven
46 54 King's Dragon NOVEL Kate Elliott
47 53 Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn NOVEL Robert Holdstock
48 52 Dragonclaw NOVEL Kate Forsyth
49 50 The Night Watch NOVEL Sean Stewart
50 50 Broken Blade NOVEL Ann Marston
51 50 Eye to Eye NOVEL Catherine Jinks
52 50 Writ in Blood NOVEL Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
53 50
地圖集?Ditu ji
 NOVEL
董啟章?Dung Kai-cheung
54 50 Sous le vent du monde NOVEL Pierre Pelot
55 50 L'odyssée du Pénélope NOVEL Jean-Pierre Guillet
56 50 Bone Dance NOVEL Martha Brooks
57 50 Light Errant NOVEL Chaz Brenchley
58 50 The Great Wheel NOVEL Ian R. MacLeod
59 50 The Dark Side of Nowhere NOVEL Neal Shusterman
60 50 Greylands NOVEL Isobelle Carmody
61 50
Brain Valley (上)?ブレイン・ヴァレー (ジョウ)
Burein Varee (Jou)
 NOVEL
瀬名秀明?せな ひであき
Hideaki Sena
62 50
Brain Valley (下)?ブレイン・ヴァレー (ゲ)
Burein Varee (Ge)
 NOVEL
瀬名秀明?せな ひであき
Hideaki Sena
63 50
ベイスボイル・ブック?Beisuboiru Bukku
 NOVEL
井村恭一?いむらきょういち
Imura Kyōichi
Imura Kyouichi
64 50 River Boy NOVEL Tim Bowler
65 50 The Physiognomy NOVEL Jeffrey Ford
66 50 Mike Gonzo and the UFO Terror NOVEL Bill Crider
67 50
敵は海賊・A級の敵?Teki wa Kaizoku A-kyū no Teki
 NOVEL
神林長平?Chōhei Kanbayashi
Chohei Kambayashi
Chouhei Kambayashi
Chōhei Kambayashi
Chouhei Kanbayashi
Chohei Kanbayashi
かんばやしちょうへい
68 50 Children of the Dusk NOVEL Janet Berliner and George Guthridge
69 48 The Fleet of Stars NOVEL Poul Anderson
70 44 The Dazzle of Day NOVEL Molly Gloss
71 44 Secret Passages NOVEL Paul Preuss
72 36 Oracle NOVEL Ian Watson
73 36 Timequake NOVEL Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
74 36 Killing Darcy NOVEL Melissa Lucashenko
75 36 Antarctica NOVEL Kim Stanley Robinson
76 36 The Ignored NOVEL Bentley Little
77 36 Expendable NOVEL James Alan Gardner
78 36 Time on My Hands: A Novel with Photographs NOVEL Peter Delacorte
79 35 Nanotime NOVEL Bart Kosko
80 35 Mundo de dioses NOVEL
Rafael Marín?Rafael Marin
81 35 Great Apes NOVEL Will Self
82 35 Mother Grimm NOVEL Catherine Wells
83 35 The Last Hawk NOVEL Catherine Asaro
84 35 Mauern der Macht NOVEL Konrad Schaef
85 35 American Goliath NOVEL Harvey Jacobs
86 35 Alien Blood NOVEL Chris Archer
87 35 Kumbi NOVEL P. M.
