Highest Ranked Novels published in 1986

You are not logged in. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed.

• Log In
• Help Navigating

• Home Page
• ISFDB Wiki
• ISFDB FAQ
• SF Calendar
• Author Directory
• Award Directory
• Publisher Directory
• Magazine Directory
• Statistics/Top Lists
• Recent Activity
• Cleanup Reports

• Add New Anthology
• Add New Chapbook
• Add New Collection
• Add New Fanzine
• Add New Magazine
• Add New Nonfiction
• Add New Novel
• Add New Omnibus
• Add Untitled Award

• Disclaimer
• Privacy Policy
• Banner Art Credits

This report is generated once a day

Note: Some recent awards are yet to be integrated into the database.
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	Speaker for the Dead	NOVEL	Orson Scott Card
2	200	Count Zero	NOVEL	William Gibson
3	150	IT	NOVEL	Stephen King
4	135	A Hidden Place	NOVEL	Robert Charles Wilson
5	128	The Ragged Astronauts	NOVEL	Bob Shaw
6	120	Soldier of the Mist	NOVEL	Gene Wolfe
7	111	The Falling Woman	NOVEL	Pat Murphy
8	105	Shards of Honor	NOVEL	Lois McMaster Bujold
9	105	Marooned in Realtime	NOVEL	Vernor Vinge
10	85	A Door Into Ocean	NOVEL	Joan Slonczewski
11	81	This Is the Way the World Ends	NOVEL	James Morrow
12	77	The Folk of the Air	NOVEL	Peter S. Beagle
13	76	The Unconquered Country: A Life History	NOVEL	Geoff Ryman
14	75	The Doomsday Effect	NOVEL	Thomas T. Thomas
15	73	Dragonsbane	NOVEL	Barbara Hambly
16	72	The Mirror of Her Dreams	NOVEL	Stephen R. Donaldson
17	70	Blood of Amber	NOVEL	Roger Zelazny
18	69	Homunculus	NOVEL	James P. Blaylock
19	63	The Cross-Time Engineer	NOVEL	Leo Frankowski
20	61	The Hercules Text	NOVEL	Jack McDevitt
21	59	The Hungry Moon	NOVEL	Ramsey Campbell
22	58	The Game of Fox and Lion	NOVEL	Robert R. Chase
23	56	The Darkest Road	NOVEL	Guy Gavriel Kay
24	51	Hardwired	NOVEL	Walter Jon Williams
25	50	The Bridge	NOVEL	Iain M. Banks
26	50	The Wandering Fire	NOVEL	Guy Gavriel Kay
27	50	帝都物語3 大震災篇?ていとものがたり3 カタストロフィへん Teito Monogatari 3: Katasutorofi Hen	NOVEL	荒俣宏?あらまたひろし Hiroshi Aramata
28	50	帝都物語5 魔王篇?ていとものがたり5 まおうへん Teito Monogatari 5: Maō Hen Teito Monogatari 5: Maou Hen	NOVEL	荒俣宏?あらまたひろし Hiroshi Aramata
29	50	帝都物語7 百鬼夜行篇?ていとものがたり7 ひゃっきやぎょうへん Teito Monogatari 7: Hyakki Yagyō Hen Teito Monogatari 7: Hyakki Yagyou Hen	NOVEL	荒俣宏?あらまたひろし Hiroshi Aramata
30	50	Bard III: The Wild Sea	NOVEL	Keith Taylor
31	50	427	NOVEL	Claus-Peter Lieckfeld and Frank Wittchow
32	50	Die Wallfahrer	NOVEL	Carl Amery
33	50	Rituel du mépris	NOVEL	Antoine Volodine
34	50	笑い宇宙の旅芸人?わらいうちゅうのたびげいにん Warai Uchū no Tabigeijin Warai Uchuu no Tabigeijin	NOVEL	かんべむさし?Kanbe Musashi
35	50	帝都物語4 龍動篇?ていとものがたり4 りゅうどうへん Teito Monogatari 4: Ryūdō Hen Teito Monogatari 4: RyuudouHen	NOVEL	荒俣宏?あらまたひろし Hiroshi Aramata
36	50	帝都物語6 不死鳥篇?ていとものがたり6 ふしちょうへん Teito Monogatari 6: Fushichō Hen Teito Monogatari 6: Fushichou Hen	NOVEL	荒俣宏?あらまたひろし Hiroshi Aramata
37	50	Nach dem Ende	NOVEL	Friedrich Scholz
38	45	Yarrow: An Autumn Tale	NOVEL	Charles de Lint
39	41	Talking Man	NOVEL	Terry Bisson
40	41	Wizard of the Pigeons	NOVEL	Robin Hobb
41	36	Queen of the States	NOVEL	Josephine Saxton
42	35	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns	NOVEL	Klaus Janson and Frank Miller and Lynn Varley
