Top 100 Novels

Top 100 Novels as voted by users

Rank Rating Title Author(s)
1 9.4 A Fire Upon the Deep (1992) Vernor Vinge
2 9.4 Perdido Street Station (2000) China Miéville
3 9.4 Spin (2005) Robert Charles Wilson
4 9.3 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966) Robert A. Heinlein
5 9.2 A Deepness in the Sky (1999) Vernor Vinge
6 9.2 Fahrenheit 451 (1953) Ray Bradbury
7 9.1 Rendezvous With Rama (1973) Arthur C. Clarke
8 9.0 The Stars My Destination (1956) Alfred Bester
9 9.0 It (1986) Stephen King
10 9.0 Ender's Game (1985) Orson Scott Card
11 9.0 The Door into Summer (1957) Robert A. Heinlein
12 9.0 Second Foundation (1953) Isaac Asimov
13 8.9 The Martian Chronicles (1950) Ray Bradbury
14 8.9 Nine Princes in Amber (1970) Roger Zelazny
15 8.9 Speaker for the Dead (1986) Orson Scott Card
16 8.9 Old Man's War (2005) John Scalzi
17 8.8 The Gods Themselves (1972) Isaac Asimov
18 8.8 Red Mars (1992) Kim Stanley Robinson
19 8.8 The Demolished Man (1952) Alfred Bester
20 8.8 The Return of the King (1955) J. R. R. Tolkien
21 8.7 Foundation and Empire (1952) Isaac Asimov
22 8.7 Starship Troopers (1959) Robert A. Heinlein
23 8.6 The Two Towers (1954) J. R. R. Tolkien
24 8.6 The Forever War (1975) Joe Haldeman
25 8.6 The Hobbit (1937) J. R. R. Tolkien
26 8.6 The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) J. R. R. Tolkien
27 8.5 Childhood's End (1953) Arthur C. Clarke
28 8.5 The War of the Worlds (1897) H. G. Wells
29 8.5 Pet Sematary (1983) Stephen King
30 8.5 The City and the Stars (1956) Arthur C. Clarke
31 8.5 Darwinia (1998) Robert Charles Wilson
32 8.5 Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) Ray Bradbury
33 8.5 I Am Legend (1954) Richard Matheson
34 8.5 The Lord of the Rings (1968) J. R. R. Tolkien
35 8.4 Time Enough for Love (1973) Robert A. Heinlein
36 8.3 The Running Man (1982) Stephen King
37 8.3 Xenocide (1991) Orson Scott Card
38 8.3 Citizen of the Galaxy (1957) Robert A. Heinlein
39 8.3 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Arthur C. Clarke
40 8.3 1984 (1949) George Orwell
41 8.3 Tunnel in the Sky (1955) Robert A. Heinlein
42 8.3 Mission of Gravity (1954) Hal Clement
43 8.3 Misery (1987) Stephen King
44 8.3 Dune (1965) Frank Herbert
45 8.2 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (1937) J. R. R. Tolkien
46 8.2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) J. K. Rowling
47 8.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) J. K. Rowling
48 8.2 Foundation (1951) Isaac Asimov
49 8.2 Ringworld (1970) Larry Niven
50 8.2 Green Mars (1994) Kim Stanley Robinson
51 8.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) J. K. Rowling
52 8.2 I, Robot (1950) Isaac Asimov
53 8.2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998) J. K. Rowling
54 8.2 American Gods (2000) Neil Gaiman
55 8.1 Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) Robert A. Heinlein
56 8.1 Have Space Suit - Will Travel (1958) Robert A. Heinlein
57 8.0 The Stand (1978) Stephen King
58 8.0 The Man in the High Castle (1962) Philip K. Dick
59 8.0 Gateway (1977) Frederik Pohl
60 8.0 Foundation's Edge (1982) Isaac Asimov
61 8.0 Double Star (1956) Robert A. Heinlein
62 8.0 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) Philip K. Dick
63 8.0 Podkayne of Mars (1963) Robert A. Heinlein
64 8.0 The Time Machine (1895) H. G. Wells
65 7.9 Friday (1982) Robert A. Heinlein
66 7.8 The Colour of Magic (1983) Terry Pratchett
67 7.8 Children of the Mind (1996) Orson Scott Card
68 7.8 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) J. K. Rowling
69 7.8 Paraworld Zero (2008) Matthew Peterson
70 7.7 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) J. K. Rowling
71 7.6 Blue Mars (1996) Kim Stanley Robinson
72 7.6 Farnham's Freehold (1964) Robert A. Heinlein
73 7.6 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) J. K. Rowling
74 7.4 Farmer in the Sky (1950) Robert A. Heinlein
75 7.0 Neuromancer (1984) William Gibson
76 7.0 Dune Messiah (1969) Frank Herbert
77 7.0 Darwin's Radio (1999) Greg Bear
78 6.4 Glory Road (1963) Robert A. Heinlein
79 6.2 For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs (2004) Robert A. Heinlein

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