Great Science Fiction of the 80s and 90s

1.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 309,614 ratings
2.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,854 ratings
3.
Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 246,219 ratings
4.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,103 ratings
5.
Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)
Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 33,062 ratings
6.
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 65,237 ratings
7.
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 285,977 ratings
8.
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park 4.12 avg rating — 1,031,725 ratings
9.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating — 293,471 ratings
10.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,970,210 ratings
11.
Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)
Robots and Empire (Robot, #4) 4.23 avg rating — 35,485 ratings
12.
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 34,624 ratings
13.
Contact
Contact 4.15 avg rating — 150,012 ratings
14.
The Player of Games (Culture #2)
The Player of Games (Culture #2) 4.28 avg rating — 78,351 ratings
15.
Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1)
Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 27,364 ratings
16.
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 39,438 ratings
17.
Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7)
Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7) 4.30 avg rating — 30,484 ratings
18.
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 29,853 ratings
19.
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6) 4.27 avg rating — 26,719 ratings
20.
Forward the Foundation (Foundation, #7)
Forward the Foundation (Foundation, #7) 4.16 avg rating — 60,169 ratings
21.
Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)
Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4) 4.18 avg rating — 96,176 ratings
22.
Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 78,205 ratings
23.
A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12)
A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12) 4.41 avg rating — 20,044 ratings
24.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,447 ratings
25.
Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer, #1)
Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 21,707 ratings
26.
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 98,005 ratings
27.
Prelude to Foundation
Prelude to Foundation 4.16 avg rating — 94,102 ratings
28.
Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10)
Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10) 4.43 avg rating — 19,527 ratings
29.
Friday
Friday 3.85 avg rating — 30,145 ratings
30.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,653 ratings
31.
Axiomatic
Axiomatic
by: Greg Egan
4.27 avg rating — 6,236 ratings
32.
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 87,071 ratings
33.
Timeline
Timeline 3.87 avg rating — 214,291 ratings
34.
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,338 ratings
35.
Timescape
Timescape 3.72 avg rating — 11,411 ratings
36.
Armor
Armor 4.10 avg rating — 20,368 ratings
37.
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 48,424 ratings
38.
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2)
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 43,405 ratings
39.
The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3)
The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 27,223 ratings
40.
The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1)
The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 13,071 ratings
41.
The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1)
The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 7,632 ratings
42.
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1)
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 10,804 ratings
43.
The Time of the Dark (Darwath, #1)
The Time of the Dark (Darwath, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 5,606 ratings
44.
The Silicon Mage (Windrose Chronicles, #2)
The Silicon Mage (Windrose Chronicles, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 2,363 ratings
45.
The Silent Tower (Windrose Chronicles, #1)
The Silent Tower (Windrose Chronicles, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 3,533 ratings
46.
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 40,257 ratings
47.
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 32,653 ratings
48.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset
To Sail Beyond the Sunset 3.88 avg rating — 11,595 ratings
48.
Six Moon Dance
Six Moon Dance 3.80 avg rating — 1,649 ratings
50.
Footfall
Footfall 3.92 avg rating — 17,394 ratings
50.
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 141,872 ratings
52.
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology 3.94 avg rating — 9,146 ratings
53.
Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3)
Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3) 4.26 avg rating — 11,884 ratings
54.
The Family Tree
The Family Tree 4.04 avg rating — 3,244 ratings
55.
Chanur's Venture (Compact Space #2)
Chanur's Venture (Compact Space #2) 4.04 avg rating — 3,285 ratings
56.
Jaran (Jaran, #1)
Jaran (Jaran, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 2,881 ratings
57.
Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)
Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 47,333 ratings
58.
Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1)
Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 16,167 ratings
59.
Cetaganda (Vorkosigan Saga, #9)
Cetaganda (Vorkosigan Saga, #9) 4.17 avg rating — 20,965 ratings
60.
The Walls of Air (Darwath, #2)
The Walls of Air (Darwath, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 3,361 ratings
61.