43	35	The Wardove	NOVEL	L. Neil Smith
44	35	The Crystal Empire	NOVEL	L. Neil Smith
45	35	The Tricksters	NOVEL	Margaret Mahy
46	35	Strangers	NOVEL	Dean R. Koontz
47	35	The Pet	NOVEL	Charles L. Grant
48	35	The Journal of Nicholas the American	NOVEL	Leigh Kennedy
49	35	Heart of the Comet	NOVEL	Gregory Benford and David Brin
50	35	The Light Fantastic	NOVEL	Terry Pratchett
51	35	Lifter	NOVEL	Crawford Kilian
52	35	Fou dans la tête de Nazi Jones, Belladone et compagnie	NOVEL	Pierre Pelot
53	35	Adventures of Christian Rosy Cross	NOVEL	David Foster
54	35	Taronga	NOVEL	Victor Kelleher
55	35	Oasis	NOVEL	Patrick Urth
56	35	Radio Free Albemuth	NOVEL	Philip K. Dick
57	35	Ethan of Athos	NOVEL	Lois McMaster Bujold
58	35	Circuit	NOVEL	Melinda M. Snodgrass
59	35	The Black Grail	NOVEL	Damien Broderick
60	35	Reise in eine strahlende Zukunft	NOVEL	Rainer Erler
61	35	Marilyn Monroe et les samouraïs du père Noël	NOVEL	Pierre Stolze
62	35	Die Entführung des Serails	NOVEL	Thomas R. P. Mielke
63	29	Godbody	NOVEL	Theodore Sturgeon
64	29	Wrack & Roll	NOVEL	Bradley Denton
65	28	Twisting the Rope	NOVEL	R. A. MacAvoy
66	28	Foundation and Earth	NOVEL	Isaac Asimov
67	27	Chanur's Homecoming	NOVEL	C. J. Cherryh
68	27	Black Genesis	NOVEL	L. Ron Hubbard
69	27	No Safe Place	NOVEL	Anne Moroz
70	26	Sentience	NOVEL	Terry A. Adams
71	26	The Serpent Mage	NOVEL	Greg Bear
72	25	The Songs of Distant Earth	NOVEL	Arthur C. Clarke
73	25	Windmaster's Bane	NOVEL	Tom Deitz
74	24	The Quest for Saint Camber	NOVEL	Katherine Kurtz
75	24	The Coming of the Quantum Cats	NOVEL	Frederik Pohl
76	23	Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future	NOVEL	Mike Resnick
77	23	A Darkness at Sethanon	NOVEL	Raymond E. Feist
78	22	Enigma	NOVEL	Michael P. Kube-McDowell
79	22	Fire Sanctuary	NOVEL	Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
80	21	Warchild	NOVEL	Richard Bowes
81	21	Saturnalia	NOVEL	Grant Callin
82	20	Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!	NOVEL	Terry Brooks
83	20	Daggerspell	NOVEL	Katharine Kerr
84	19	Star of Gypsies	NOVEL	Robert Silverberg
85	19	The Curse of Sagamore	NOVEL	Kara Dalkey
86	18	Wielding a Red Sword	NOVEL	Piers Anthony
87	18	The Star Country	NOVEL	Michael Cassutt
88	17	The Warrior's Apprentice	NOVEL	Lois McMaster Bujold
89	16	The Moon Goddess and the Son	NOVEL	Donald Kingsbury
90	16	The Dragon in the Sword	NOVEL	Michael Moorcock
91	15	Jinian Star-Eye	NOVEL	Sheri S. Tepper
92	14	The Architect of Sleep	NOVEL	Steven R. Boyett
93	14	New York by Knight	NOVEL	Esther M. Friesner
94	13	Venus of Dreams	NOVEL	Pamela Sargent
95	13	Roma Mater	NOVEL	Karen Anderson and Poul Anderson
96	12	The Nimrod Hunt	NOVEL	Charles Sheffield
97	12	The Hounds of God	NOVEL	Judith Tarr
98	12	The Princess of Flames	NOVEL	Ru Emerson
99	9	The Forever Man	NOVEL	Gordon R. Dickson
100	8	Staroamer's Fate	NOVEL	Chuck Rothman
101	7	A Voice for Princess	NOVEL	John Morressy
102	7	Rebels' Seed	NOVEL	F. M. Busby
103	1	The Alien Within	NOVEL	Ben Bova
104	1	Escape Plans	NOVEL	Gwyneth Jones

Copyright © 1995-2022 Al von Ruff and the ISFDB team
ISFDB Engine - Version 4.00 (2006-04-24)