88 35 Der programmierte Attentäter NOVEL Uwe Anton
89 35 Singling Out the Couples NOVEL Stella Duffy
90 35 Carlucci's Heart NOVEL Richard Paul Russo
91 35 Eine Welt für Mörder NOVEL Peter Terrid
92 35 Ne vous disputez jamais avec un spectre NOVEL Gudule
93 35
競漕海域?きょうそうかいいき
Kyōsō Kaiiki
Kyousou Kaiiki
 NOVEL
佐藤茂?さとうしげる
Satō Shigeru
Satou Shigeru
94 35 Cherudek NOVEL Valerio Evangelisti
95 35 Deadset NOVEL Emma Tom
96 35 Moonwar NOVEL Ben Bova
97 35 The Outcast NOVEL Patricia Bernard
98 35 Nelle de Vilvčq NOVEL Francine Pelletier
99 35 Mesmer NOVEL Tim Lebbon
100 35 Walking to Babylon NOVEL Kate Orman
101 35 Falling to Earth NOVEL Elizabeth Brownrigg
102 35 The Inquisitor NOVEL Mary Murrey
103 35 The Boggart and the Monster NOVEL Susan Cooper
104 35 Aliens Stole My Body NOVEL Bruce Coville
105 35 Erfurt: Samenkiller unterwegs? Ein futuristischer Ökokrimi NOVEL Stefan Sommer
106 35 Babylon Head Hunter NOVEL Julian Bodie
107 35 Hagar Qim NOVEL W. K. Giesa and Claudia Kern
108 35 Polgara the Sorceress NOVEL David Eddings and Leigh Eddings
109 35 A Son of the Rock NOVEL Jack Deighton
110 35 The Wake NOVEL Neil Gaiman
111 35 MOI NOVEL Heiko Michael Hartmann
112 35 Final Diagnosis NOVEL James White
113 35 The Winner NOVEL David Baldacci
114 35
あ・じゃ・ぱん (上)?あ・じゃ・ぱん (じょう)
A Ja Pan (Jō)
A Ja Pan (Jou)
 NOVEL
矢作俊彦?やはぎとしひこ
Yahagi Toshihiko
115 35 Beneath the Gated Sky NOVEL Robert Reed
116 35
斎藤家の核弾頭?さいとうけのかくだんとう
Saitōke no Kakudantō
Saitouke no Kakudantou
 NOVEL
篠田節子?しのだ せつこ
Shinoda Setsuko
117 35 Les aigles d'Orient NOVEL Pierre Bordage
118 35 My Body Fell Off! NOVEL B. J. Rowley
119 35 The Dollhouse That Time Forgot NOVEL Michael Thomas Ford
120 35 Das Ende Deutschlands NOVEL Peter-Paul Zahl
121 35 Autopol NOVEL Ilija Trojanow
122 35 Version 5 Punkt 12 NOVEL Reinhold Ziegler
123 35 Bretta Martyn NOVEL L. Neil Smith
124 35 DNAgers: The Legend of Crossbones Key NOVEL Steve Englehart and Terry Englehart
125 35 Tyrant's Test NOVEL Michael P. Kube-McDowell
126 35 Danger.com@2//Firestorm/ NOVEL Jordan Cray
127 35 Kipton and the Android NOVEL Charles L. Fontenay
128 35 Switchers NOVEL Kate Thompson
129 35
あ・じゃ・ぱん (下)?あ・じゃ・ぱん (か)
A Ja Pan (Ka)
 NOVEL
矢作俊彦?やはぎとしひこ
Yahagi Toshihiko
130 35 Der Moloch von Moordendijk NOVEL Horst Pukallus
131 35 Au-delŕ de nulle part NOVEL Jacques Attali
132 35 The Church of Dead Girls NOVEL Stephen Dobyns
133 35
ステーシー?Sutēshī
Suteeshii
 NOVEL
大槻ケンヂ?Ōtsuki Kenji
Outsuki Kenji
Otsuki Kenji
Ohtsuki Kenji
134 35 Fear Nothing NOVEL Dean R. Koontz
135 35 Yin NOVEL Akif Pirinçci
136 35 Die große Umwendung: neue Briefe in die chinesische Vergangenheit NOVEL Herbert Rosendorfer
137 35 Opalite Moon NOVEL Denise Vitola
138 35 Copyworld NOVEL Michael Szameit
139 35 Hex NOVEL Kai Meyer
140 35 Dry Water NOVEL Eric S. Nylund
141 31 Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman NOVEL Walter M. Miller, Jr.