Mirror Dance (Vorkosigan Saga, #8)
Mirror Dance (Vorkosigan Saga, #8) 4.32 avg rating — 22,995 ratings
62.
The Armies of Daylight (Darwath, #3)
The Armies of Daylight (Darwath, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 3,553 ratings
63.
The Number of the Beast
The Number of the Beast 3.62 avg rating — 13,258 ratings
64.
Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1)
Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 177,992 ratings
65.
Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede
Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede 3.81 avg rating — 574 ratings
66.
In the Garden of Iden (The Company, #1)
In the Garden of Iden (The Company, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 5,869 ratings
66.
Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1)
Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 4,465 ratings
68.
Liege-Killer (Paratwa Saga, #1)
Liege-Killer (Paratwa Saga, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
68.
Moon-Flash (Kyreol, #1-2)
Moon-Flash (Kyreol, #1-2) 3.82 avg rating — 453 ratings
68.
House Atreides (Prelude to Dune, #1)
House Atreides (Prelude to Dune, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 29,461 ratings
71.
Conflict of Honors (Liaden Universe, #8)
Conflict of Honors (Liaden Universe, #8) 4.33 avg rating — 2,867 ratings
72.
Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11)
Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11) 4.29 avg rating — 18,308 ratings
73.
Golden Witchbreed (Orthe, #1)
Golden Witchbreed (Orthe, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 1,119 ratings
73.
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 267,205 ratings
73.
Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)
Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0) 4.06 avg rating — 41,919 ratings
73.
Beholder's Eye (Web Shifters, #1)
Beholder's Eye (Web Shifters, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 1,771 ratings
77.
The Final Reflection (Star Trek: Worlds Apart, #1)
The Final Reflection (Star Trek: Worlds Apart, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 1,700 ratings
77.
Glory Season
Glory Season 3.76 avg rating — 3,539 ratings
79.
Bellwether
Bellwether 3.93 avg rating — 13,559 ratings
80.
Wizard (Gaea 2)
Wizard (Gaea 2) 4.06 avg rating — 5,703 ratings
81.
West of Eden (West of Eden #1)
West of Eden (West of Eden #1) 3.85 avg rating — 3,632 ratings
82.
Demon (Gaea, #3)
Demon (Gaea, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 3,852 ratings
83.
Agent of Change (Liaden Universe, #9)
Agent of Change (Liaden Universe, #9) 4.16 avg rating — 4,384 ratings
84.
Uncharted Territory
Uncharted Territory 3.49 avg rating — 1,755 ratings
84.
Chanur's Legacy (Chanur, #5)
Chanur's Legacy (Chanur, #5) 4.14 avg rating — 2,366 ratings
86.
Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)
Count Zero (Sprawl, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 58,286 ratings
87.
Johnny Mnemonic
Johnny Mnemonic 3.79 avg rating — 12,154 ratings
88.
The Gray Prince
The Gray Prince 3.69 avg rating — 785 ratings
88.
Thieves Of Light
Thieves Of Light 3.72 avg rating — 54 ratings
88.
Forest Wars
Forest Wars 3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
88.
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect 4.10 avg rating — 4,376 ratings
88.
Holy Fire
Holy Fire 3.72 avg rating — 2,669 ratings
88.
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 80,287 ratings
88.
Little Heroes
Little Heroes 3.74 avg rating — 442 ratings
95.
Slow River
Slow River 3.85 avg rating — 4,155 ratings
96.
Sky Coyote (The Company, #2)
Sky Coyote (The Company, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 2,535 ratings
97.
Souls in the Great Machine (Greatwinter Trilogy, #1)
Souls in the Great Machine (Greatwinter Trilogy, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 875 ratings
98.
Passion Play
Passion Play 3.37 avg rating — 186 ratings
98.
Factoring Humanity
Factoring Humanity 3.82 avg rating — 3,813 ratings
100.
The Prestige
The Prestige 3.92 avg rating — 24,072 ratings
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