142 30 In the Garden of Iden NOVEL Kage Baker
143 30 Entre dioses y terrícolas NOVEL Carlos Saiz Cidoncha
144 29 Assassin's Quest NOVEL Robin Hobb
145 29 La llavor del mal NOVEL Juan Miguel Aguilera and Ricardo Lázaro
146 28 Mars Underground NOVEL William K. Hartmann
147 26 Freedom & Necessity NOVEL Steven Brust and Emma Bull
148 26 The Vampire's Beautiful Daughter NOVEL S. P. Somtow
149 25 Titan NOVEL Stephen Baxter
150 25 Fool's War NOVEL Sarah Zettel
151 25 Lightpaths NOVEL Howard V. Hendrix
152 24 A Thousand Words for Stranger NOVEL Julie E. Czerneda
153 23 Winter Tides NOVEL James P. Blaylock
154 22 God's Fires NOVEL Patricia Anthony
155 22 The Subtle Knife NOVEL Philip Pullman
156 22 Corrupting Dr. Nice NOVEL John Kessel
157 21 The Stone Prince NOVEL Fiona Patton
158 21 A Scientific Romance NOVEL Ronald Wright
159 20 Dogland NOVEL Will Shetterly
160 19 Iron Dawn NOVEL Matthew Stover
161 18 Lord of the Isles NOVEL David Drake
162 18 The Veil of Snows NOVEL Mark Helprin
163 18 The Seventh Heart NOVEL Marina Fitch
164 17 The Family Tree NOVEL Sheri S. Tepper
165 17 The Black Sun NOVEL Jack Williamson
166 17 The Seraphim Rising NOVEL Elisabeth DeVos
167 16 Running with the Demon NOVEL Terry Brooks
168 16 Glimmering NOVEL Elizabeth Hand
169 15 Child of the River NOVEL Paul J. McAuley
170 15 The Mines of Behemoth NOVEL Michael Shea
171 12 Mississippi Blues NOVEL Kathleen Ann Goonan
172 12 The Stars Dispose NOVEL Michaela Roessner
173 11 Tomorrow and Tomorrow NOVEL Charles Sheffield
174 11 The Blackgod NOVEL Greg Keyes
175 10 Dreaming Metal NOVEL Melissa Scott
176 8 Once a Hero NOVEL Elizabeth Moon
177 6 Einstein's Bridge NOVEL John G. Cramer
178 5 Deception Well NOVEL Linda Nagata
179 2 The Chosen Child NOVEL Graham Masterton
180 2 Burning Bright NOVEL Jay Russell
181 2 Acts of Conscience NOVEL William Barton
182 1 The Revenant NOVEL Phoebe Reeves-Murray
183 1 Alpha Centauri NOVEL William Barton and Michael Capobianco
184 1
Wieża Jaskółki?Wieza Jaskolki
 NOVEL Andrzej Sapkowski
185 1 Freedom's Choice NOVEL Anne McCaffrey
186 1 Reckoning Infinity NOVEL John E. Stith
187 1 Disturbia NOVEL Christopher Fowler
188 1 King Blood NOVEL Simon Clark
189 1 Pagan Moon NOVEL Freda Warrington
190 1 Antibodies NOVEL Kevin J. Anderson
191 1 The Matter of the Heart NOVEL Nicholas Royle
192 1 The Barbed Coil NOVEL J. V. Jones
193 1 Shackled NOVEL Ray Garton
194 1 Days of Cain NOVEL J. R. Dunn
195 1 Nymphomation NOVEL Jeff Noon
196 1 Shade of Pale NOVEL Greg Kihn
197 1 Jingo NOVEL Terry Pratchett
198 1 Ladies' Night NOVEL Jack Ketchum
199 1 Cold Iron NOVEL Melisa Michaels
200 1 Jovah's Angel NOVEL Sharon Shinn
201 1 Excalibur NOVEL Bernard Cornwell
202 1 Sacrament of Night NOVEL Louise Cooper
203 1 The Wild Road NOVEL M. John Harrison and Jane Johnson
204 1 Days NOVEL James Lovegrove
205 1 The Plague Saint NOVEL Rita Donovan
206 1 Stealing Sacred Fire NOVEL Storm Constantine
207 1 Symphony NOVEL Charles L. Grant
208 1 The Bighead NOVEL Edward Lee
209 1 Thorn: An Immortal Tale NOVEL Bridget Wood
210 1 Cimarron Rose NOVEL James Lee Burke
211 1 The Harlequin's Dance NOVEL Tom Arden
212 1 Reborn NOVEL Nancy Kilpatrick
213 1 After Midnight NOVEL Richard Laymon
214 1 Night of Broken Souls NOVEL Thomas F. Monteleone
215 1 The Mageborn Traitor NOVEL Melanie Rawn
216 1 Bad Chili NOVEL Joe R. Lansdale
217 1 The Pleistocene Redemption NOVEL Dan Gallagher
218 1 Dracula the Undead NOVEL Freda Warrington
219 1 The Brentford Chainstore Massacre NOVEL Robert Rankin
220 1 Dragonflame NOVEL Graham Edwards
221 1 Shrouded NOVEL Carol Anne Davis
222 1 Scissorman NOVEL Mark Chadbourn
223 1 The House of Sleep NOVEL Jonathan Coe
224 1 Quintessence: Realizing the Archaic Future NOVEL Mary Daly
225 1 Storytellers NOVEL Julie Anne Parks
226 1 Angelique's Descent NOVEL Lara Parker
227 1 Portrait of the Psychopath As a Young Woman NOVEL Edward Lee and Elizabeth Steffen
228 1 How Like a God NOVEL Brenda W. Clough
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